How to Array Objects Around in a Circle in Blender (Tutorial)

[@XxXxSlayer117]

3:47 - be sure to apply all transforms before adding array modifier, otherwise you will get weird offsets based off of the empty in the scene.

[@RyanKingArt]

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[@cemadiby]

This taught me what I wanted to do and so much more, amazing tutorial!! And perfect speed, everything explained but to the point, thank you so much

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you liked it!

[@Rhinehardos]

An explanation like this is what I call "quality tutorial" 😁👍

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!!

[@MaffBowers]

I totally agree - I'm learning Blender and Ryan's the best tutor I've found on KZbin for beginners - patient explanation and exactly what's going on at every step

[@robertnett9793]

Indeed. That was exactly what I was missing for my lil project :D

[@TheDevian]

As always, there is so much more to learn than the title suggests. Glad I watched it. Thanks. ;)

[@RyanKingArt]

Haha thanks! Yeah I try to pack my tutorials with valuable information.

[@Thepaintingwick]

Unless I'm missing something, which is totally possible, this only works in a vacuum. When you're actually modeling something, and you have a specific point you need the thing to be, then you can't do this. because your empty needs to be at the zero point if you don't want a weird almost random bunch of objects that come out all different sizes and positions. Because you can't set an empty's location to zero without moving it to zero. Is there a way to make this functional that I'm missing?

[@samueljames7020]

for those that are having trouble remember to set the xyz scale in empty to the same as the scale in the selected object

[@-keimurikxe2252]

THX)

[@lakshitha7765]

OMG THANK YOUUUUUU

[@abdouliejallow2531]

Hi your knowledge in blender is endless thanks for teaching from africa watching in Dubai

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@mr.lunatic3157]

This might be one of the videos I didnt know i needed.😄

[@RyanKingArt]

Hope you find it useful!

[@alemakhoul4899]

as usual, the best tutorial about the subject

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!

[@bahrainhasnan]

Amazing tutorial, learn a lot in this video. Thanks for uploading!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you liked it!

[@TruthSurge]

Ok, this is really hard to control but I finally managed to do this one a single object. But it seems to not work if you use mult objects or even instancing on faces and array the plane with mult obj parented to that plane. But at least I have it working now with one object so.... There must be a simpler way though to array a group of objects around in a perfect circle w/o manually placing them. Oh well.... the joy and insanity of Blender I think. thx for the tut!

[@TonyIsCool45]

I was wondering how to do this earlier and you have the solution! Thanks!

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@TruthSurge]

I tried "fit curve" and put a circle out and eye droppered it. It just kept arraying in a straight line. So I guess "fit curve" is broken? That's why you used an empty? thx

[@Alimations94]

this is exactly what i was looking for and just saw you've uploaded a video!! :D amazing video as always dude, thank you :)

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it! 😀

[@dominicroberts4648]

Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but when I select the empty at the object offset, the duplicate is place at the empty. It doesn't rotate around the empty. Very frustrating.

[@blastoff.designs]

Sorry about that, right click on the object you are trying to array and set the origin to the 3D cursor, this should fix it 😁👍

[@alaneduardomedinagaleana8992]

@@blastoff.designs love u bro u solve my problem

[@zacariasz9079]

Googled how to array in circle. Figures your video would be the first and best one :D

[@RTO1992]

Solved my issue, thank you!

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped!

[@cosmicfish1000]

When I try doing the the gear part of the tutorial the array, at count 4 for example, scales up the selected object at each count. It doubles the size of the original item with each count. This happens when I have an empty axis selected as my object offset. Using 4.0

[@selrahccnalb]

You saved me so much frustration! I couldn't understand what was controlling the distance between the arrayed objects: the distance from the empty. Thanks so much

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped!

[@hesimaku6785]

I'm having a problem on the one where the petals get smaller I don't get it

[@LeneChibi]

same problem here :( did you find a solution?

[@chrisiseipt]

me too. I tried to repeat the steps with my object and the the objects rotate around the empty but get smaller with every duplicate

[@crafish5783]

Hey, try presing Cntrl+A and apply scale. That could possibly fix your problem.

[@blenderstuffs]

Amazing 🤩🤩 very close to 100k

[@RyanKingArt]

Yes so close!!

[@wildoscar5610]

So much fun! Thank you for the tutorial

[@RyanKingArt]

You are welcome!

[@MingTian]

Thanks! its very helpful. As a beginner, I could understand everything :D

[@RyanKingArt]

glad to hear that!

[@pmarzoccojr]

Very Nice!!! Thank you very much for the video

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome!

[@Jimmith829]

This is actually a super useful tool I never really thought of, thanks!

[@RyanKingArt]

yeah its very useful for 3d modeling!

[@katharinafiedler3191]

Everytime i want to use the array it spans the object behind the other one (like a wagon) and not next to it. I tried resetting the origin to the base, have tried so many tutorials and even different versions of blender but it always keeps creating the array in a line and not next to the object. Please somebody help, this is so irritating :(

[@gavinpenrose]

Ploughing towards that 100k subs like a man on a mission !!!!!!

[@RyanKingArt]

Yep! So close! I only need 900 more!

[@heyitsprizm]

Do you know that feeling when you watch a tutorial and start laughing in disbelief about how easy the guy makes it look? Had that a few times 😂 Great video!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!

[@smilgu]

Precise and clear as always. Thank you!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!

[@DavidWinstead]

Thanks man, that's so very useful! I can think of lots of ways to use this.

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@FlightDeckMagazin]

Very helpful, this was one of my problems.

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helped!

[@theforest8882]

Thanks I was looking for it

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@satglob4839]

Thank you Ryan for this short and useful tutorial.

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@mahdidaraei4185]

One more week and you'll be hitting 100k subs.

[@RyanKingArt]

Yep! Almost there!

[@henrydom]

Hi Ryan, thanks for this very interessting tutorial, ! I wanna just add someting to your exemple with the proppeller, you can directly do math in the value: juste type 360/3 and you have the result ; blender is amazing :) !

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for sharing! 👍‍

[@notagudartistbutiamtrying1854]

How do you stop it from doing the scaling thing? I'm trying to get them all the same size.

[@louiscampeau7823]

any ideas why when I select a the object offset it snaps to it even though my relative offset is 0 ?

[@rayfox1984]

Clear and fast and has additional tips. This is an autolike, thanks for the vid!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!

[@mark82666]

Amazing tutorial.

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad you like it!

[@shallowandpedantic2320]

Thanks

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome!

[@tesagarona]

muy bueno, yo haciendo con nodos geometricos, gracias

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@kellybmackenzie]

Thank you so much, you helped me so much!!

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad I could help!

[@Driinked]

I watched so many videos on it already and I follow them step by step but instead of it rotating around the object it creates an array in a straight line every time... I don't know how to fix it

[@uArcayle]

Do you know how to unwrap the model to get my own repeating texture on every brick (with own texture for every brick side but all bricks looking the same)

[@erikringwalters]

Big thanks 👍

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped, thanks for watching!

[@3dartist31]

bunldes of thanks sir

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@animacioneilustracion7883]

WOOOWWWW!!!! Thanks a lot!

[@RyanKingArt]

you're very welcome!

[@jardenoversyk4706]

I dunno if this is right but I had to set the origin of the object I wanted to "orbit" the empty as the same place as the empty.

[@SleeplessDylan64]

cool!

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks!

[@worldkeyvideo9080]

I used the array modifier a lot but recently I have found that geometry nodes offers a lot of versatility for arraying objects. Could you do a video showing how to array objects in geometry nodes?

[@RyanKingArt]

Yeah maybe I can do a video on that.

[@tanyalinakorotych2417]

Super useful information. You are great!

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KionLionGuardOfficial]

cool tips!

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks! 👍‍

[@mroovek3778]

great video

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks you 😀

[@tacoman5484]

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RyanKingArt]

you are welcome!

[@dronefootage2778]

This tutorial is pretty good. One issue for me is, as I build the model, not everything revolves around the world center so the array modifier stops working for me because I can't figure out how to move the origin to the exact center of where I want to rotate the object around. For example if you made a 2nd but different gear and wanted to place it right underneath the first gear, it's not possible from this tutorial.

[@seankelly5318]

In Object mode, click the object tab and second one down is Set origin, there are 5 options to choose. Try set origin to geometry. Also you can use a circle as a guide. Good luck.

[@dronefootage2778]

@@seankelly5318 Thanks m8! I actually found a different way I use now. I duplicate the object, rotate it around the center by specific degrees, then hit shift+R a bunch of times and it keeps copying it in a circle, it works really well. plus then I have actual objects. The array modifier never worked well for me (I'm doing 3d printing with blender).

[@robertnett9793]

@@dronefootage2778 Modifiers are just math done to existing objects that tells the program to do stuff. They aren't 'geometry' on their own. But you can hit the 'apply' button on each modifier, to turn them into geometry. This is done so you can repetitive stuff quickly - like rotating, mirroring and so on. Once you are happy with your work - apply and 'voila' geometry you didn't need painstakingly create face by face :D

[@dronefootage2778]

@@robertnett9793 thanks m8. since the 8 months i posted this i learned a lot more. i know how to move the origin of the model and i know how to move the cursor with ctrl+s and i can snap the origin to the cursor and vice versa and to snap the model to to cursor and to use the menu and align stuff where i can select from xyz what i want to align, so now i know how to do this stuff, i was just a real noob back then :)

[@robertnett9793]

@@dronefootage2778 I see - but maybe there someone else who doesn't know and reads it here - seeing as there are a few comments on your question :D edit: And I am also still a beginner :D

[@Davethegreat096]

Can anyone help me I used the knife to make a crake on the floor but idk how to animate it if anyone could help thanks

[@RyanKingArt]

hmm, I'm not sure.

[@georgoiesvold4222]

while the propeller is cool implication of this idea, i feel using Shift D, R, Z 120, is much easier and faster

[@RyanKingArt]

Yes you could do that too.

[@BrightMahamakweku]

Please can you teach me how to do pavilion?

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for the tutorial idea

[@bacteriamemes7169]

My array don't work like that 😢

[@AgentCryo]

doesnt work, when I use it for a wheel it just wants to go up

[@mack7963]

this begs the question whoever wrote the array modifier why didnt they put a radial array in there as an option, this is one of the most basic tools in 3d modelling. but no, blender has to be different to the point that you have to add more steps than it needs to.

[@RyanKingArt]

hmm yeah I guess it could be made a bit easier.

[@fauzandz4179]

getting the blade of each propeller bigger by default :(

[@cekconi1773]

👍👍👍

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks!

[@Ruben-xe1gm]

😥 【ｐｒｏｍｏｓｍ】

[@RyanKingArt]

what?

[@BrightMahamakweku]

Please can you teach me how to do pavilion?

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for the tutorial idea

[@BrightMahamakweku]

Please can you teach me how to do pavilion?

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for the tutorial idea