This CINEMA 4D tutorial shows how to divide or “slice” 3D objects with the Knife tool, deal with n-gons, and more. Watch at http://www.lynda.com/course-tutorials/Cinema-4D-Essentials-2-Polygon-Spline-Modeling/109394-2.html?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=videoupload-3DA-t20jP5RluG8.
This tutorial is a single movie from the first chapter of the CINEMA 4D Essentials 2: Polygon and Spline Modeling course presented by lynda.com author Rob Garrott. The complete course is 2 hours long and covers the basics of the 3D modeling toolkit: splines and polygons. The complete series offers a graduated introduction to this complex 3D modeling, rendering, and animation program, which breaks down into installments that can be completed within 2 hours.
Cinema 4D Essentials 2: Polygon and Spline Modeling table of contents:
Introduction
1. The Basic Building Blocks of 3D
2. Working with Splines
3. Modeling with Polygons and Splines
Conclusion