Cineversity

How do I open / import gltf files in C4D?  I’ve seen the Exporter plugin but what about opening / importing?  Perhaps I’ve missed something but I can’t seem to find a way to do this.

Hi carsonjones,

There is no native option.

The roundtrip would be via Sketchfab, but that has some limitations; you either publish the model or pay a subscription fee to download it.

Export to Sketchfab
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/sketchfab_cinema_4d_exporter/sketchfab_cinema_4d_exporter_series_overview

You could send a note to Maxon (via support ticket) to ask for that, so your voice is heard.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

All the best

So we’re clear… C4D can export gltf but can’t import??  Why is the 3D industry so divided?  From a user’s standpoint the lack of standards and the wide variety of unsupported, or only partially supported, 3D assets is crippling and holding artists back from reaching their full potential.  Very very frustrating.

Please excuse the rant but good grief… this industry needs to smarten up.

Hi carsonjones,

I certainly agree with you, and the missing round-trip is painful: No argument here.

Have you made your voice heard with a suggestion ticket? If not, please do so.

I can bring those points up and have filed a report about it a long time ago. I have only one voice. I am not a fan of generalizations; e.g., I have gotten that feedback for glTF-import so far not even a dozen times; I can’t just go ahead and say this is what all the artists want. Some do, but if I can’t back it up with real artists’ input, my wish seems like an individual push, perhaps even seen as manipulative, and the generalization might work counterproductive. With Support -feedback/suggestion ticket, we have actual data, nothing that can’t be argued “away”!

No significant requests lead to focus on developments that are higher on the to-do list, especially where people have “voted” with a ticket.

Thanks for saying excuse my rant, but I also do not want to waste your time or anyone else’s time; this is not the place: Please keep in mind that this is more a forum that I see as a “how-to” platt-form or the Support in finding a creative solution. I try to avoid strictly having it a blackboard for complaints. I know that even a fair complaint like yours attracts trolls easily, and that is not I will what let happen here. The support ticket [suggestions] is the place to go to make your input count!

Have a great weekend.