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 # InstanceMan
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+* Cinema 4D R20
+* Cinema 4D R20 C++ SDK
+* Visual Studio 2015
+* Cinema 4D SDK Project Tool
+
+Some experience building Cinema 4D plugins. If you haven't before [this post](https://plugincafe.maxon.net/topic/10967/compiling-the-cinema-4d-r20-c-sdk-examples/4) may be useful.
+
+### Downloading
+
+1. Open **Command Prompt**.
+1. Navigate to your C4D plugins directory for me that's `cd C:\Users\donovan\MAXON\plugins`
+1. Clone this repo: `git clone git@github.com:mp5gosu/InstanceMan.git`
+
+### Building
+
+#### Update the Project
+
+1. Copy the `frameworks` folder from the C4D SDK into the `InstanceMan` directory.
+1. Update the plugin project with the C4D SDK Project Tool `kernel_app_64bit.exe g_updateproject=C:\Users\YourUserNameHere\MAXON\plugins\InstanceMan`.
+
+#### Build the Project
+
+1. Open the `instanceman.vcxproj` file in the `project` folder that was generated/updated by the Project Tool in Visual Stu.
+1. Build > Build Project
+
+#### Verify the Build
+
+1. Open Cinema 4D
+1. Look in the Plugins pulldown for "instanceman"