Nordmesh
Six SketchUp-style modeling tools, native to Cinema 4D.
Six SketchUp-style tools, native to Cinema 4D: Pen, Rectangle, Push, Rotate, Offset, and Measure. Draw a shape, push it into a solid, then offset, rotate and measure it, all with the same click-click flow you already think in.
Everything happens right in the viewport. No menus, no modifiers, no Booleans to clean up. Type exact dimensions with units, lock to an axis on the fly, and snap to anything already in your scene.
Watch Nordmesh in action
The fastest way to understand what these six tools actually feel like.
In this 3-minute video you see how easy and intuitive the tools really are. Draw a shape, push it into a solid, then offset, rotate and measure it, all right in the viewport. No menus, no modifiers, no Booleans to clean up afterward. By the end you'll know exactly how Nordmesh fits into the way you model.
Tip: press F for fullscreen.
Six tools, one sketching flow.
Scroll through each one and the demo on the right follows along. Scroll through each one to watch it work.
01 / Draw
Click. Click. It's a face.
Nordmesh Pen
02 / Draw
Snaps to the face you mean.
Nordmesh Rectangle
03 / Shape
Push the face. Watch it solidify.
Nordmesh Push
04 / Shape
A protractor for your whole model.
Nordmesh Rotate
05 / Shape
Inset and outset, the right way.
Nordmesh Offset
06 / Measure
A tape measure that leaves snap points.
Nordmesh Measure
Nordmesh Pen
Nordmesh Rectangle
Nordmesh Push
Nordmesh Rotate
Nordmesh Offset
Nordmesh Measure
Each click drops a point; clicking the first point closes the loop. Nordmesh fills it as one N-gon and knifes it straight into the face below, with no Booleans and no cleanup.
The first click picks the face under the cursor and locks to its plane; the second sets the far corner. Type 200;120 and it lands an exact 200 × 120 panel.
Click the top face and slide it up. Open edges seal into a watertight solid, and hovering a nearby corner snaps the face level with it.
Click once for the pivot, then swing. The protractor snaps in 15° steps and the real mesh turns with the cursor; type 45 to set the angle precisely.
Click the face and drag inward. Every edge insets in parallel, corners stay sharp, and the inset stops itself before any edge can cross.
Two clicks lay down a measured guide line. Its endpoints become live snap targets that every other Nordmesh tool can lock onto.
The SketchUp flow, with Cinema 4D precision underneath.
Type real dimensions
Lengths take units and even imperial compounds like 3'6". Rectangle takes W;D, Rotate takes an exact angle, Push takes an exact distance. Hit Enter and it lands precisely.
Lock to an axis on the fly
Tap X, Y or Z mid-draw to constrain to a world axis or plane. Coloured guide lines show the lock, so a wall stays a wall and a floor stays flat.
Snaps to your whole scene
Native Cinema 4D vertex, edge and midpoint snapping is built in. Push even infers a coplanar match with a remote corner, so faces line up without measuring.
Measurements that stick
Measure drops a labelled guide line whose endpoints become live snap targets. Any tool, Nordmesh or stock C4D, can lock onto them afterward.
Real geometry, in real time
No ghost previews. Rotate turns the actual mesh as you move, and every commit is one clean undo step. Esc rolls back with nothing left behind.
Clean N-gons, no Booleans
Pen and Rectangle knife straight into the face you draw on as one N-gon. Push seals open edges into watertight solids. Nothing to flatten, nothing to repair.
Questions, answered.
Is Nordmesh really like SketchUp?
The interaction model is: pure click-move-click, no drag loops, numeric input with units, axis locks, and inference snapping. It just runs natively inside Cinema 4D on your real geometry.
Which Cinema 4D versions are supported?
Cinema 4D 2025 and 2026, on macOS and Windows. Each release ships as a single plugin with all six tools.
Do the tools work on existing meshes?
Yes. Pen and Rectangle knife into the face you click; Push, Offset and Rotate act on geometry that is already there. Measure leaves snap anchors anything can use.
Can I type exact dimensions?
Everywhere it makes sense. Lengths accept units and imperial compounds (3'6"), Rectangle takes W;D, Rotate takes an exact angle, Push takes an exact distance.
How does the license system work?
You get a license you install on any workstation, and you can revoke it and move it to another whenever you need. The license never expires. For one year you also get every update for free; after that, a small upgrade fee gets you the latest release.
Is there a license key?
Yes. Your key appears in your account the moment you buy. Drop the plugin into your Maxon plugin directory, restart Cinema 4D, launch any Nordmesh tool, and paste the key once to activate that machine. Need to switch computers? Release the seat from your account and reactivate elsewhere.
Everything you need to know.
- Tools included
- Pen · Rectangle · Push · Rotate · Offset · Measure
- Version
- 1.1.2
- Host application
- Cinema 4D 2025 and 2026
- Platform
- macOS · Windows (64-bit)
- License key
- Delivered to your account, activated once in Cinema 4D
- License
- Lifetime · never expires · move between workstations anytime
- Updates
- 1 year of free updates, then a small upgrade fee
Ready to model like you're sketching?
Six tools, one plugin. $47.18 during the launch sale (normally $67.40).