Collin, apparently C4D has a better way of dealing with vectors as a separate plugin. Give it a look: https://www.digitalsandwich.net/portf...tsmart-review/
It was developed by someone at Maxon, so I don't know why it's not built into C4D at this point. Not sure if there's something also for Maya users, but for now it's old AI 8 files.

Make sure to check out the v2 features on cineversity. It supports up to AI CC and has some pretty slick options.https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/cv-artsmart