Blender Factory Animation Tutorial | Polygon Runway

Let's model and animate a stylized factory belt animation in Blender.
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[@SetMeFree]

I must say, when tutorials do something wrong first, then goes back to correct it, is such a powerful teaching technique. To present the most likely mistakes beginners will probably make and show them how to correct it before they make it, is next level. 👍🏼

[@MiakuTestingGrounds]

Another option to consider for the box falling into the pit (so you don't have to animate it, and it looks more realistic), is you can keyframe up a rigid body simulation to kick off RIGHT as the box hits the end of the conveyor - the way to do this is 1) Make sure you apply the bool modifier to factory floor for the hole, and set the floor a 'passive' rigid body with type 'mesh' (the default collision type of 'Convex Hull' will have your box just float above the pit. 2) Also apply a 'passive' rigid body modifier to the conveyor belt 'interior' (not to the moving belt, for simplicity) - you can set the collision margin on this object to be a bit beyond the surface of belt's interior so it looks like the box collides with the moving belts instead of the belt interior. 3) for the box on the belt, make it an 'active' rigid body, and you need to keyframe the 'Animated' box as 'checked' (by clicking the little dot to the right of it when you're on Frame 1), and then, at the frame where the box should just start to tip over the edge of the belt, uncheck the 'Animated' property and make sure you keyframe it as unchecked. With this setup, the box will switch from being an animated object to a physics sim right at that frame, and it will inherit the velocity it had when it was 'traveling' along the belt in it's animation, so it will tumble off the end of the belt pretty nicely and roll into the pit. ((All of these physics options can be accessed by clicking on the 'physics' tab on the right, when you have any object selected, it's two entries below the 'modifiers' tab.)) Note as well if you do this, the center of gravity of your object defaults to your object's origin (orange dot), so if you followed this tutorial by-the-books, you get a super bottom-heavy box with the physics sim, might be fun to play with that to see how many you can stack in the pit.

[@permafrost93]

At 3:00 if the plain did not stick to the curve, it's because you need to apply scale before adding the modifier. apply scale, transform then it'll stick to your plain (curve)

[@Oscar-mr4uj]

If anyone else have this problem, Seeing vertical lines in the graph editor (axis scaling being unproportional). Hold down CTRL+MMB and move the mouse up or down to adjust. Great tutorial as always! Dont know how to put it but theyre just right. Easy to follow along with, not longwinded and satisfying results. Greatly increases your confidence in your 3D modeling ability. Thank you!

[@КатаБата]

Thanks for the tutorial. It was like meditation for me!

[@polygonrunway]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ashsihver]

Thankyou for beautiful work, its always feels good to watch.

[@RunThermal]

If you wanna animate the belt with no math just hold ctrl so it snaps to grid, and snap the other end of the belt to the X Axis with G+X

[@dallasscandling6329]

life saver

[@enjuy]

Thanks mate, helps me get more comfortable with blender.

[@polygonrunway]

Glad to help!

[@lorincinar]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. It was very clear and easy to follow. I'm always thankful for your time to share your knowledge with the community and the people who want to learn about Blender.

[@polygonrunway]

Glad to help, thank you! 🙏

[@zypeth4634]

I was feeling so lost, this actually makes so much more sense tysm :D

[@iwishiwereabird9306]

if the bevel doesn't work at 1:58 then try ticking off Clamp Overlay on the bevel editing menu and change the shape values if you don't get the curve on the edges

[@Magna_Dragon]

It's good to know that the first part can also make tank treads

[@laoufrancescano2573]

Hi im french, and im just writing to say that your tutorials are soooo useful to me, and surely many people, you can't imagine how ! Great video like usual ! Maybe for a next tutorial you could do a little french bakery, with croissant and stuff

[@danielsonderhoff5882]

cool idea!

[@SetMeFree]

I’ve always wondered how to make anime speed lines. Except with a cool 3D spin to it instead of the traditional 2D style.

[@nephtalythamae9910]

thank you Polygon, you really make this simple. please make perfume factory animation

[@brandonscott3012]

Always appreciate content creator teachers 👍 thank you :)

[@polygonrunway]

Happy to help!

[@phattharawadeechata5673]

I'm Thailand. I realy love tutorial blender this chanel.

[@pravishanth]

My 9 yo daughter likes doing your tutorials, thankyou!!

[@kidusrediet475]

This is way way way way way way Amazing!

[@jullibarb]

Gostei muito do tutorial, a parte que eu mais aproveitei foi a animação, as dicas e informações básicas que eu não conhecia tanto. Obrigado pelo video!

[@maXcelmishra]

Do you know sir that you are the best teacher in this world for beginners i love your tutorials. love from India💌💌💌💌😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you so much for making these kinds of tutorials we all love it

[@MewMewMeadows]

This tutorial really reminds me of that adorable illustration with the bots at work. You've done a terrific job with this conveyor belt, animation and all! PS: I'd also like to make a suggestion: Umbrella opening/closing animation

[@polygonrunway]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@Nefeither]

3:08 What should I do if my array plane does not overlap on the curve?

[@subashkannan3969]

Please set Orgin to 3D cursor for both the planes

[@zunibutt7666]

@@subashkannan3969 Thank you so much

[@MrFrost-xh6rf]

I feel like there’s an easier way to create the conveyer belt and rotate perfectly in a loop…. Iv been following all your tutorials tho. Even with a years experience, it’s good to go back and do your tutorials! Learn different ways to work and get reacquainted with the basics! And each one can be done in an hour or two. Keep up the good work!!!

[@polygonrunway]

Thank you for the kind feedback! Yeah, I love to go back to basics and look for new perspectives too :)

[@obiarne]

Can someone help me? (I found a solution, but it's strange). So, when I made the curve in the beginning, we dragged down the top two vertices with G + Z and that yellow dot in the center was the only thing that didn't move. But I got a nice curve. Now at 08:38 we make something similar, but this time we scale down S + Z and that yellow dot remains in the center. For him, the bevel Ctrl B + V works, but for me, it doesn't bevel the left and right edge of my rectangle. The black dots (or vertices) appear from the center and go to the four corners, but not the left and right side of my rectangle. I struggled for a while, but if I do this step and instead of scaling down along the Z-axis, I just grab the top two vertices and drag them down, (like we did in the beginning), it finally works. Can someone explain this? I'm still new to Blender. Sorry

[@lukasstech8537]

Same problem

[@darkomen1078]

Same here

[@Amoha3D]

Press CTRL + A and apply everything. Then try again

[@sigrsaeli2899]

you need to do all the steps to change the figure in edit mode and then everything will work as in the video. if you make changes in object mode then the bevel will be to the central point of the figure

[@SickShots617]

@@sigrsaeli2899 That was my issue, thank you!

[@taniadubois5657]

Another fantastic tutorial , really enjoyed this one !

[@polygonrunway]

Glad you liked it!

[@vumong7864]

how can I make a hole like 12:36. I tried to press Ctrl + numpad - but it just zoom out the screen

[@mellmen3451]

if you do ctrl+shift+b you will open the menu of this mod and select an option you need

[@sseroan]

Can't wait to try this out and flex it in the discord. Thanks for the awesome tutorials 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@polygonrunway]

Glad you like the content! :)

[@onechance1073]

Thank you very much bro for requested videos ☺️☺️

[@rodediaz9730]

Muchas gracias por este video tutorial, me han ayudado a aprender sobre blender, gracias a estos tutoriales he podido hacer pequeñas ilustraciones para recursos en la web, saludos desde Panamá

[@Crits-Crafts]

I love this idea.

[@KwameGyanko]

Thanks for this. There aren't a lot of good conveyor belt tutorials for blender

[@polygonrunway]

Glad to help!

[@mustafaerkoc9393]

I have always wanted to create 3D thingg like you do (low-poly) and accidently I encountered your channel so I love it and subscribed to you. I know nothing about Blender or similar software but I hope I will be better as I watch you! Thnx.

[@polygonrunway]

Welcome aboard!

[@andyengine2661]

Great video. Although I'm ok with modelling, Animation is my weak point and this vid has solved how to do Tank Track animation. Thanks Roman 👍

[@akawamlah]

Perfect design

[@mostaffasalam]

At least you should say special thanks for this guy he deserve more really. thanks man for your amazing efforts .

[@polygonrunway]

I appreciate that!

[@stanleychukwu]

thank you!!!! this was extremely timely

[@holasace6904]

I love all your tutorial. Thanks very Much ❤

[@holyshiftstudio]

This turned out amazing, thank you. Lot's of useful stuff learned.

[@polygonrunway]

Glad you like it!

[@Krishplay]

Now, I have finally completed this animation, and learn various things, thank you for this tutorial .

[@kaidodoflamingo8809]

Can you explain what he did in 23:30 😵‍💫

[@msjstudioo]

Amazing Tutorial This is a fantastic method of your conveying the tutorials.

[@polygonrunway]

Haha, nice one! :) THanks

[@abmotivation724]

Khatarnak ❤😊

[@giovannigobbo3337]

when I bevel the edges of the rectangle at the very beginning of the video my edges look oval..why?

[@yannancy9433]

Same!!!

[@yadhunandan4908]

@@yannancy9433 same

[@yadhunandan4908]

did you find any solution

[@yadhunandan4908]

hey found the solution just apply transform it will solve the problem

[@giovannigobbo3337]

@@yadhunandan4908 exactly! thank you

[@purplleyx]

would you consider uploading the non sped up version of the end part? maybe in an unlisted video :0

[@bomapdich]

I'm having trouble around 3:26, my rectangle mesh is having a hard time following the curve like that. All the rectangle are of different sizes and the radius of the belt seems to be bigger too. How can I fix this

[@karengavra2837]

I have same trouble, and now I don't know what to do

[@bomapdich]

@@karengavra2837 Try this. It works for me to some extent. After you convert it into a curve. Press Ctrl + A to apply normal, rotation, and everything. Press Shift S, and choose cursor to selected. Then proceed to add the array part.

[@mandarkulkarni525]

@@bomapdich Thanks Man

[@hdangtran]

it's worked with me. big help. tysm!

[@ZgadywankiTV]

Brilliant tutorial! Thanks 🌷

[@abdmorioglu4868]

hello please can u make more similar Tutoriles for more complicated machine

[@Lizeeerd_D]

it sounds like a complicated idea, but it seems to me very interesting to make a looped animation in which a mouth that chews gum, so that it could be seen, slurped and slipped on the teeth and as a result, a bubble inflated with lips and burst , then the animation repeats I also want to add that you are doing VERY cool! 😍

[@DevEmpower]

Amazing tutorial bro. Thanks a lot ❤❤❤❤

[@goolxx]

you are the best

[@vildrox019]

When I add the curve modifier and choose with the eyedropper, my plane (conveyor) gets distorted at the round ends of the curve. Ive tried this in 3.4 and 4.0. It also sits about 1/2 a grid unit away from the actual curve. Any advice?

[@poopman9828]

I have the same problem, cant find a way to fix it

[@TheRustedKnife]

Please help im stuck on 7:00 I divided it and it doesn't sits perfectly on the X axis @Polygon Runway

[@hoangbuii]

Thank you so much, this is brilliant.

[@polygonrunway]

Glad to help! :)

[@yadhunandan4908]

hey i need help , when i bevel the first rectangle i dont get the same curve as the video more like a slanted curve

[@vlog_asad_abbas]

people only teaching blender but you also teach us the art and illustration. some time dont take about the timing of tutorials and do lighting and shading also

[@rahim6821]

You are best superman 3d graphic

[@odykol2984]

So nice. I would like to see an epoxy gaming adjustable desk.

[@kidusrediet475]

Cool

[@yug__share]

Hi, We've probably already told you: you're great, and thank you very much for this work and these shares. You ask for an idea, I'm thinking of a clown fish aquarium! : Ok I'm going out :)

[@TheTravelStoryByHasan]

Thank you so much Brother

[@Old_joker]

5:55 wow

[@Deedrio]

At 3:07, for me the belt plane just floats too far above the curve as opposed to drirectly on it like in the video here. I don't know what I did wrong. Tried applying scale on both objects and it still didn't work. Weird. Can't follow through with this tutorial as a result.

[@minin7838]

Your tutorials are so so nice. . Im getting a lot of help from your tutorials. Thanks 😊😊😊

[@smeaflover]

wdym bro have you seen smeaf before?

[@MVIMAT]

Great Tutorial

[@polygonrunway]

Thank you!

[@rajdeepchakraborty3259]

A tutorial on the logo animation that comes at the beginning of your video will be great

[@XiagraBalls]

Almost done this one, but my hole isn't the black pit of default cube despair I want it to be and my conveyor is going backwards! 😄

[@kidusrediet475]

🦆It was perfect from

[@89ZY]

Thank You, great tutorial...

[@polygonrunway]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jatupolearkanong7198]

Thank you for tutorial.👍

[@groovynelson1575]

Good day sir. I was wondering if you could show us how to add sound to the conveyor belt. If you do that with your paid courses I'll understand. I just figure a conveyor belt sound is pretty much the same all the time. I've forgotten how to add sound since I haven't done it for a while. Either way just really grateful for your You Tube tutorials. I've done 4 or 5 projects since I've been following along. Have a good day!

[@groovynelson1575]

Hi I figured out how to add sound. Just wanted to let you know.

[@javiercuts]

FIX CURVE: CTRL+ A THEN ALL TRANSFORM

[@DiepNguyen-iu4ve]

can we bake this action to an animation? I'm trying to bake it, but the curve can't apply. help@@

[@PotatoImaginator]

I love your tutorials :)

[@MasoSoeSo]

I am having a problem at 4:23 , my belt does not move correctly, it only moves like a basic object(the whole belt moves, not only the parts)

[@kentube617]

Thank you for your work

[@morgandusin2401]

I know I'm new to this, but it's still a kick in the pants when it takes me 7 hours to do what you did in 26 minutes. I'll get faster, but I am so tired right now.

[@nickfai9301]

Thank you.

[@PaulHaydock-y2t]

I am really loving your tutorials - I know you mentioned suggestions earlier, it's a stretch but I wondering if you might do a tutorial for something akin to the Harry Potter sorting hat? It's got that cone shape with wrinkles, and eye and mouth impressions. Animating it would also be interesting but maybe very difficult (I'm new to modeling in Blender)

[@polygonrunway]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll think about it for sure! :)

[@shaonlidasmallick9416]

can you tell me how i can import this mesh as well as its ANIMATION to roblox studio? i just cant do the animation to roblox studio but can easily do the build work...

[@SaTales3D]

Amazing tutorial :D

[@polygonrunway]

Thanks!

[@XXBrunX]

Can you make a scarecrow with its clothes blowing in the wind with a dark atmosphere?

[@darsheeldesai2794]

Can You Please Show All The Details In The Bottom Left Bar. It Really Helps

[@NicoleSummer8]

Awesome!❤👍💪

[@samidxanstudio]

very nice, thank you

[@polygonrunway]

Glad to help!

[@RicardoEsteves]

Pause at 22:50 and read the input keys 😏

[@zmey-]

I don't get one thing... When you did scale of the plane on the X axis, how it's stay to be 1.0? When I'm doing the same, my scale X property is increasing and then bevel going to be not even.

[@polygonrunway]

Because I'm scaling in the edit mode (that doesnt change the proportions of the object wrapper)

[@zmey-]

@polygonrunway Nice tip, good to know! It's strange that nobody asked about it in the comments.

[@XX-ot4pb]

This is the best one I found online! Great Job! I have a problem though, when creating the conveyer belt, the Curve tool wont behave the same. I am stuck on 3:36. The belt is much larger than the curve, Thanks!

[@polygonrunway]

Did you apply the scale to all objects?

[@XX-ot4pb]

Thanks for replying! I am wondering what do you mean by "apply the scale to all objects" @@polygonrunway Thanks!

[@hosomi21]

@@polygonrunway I`m having the same problem and your video doesnt mention scale to all Options. unless I missed something

[@hosomi21]

the yellow dot was my problem it didnt move down with the cursor. i moved it down by setting the Origin to 3D Cursor on the curve.

[@ric-reich]

why dont you make animation course? really like your style

[@fairyring666]

someone please help :( 8:40 my bevel looks completely different, and im just making it worse with every setting. what are the settings supposed to look likee/what am i doing wrong? edit: i already scaled it

[@kaidodoflamingo8809]

How did you do that ? Same problem here

[@fairyring666]

@@kaidodoflamingo8809 i just made a cube instead of a plane and beveled that ! doesnt look the same in the end obv but its pretty similar. but only do that if even scaling doesnt do anything

[@kaidodoflamingo8809]

@@fairyring666 brilliant what you did, my problem is that I already did that at 2:19 and I can’t do that again!!

[@ashsihver]

I am not able to fit the multiple boxes after duplicating with using the same animation. any sugesstion?

[@swiftyrrr]

Looks nice, any reason the animation doesnt work in uefn when imported?

[@giatartysabalarang]

Sir can you make same tutorial but the conveyor roller with 35degree ? and the conveyor belt ist just a rubber ?

[@HuynhLuong227]

many thanks for sharing

[@jasmenaboahmed4356]

when i try to apply array and curve modifiers the belt steps grow big and uneven sizes i don't know why?

[@livinrekt]

I’d love to see more car modeling and animation processes!

[@smeaflover]

id like to see you go watch smeaf

[@Kulmie-u7]

Awesome thanks alot ❤

[@محمودرنجبران-ن6س]

NICE

[@cleberlimacls]

Great tutorial. Just wondering, why you sometimes scale in edit mode and sometimes in object mode? What is the difference? I realized the final result might be different when doing in a way instead of another but I don’t understand why.

[@polygonrunway]

I explain it in quite detail in my starter course kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGe9gpyiYt-Xa7s

[@cleberlimacls]

@@polygonrunway I’ll definitely watch it. Tks

[@xcoder2205]

After applying the modifier, the animation will no longer rotate. What is the best way to deal with it?

[@demongus1579]

Im pressing ctrl b +v buy my bevel not from the corner. Its start middle why ?

[@checkisra]

amazing animation!👍

[@polygonrunway]

Thank you!

[@smeaflover]

no smeaf is better@@polygonrunway