9.5.2

6 • CHAPTER 1
GETTING TO KNOW CINEMA 4D • 7
Improved Axis Stems, New Axis Bands
You can now drag an axis stem to constrain movement, scale or direction to that axis (previously you
could drag the axis handle to do this but not the stem). Using the viewport settings you can now add
axis bands that when dragged will constrain the direction to a plane.
Menus
The main menu has been restructured for improved clarity. For example, commands from the old Edit
Surface submenu have been moved to the Functions menu.
Selections
Multiple Object Editing
You can now edit the points, edges or polygons of multiple selected objects (previously you could
only edit points, edges or polygons if a single object was selected).
New Selection Tools
Combined with the highlighting tools, you can now easily select rings and loops of points, polys or
edges using new selection tools. By simply hovering the mouse pointer over the model, rings and
loops of polys will automatically be highlighted.
Soft Selections
Selecting polys with soft selection allows you to move them with a smooth interpolation between
themselves and the unselected polygons.
Isoline Editing
This new mode makes it easier to select points, edges and polygons when working with HyperNURBS
objects. It works by projecting the points, edges and polygons directly onto the smoothed mesh. No
longer will parts your cage be hidden behind the smoothed surface!
Rendering
Ray Depth
The maximum Ray Depth value (render settings > Options) has been increased from 50 to 500. This is
ideal for anyone rendering scenes containing complicated reections, transparencies or alpha maps
where a value of 50 wouldn’t be high enough.