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The C.O.F.F.E.E. console

Basics

This is the most unsophisticated interface in C4D, and should mostly be used for debugging purposes. Simply open the console window, and then use println() or print() to output text in it:

println("Hello World!");

The console is also used by C4D to display C.O.F.F.E.E. errors, so consider integrating it in your default layout if you are going to develop plugins.

Command line

With CINEMA 4D R9.1 there's a new command line in the console. You can enter any number of commands which will be executed when you press enter:

Additionally you can drag elements from the Attributes manager to the command line:

This makes it easy to manipulate many aspects of your document directly from the console.