Dear Community,
This posting contains information on how to write postings and upload data to the forum on a technical level.
See our Forum Overview topic for an overview the forum structure and our code of conduct. The Support Procedures topic lines out how we deliver support, which topics are within the scope of support, and the hallmarks of a good technical question.
Basics
Creating Topics
A new topic can be created with the New Topic button to be found at the top of each sub-forum (Fig. I).
Fig. I: The New topic button can be found in each forum into which you can post, the button not being present means that you are not allowed to create topics in this forum.
Changing Forums
After pressing the button, the posting editor will open. When creating a new topic, the editor will allow you to change the forum to post into with a button in the top left (Fig. II).
Fig. II: The category button can be found in the top left of the posting editor when creating a new topic.
Adding Tags
Many forums allow you or even require you to add tags to your posting. The tags button can be found in the left bottom of the posting editor (Fig. III).
Fig. III: The tags button allows you to descibe a posting with predefined tags.
You should always describe the language (C++/Python), the operating system (Windows/MacOS), and the version you are targeting.
Forum Markup
This is an overview of all forum markup and its rendered output.
Uploading Content
You can upload images and files to the forum as shown below.
The maximum upload size is 16 MB and the supported file formats are:
- Image:
png, jpg, bmp, gif, webm
- File:
zip, py, pyp, pdf, txt, cpp, h, vdb, mp4
Uploaded mp4 files will be automatically displayed in a video player. You also can embed Youtube, Vimeo, and Twitter content by simply posting a link in a topic.
Emphasis
*italic* |
italic |
**bold** |
bold |
~~strikethrough~~ |
strikethrough |
[Link](https://www.google.com/) |
Link |
`monospace` |
monospace |
Lists
Bullet point and index lists can be mixed, the actual numbering in index lists does not matter, it will be applied by the parser (Beans has the index 6 in the markup but is then correctly rendered as 2).
* Food
* Fruits
1. Apple
2. Avocado
3. Banana
* Vegetables
1. Aubergine
6. Beans
3. Carrot
* Toys
- Food
- Fruits
- Apple
- Avocado
- Banana
- Vegetables
- Aubergine
- Beans
- Carrot
- Toys
Code Blocks
Code blocks can be styled with a sytanx. [py] will force Python syntax, [cpp] C++ syntax, and [txt] no syntax (among many other syntaxes). Setting no syntax hint will cause the styling to fall back to Python syntax.
class Item (object):
"""Blah
"""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
self.id: int = 0
self.name: str = ""
def run(self) -> str:
return f"My name is {self.name} at {self.id}."
# Create an item and run it.
thing: Item = Item()
thing. Run()
class Foo { // A class
public:
int bar;
};
Quotes and Tables
> “Not every quote you read on the internet is true.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Not every quote you read on the internet is true.” – Abraham Lincoln
| A | B | C |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
Headings and Seperators
# h1 title
## h2 title
### h3 title
#### h4 title
##### h5 title
###### h6 title
---
h1 title
h2 title
h3 title
h4 title
h5 title
h6 title
Happy posting,
the Maxon SDK Group
This topic deliberately has been left open for on-topic questions. Due to the informative nature of this topic, it will be strictly moderated.
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The Application Binary Interface (ABI) marks the range of compatibility of SDKs and plugins compiled for them. All versions that are binary compatible with each other can run your plugin, if the SDK version is equal to or lower than the Cinema 4D version. So, a plugin compiled for R21.0 will also run in R21.1, S22.0, and S22.1 because they all share one ABI. But you cannot run a plugin compiled for S22.0 (using S22.0 features) in R21.0. For the greatest range of compatibility, it is therefore often best to compile for the earliest version within an ABI one can use for the feature one requires.