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    • daleD Offline
      dale
      last edited by

      I am sometimes pretty thick when it comes to getting things to work in Animator, so I come for advice.
      I have an airplane with 4 props.
      I cannot for the life of me get each individual prop to spin.
      I haven't been able to find a tutorial that fits this particular problem.
      Can anyone offer advice?
      Thanks

      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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      • ntxdaveN Offline
        ntxdave
        last edited by

        Have you tried selecting all 4 props and applying the same animation to all of them at the same time? I do not have access to my computer to try it for you.

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        • daleD Offline
          dale
          last edited by

          Yes, but when I do this all 4 props rotate in a large arc.
          I don't have it Animator in front of me right now, but I have also tried the button next to the rotate button, which if my memory is correct, is for "rotating individual objects", but when I go from one prop to the next it seems to forget that the first prop was animated.
          I'm quite sure it's me, not the software, but nothing I do seems to work.

          Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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          • ntxdaveN Offline
            ntxdave
            last edited by

            Can you send rotate one, then copy and paste the animation details to each of the other three props.

            Sorry, I do note have access to my computer but I think I posted something similar on YouTube some time ago.

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            • daleD Offline
              dale
              last edited by

              I didn't know how to do what you suggested, so I went in to try and find out. In the process I ended up figuring it out.
              When I used the "Spin"- Individual rotation of each selected object, I was selecting one prop, then performing the rotation, then move on to select the next prop.
              However this time I selected all the props first, then performed the Individual rotation, and it worked.
              Really logical when I finally figure it out, just takes me a while sometimes.
              Thanks so much for your support on this ntxdave.
              Cheers

              Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              • HornOxxH Offline
                HornOxx
                last edited by

                hi Dale - as I am also dealing with this issue I found a way through trial and error πŸ˜‰

                @ntxdave said:

                ... then copy and paste the animation details to each of the other three props...

                Hi Dave πŸ˜„ I just can't figure out how this copy-paste procedure works - I find and can click the copy button of any movement but after that I have no idea what and how I have to do next to paste this movement to any other object(s)...

                never trust a skinny cook

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Spin and use CTRL to multi pick objects...

                  https://i.imgur.com/H5zjnvy.png

                  https://i.imgur.com/S5KAAB7.png

                  Then the rest is up to preference for speed etc....


                  dale-prop.gif


                  prop-dale.skp

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                  • ntxdaveN Offline
                    ntxdave
                    last edited by

                    Thanks for the post Rich. My laptop has died so I was kind of going by memory which obviously is not that good. You showed him what I really was trying to say earlier but did not explain correctly. β˜€

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                    • daleD Offline
                      dale
                      last edited by

                      Thanks Rich.
                      This is pretty much how I ended up solving it. I think the term individual had me thinking I had to do each prop individually, rather than selecting them all .

                      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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