Create a DNA Strand in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial we use some basic shapes, deformers and the Mograph module to make a DNA strand.

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• cinema 4d
• tutorial
• tutorials
• dna strand
• dna
• mograph
• cloner

[tortelli]

Thanks a lot, it really helped me!

[mefiprod]

yo man

and finally on youtube.

respect.

[cyrusrom]

Nice place you've got. :)

[qpc1eanki11qp]

@rockygress11 yes make 2 cylinders then put them in the cloner and add 1 color to each cylinder.

[rockygress11]

I'm doing a DNA model project and I need to make each of the rungs (cylinders) on the ladder two colors (half of each color). For example can I make half on one blue and half of the same one red? Please help!?!?

[TheKaratyChicken]

@GreyscaleGorilla

Yo nick just wanted to say U R Awesome my friend and I bought your city kit and your light kit and its awesome!

thanks for the wicked tutorial

[XxDirtyxXxShiznoxX]

@OggyTheTiger Mac = Option,

PC = Alt

[AlaskanBadCompany2]

I never did really like Cinema 4d always liked 3ds max better!

But Cinema had some really nice commands that help can SOMETIMES help a lot. overall 3ds max is better in my opinion.

[OggyTheTiger]

Lawl "option G" whatthehellisthatsuposetomean? plz help

[tommyk1210]

The bars down the sides are called "phosphate-sugar backbones" and the horizontal bases are named "nucleic base pairs" :) nice tutorial

[AMprior]

thx mate... easy as i thougth... but couldnt realize... braindead... thx for reseting and coming back to the simple....

[bayernownz1995]

@EmbrYo36 its called "my first c4d animation"