CINEMA 4D is a 3D graphics software company Maxon to create 3D models, textures, computer graphics and animations. CINEMA 4D is used not only for TV commercials and in the private sector, but also for movies (comparable with Autodesk Maya). CINEMA 4D is available for Windows and Mac OS X. On Windows, CINEMA 4D is a 32 - and 64-bit available application for OS X CINEMA 4D as a Universal Binary and offers native support for Intel-based Macintosh systems with 32 and 64 bit. A Linux version is not free, it is only a few studios, which work closely with MAXON, are available. CINEMA 4D is running without problem under Wine.
In general, the source of CINEMA 4D more than 90% is platform independent. This has led to adaptations to new technologies (64-bit, Intel-based Mac, 64-bit Cocoa Support) could be carried out very quickly. At the same time this fact for the very uniform appearance of CINEMA 4D is responsible for the different platforms. In order to simplify the platform-independent programming that works in an integrated modeler OpenGL environment. A free software development kit (SDK) allows users, in C + + extensions for CINEMA 4D. As of version R12 also the scripting language is Python include the writing of a simple plug-ins allow.
