jdDriver is a tool that allows any attribute within Cinema 4D to be driven by essentially anything.

There are seven pre-defined drivers to achieve complex animations, as well as the option to drive parameters linearly.

Object Properties

jdDriver settings Object tab menu.

How it works

In order for jdDriver to start manipulating data, it needs a driver to base its modifications on.

This could be one of the preset drivers or any parameter within Cinema 4D that has been dragged and dropped into the tree.

In this case, if a parameter is added without being attached to a driver, this is known as a parameter driver.

A driver can drive one or many objects; these are always shown immediately nested into the driver and are driven objects.

The attributes of these objects that are to be driven by that driver are nested into the object, these are driven parameters.

Sphere and Cube objects acting as drivers.

Each layer has a flag (green check mark red cross) to specify whether the layer is enabled or not.