Working with XPresso - MAXON CINEMA 4D R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach - page 441

Figure 13-36 The Bulge node in the XGroup area
12. Press and hold the left mouse button on Gift in the Object Manager and drag it to the
XPresso Editor to add another instance of the Gift node to the XPresso Editor .
Connecting the Nodes
In this section, you will connect the nodes in the XPresso Editor .
1. In the XGroup area of the XPresso Editor , click on the Expand output port of the Gift
node and drag the cursor to the input port (blue square) of the Bulge node; a flyout is
displayed. Choose Object Properties > Strength from the flyout; a connection is estab-
lished between the Expand output port of the Gift node and the Strength input port of
the Bulge node, as shown in Figure 13-37. Next, minimize the XPresso Editor .
2. Select Gift in the Object Manager. Next, in the Attribute Manager, make sure the User
Data button is chosen. In the User Data area, enter 62 in the Expand spinner; Gift is
expanded in the Perspective viewport, as shown in Figure 13-38.
Next, you will connect the Fillet output port of the Gift node to the Fillet input port of the
Bulge node.
3. Maximize the XPresso Editor . In the XGroup area, click on the Fillet output port of
the Gift node and drag the cursor to the input port (blue square) of the Bulge node; a