Cinema4D

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The NIM Cinema4D Connector allows users to manage file directly through the integrated file browser. Browsing by Jobs & Assets or Shows, Shots, and Tasks allows users to circumvent navigating the servers folder structure and use the flow of production to open and save files.

When using NIM’s project structure management, the connectors manage all file naming conventions using task-centric organization of basenames, tags, and versions.

Installation

The following procedures describes how to install the integrated Cinema4D NIM browser. The connector creates a NIM menu within the C4D main menu for file management.

The NIM Connector folder structure is as follows:

nim             <-- NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT
    css
    img
    nim-core
    plugins

In the following examples [NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT] is the path to the top level NIM folder.

Cinema4D R18 -

For Cinema4D R18 and lower, installing the NIM C4D plugin is done by copying the [NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT]/plugins/C4D/nim_v2-6-0 folder to the C4D plugins directory.

  • eg. C:/Program Files/MAXON/C4D_R16/plugins/

Cinema4D R20 - R22

For Cinema4D R20 and higher, installing the NIM C4D plugin is done by opening Cinema4D and navigating to the Preferences/Plugins list and add the path to the [NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT]/plugins/C4D/nim_v2-6-0 folder.

Once you have linked the connector path, restart Cinema4D and the NIM menu will appear on the main Cinema4D menu.

Cinema4D R23 +

For Cinema4D R23 and higher, installing the NIM C4D plugin is done by opening Cinema4D and navigating to the Preferences/Plugins list and add the path to the [NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT]/plugins/C4D/nim_v5-0-0 folder.

Once you have linked the connector path, restart Cinema4D and the NIM menu will appear on the main Cinema4D menu.

Setting Preferences

If you have already installed and launched other NIM Connectors your connection preferences will already be saved in the nim.prefs file.

The NIM preferences are in the following locations:

Windows:

drive:/Users/[USERNAME]/.nim

OSX:

/Users/[USERNAME]/.nim

Linux:

/home/[USERNAME]/.nim

Upon launching Cinema4D, if this is the first time accessing a NIM Connector a series of dialog boxes will ask for NIM connection information.

The first asks for the path to the NIM Scripts folder.

This is the [NIM_CONNECTOR_ROOT] as defined by your studios configuration.

A second dialog box will appear to enter the path of the NIM API.

Enter the path as follows:

http://[hostname]/nimAPI.php

where [hostname] is the address you have assigned to the NIM server.

API Keys

NIM API keys are an optional security feature that restricts API access with time limited per user keys. Requiring API keys restricts all API access to only those users with an API key.

If Require API Keys is enabled in ADMIN/Security - Options, users will be presented with a dialog box the first time they attempt to use a NIM Connector. API keys are unique to each user. Enter the NIM API key provided to you by your NIM administrator. For more information on enabling NIM API Keys please refer to the API Keys section of the documentation. For information on creating user API keys please refer to the Users Grid section of the Administration documentation.