Rotate an Object FOREVER in Blender 3D (Micro Tip)

Infinitely Rotate or Spin Object in Blender
In this quick Blender tutorial, we cover how to make an object spin forever without keyframes. The object will spin indefinitely at a speed which we can control. Use this for ceiling fans, turntables and more.
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[@ChristinaTapia-b6w]

You made this so simple. You’re an absolute hero.

[@Brandon-3D]

You are too kind. Thank you!! 🙏

[@Liminally_ill]

Exactly what I needed thank you 😭😭😭

[@Brandon-3D]

Awesome, thank you!!!

[@Arny529]

Thanks a tonne this really helped, you're a life saver

[@Brandon-3D]

Appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching!!

[@rouvey]

0:52 I think it's just using radians as angles internally, so it's increasing the angle by 1 radian per frame. Thus if you want 1 full rotation to take n frames, you can just set the driver to #frame*2*pi/n

[@Brandon-3D]

Yeah I think you’re right. I think every three months I end up googling “Radians” lol. It’s over my head.

[@jakereosti]

2*pi can also be written as tau - from wikipedia: In 2010, Michael Hartl proposed to use the Greek letter tau to represent the circle constant: τ = 2π. He offered two reasons. First, τ is the number of radians in one turn, which allows fractions of a turn to be expressed more directly: for instance, a 3/4 turn would be represented as 3τ/4 rad instead of 3π/2 rad.

[@rouvey]

@@jakereosti yeah in other contexts I might use Tau as well, but outside of circles that are at least somewhat involved with mathematics it kind of just leads to more confusion in my experience. but yeah #frame *tau/n is even more intuitive

[@ifthis_]

Just learned this the other day, but was instructed to use #frame*(pi/180). I like the formula you posted better @rouvey, for when I know the number of frames and knowing I only want a full 360º. Am I getting this right?

[@emmanuelladejobi6014]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!

[@ifthis_]

Great quick tip Brandon!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!!🙏

[@rhylschermatz5809]

gasp you are a great teacher man. Thank's!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! 🙏

[@nickfai9301]

Thanks

[@supersquare]

thanks so much!

[@PortfolioYanuardi]

Very helpful! Thank Youu

[@Brandon-3D]

Glad it was helpful!

[@aliensoup2420]

Or use key frame extrapolation to extend the motion indefinitely.

[@Paige-km4wt]

Now can you export the rotation of the object as gif or Json file?

[@yasinvfx]

Hi. Will there be many subtitles, just like in their old videos? (Even English is enough)

[@Brandon-3D]

Yeah I’m sorry. I guess I haven’t been putting them on the last few. I’ll get them uploaded soon.

[@Svanevej7]

You can turn on auto-generated subtitles (with or without translation) in Settings. I usually find that works pretty well.

[@yasinvfx]

No, the texts are not easy to read. The words come in fragments. I'm already watching with translations into another language from English. When there is non-automatic English subtitles, the sentence comes as a whole and is easy to read.@@Svanevej7

[@BadLadDraws]

mine wont spin or will only spin part of my objects

[@AnimAHipHopTV]

How do I change the direction? lol

[@brevnodub]

#frame / -10

[@lonesomealeks4206]

Cool. But please no cringe stock video/photo or begging for subscription - those a good reasons for me to do the opposite.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks.