App preset
Maxon Cinema 4D: controller layout for Mac
Maxon Cinema 4D can be driven from a game controller, a MIDI pad, or an adaptive controller on a Mac. InputConfig sends real keyboard and mouse events, so the app sees an ordinary keyboard and mouse. This is the layout the app's Smart Preset Maker builds for it: Orbit, transform tools and render mapped to the pad.
Get the preset in two clicks
- Open InputConfig and click Smart Preset Maker on the welcome screen.
- Search for Maxon Cinema 4D and pick it. The layout below is created as a preset in your sidebar, named and ready.
- Press Activate. Every row can be changed afterwards: the editor's Scan button rebinds any control the moment you touch it.
The full button map
| Controller | Sends | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Right stick right | Mouse motion right (speed 18) | Move pointer right |
| Right stick left | Mouse motion left (speed 18) | Move pointer left |
| Right stick down | Mouse motion down (speed 18) | Move pointer down |
| Right stick up | Mouse motion up (speed 18) | Move pointer up |
| A / Cross | Left click | Left click / select |
| B / Circle | Right click | Right click context menu |
| Left trigger | Alt / Option (Left), Left click | Orbit camera (Alt+LMB) |
| Right trigger | Alt / Option (Left), Middle click | Pan camera (Alt+MMB) |
| LB / L1 | Alt / Option (Left), Right click | Zoom / dolly camera (Alt+RMB) |
| RB / R1 | Middle click | Middle click |
| X / Square | E | Move tool (E) |
| Y / Triangle | R | Rotate tool (R) |
| D-pad up | T | Scale tool (T) |
| D-pad left | 9 | Live Selection tool (9) |
| D-pad right | Ctrl (Left), R | Render viewport (Ctrl+R) |
| D-pad down | Shift (Left), Ctrl (Left), R | Render to Picture Viewer (Shift+Ctrl+R) |
| L3 (left stick click) | Ctrl (Left), Y | Redo (Ctrl+Y) |
| Back / Share / Select | Ctrl (Left), Z | Undo (Ctrl+Z) |
| Start / Options | Ctrl (Left), S | Save (Ctrl+S) |
| Left stick down | Scroll down | Scroll / zoom down |
| Left stick up | Scroll up | Scroll / zoom up |
| R3 (right stick click) | S | Frame selected (S) |
Button names follow the Xbox / PlayStation pair shown in the editor, so A / Cross is the bottom face button on either pad. On a Switch Pro Controller the bottom button is labelled B; the mapping still fires on position.
Tips
- Hold a trigger plus the right stick to orbit or pan the camera.
- Face buttons switch tools: E move, R rotate; D-pad up is T scale.
Make it yours
Nothing here is fixed. Rows can be re-scanned to a different control, given hold and double-tap actions, chords, turbo, macros, haptic or spoken feedback, and per-binding deadzones and sensitivity curves. The binding editor guide covers every option, and the controller map shows what each control is called.
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