Using the ARRAY MODIFIER in Blender - Blender Modifier Tutorial

[@TheCGEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about the array modifier in the comments below!

[@hariraman3474]

How do we instance the object using Array? I want to save memory on my renders

[@boossxxx]

Video Not streaming in more then 360p

[@ruimincheng7729]

Can I make my object follow a mesh (line)?

[@stnayem]

Very nice tutorial. Does anyone know how can I do this with a collection where got many different objects not array??? Thanks.

[@yan3748]

hi i know this vid was 3 years ago but i have a little problem... my empty is doing some weird stuff to my array modifier like making the parts crazy small or make them spin 90° with every copy. what should i do?

[@My2Cents1]

Thank you for this tuturial. It's exactly what I needed. I'm making a ram horn, using the same repeating shape. It needs to both follow a curve, rotate slightly, and decrease in scale as it reaches the end tip.

[@danoved5327]

This is a wonderful tutorial. The Empty technique is what I've been looking for to acheive scaling and rotation with arrays. Thank you!

[@ed.visualization5229]

glad to see you in this blender community, I'm your suscribers since you teaching sketchup tips !

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thanks for the support! :)

[@theblitzbrothers]

Super clear learned a lot. Thanks- Your measured teaching is so helpful to get the content. Excellent teacher!

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad you found it helpful! :)

[@TreeFrogOnATree]

this is the best Blender array tutorial out there

[@TheBronzeDog]

Thanks for this. Currently doing a big personal project that'll have me learning multiple things: Building a city in Blender. Came to this video to see if I could arrays and curves to build the city's roads, overpasses, and so forth... And I just noticed you've got a video specifically for roads in my recommendations. Think I'll be surfing the channel, now.

[@mich5131]

Came to check out how 3D modeling works

[@LilaBaMe]

The array modifier is so cool ! Right now i am doing an animation where brick by brick a pyramide is constructed with this modifier, it s a journey haha

[@gerdsfargen6687]

Those spiral stairs? Man, youre my hero!

[@firemyst9064]

Mind blowing. I never thought about adding a relative offset to the z axis! I did follow along with one of the palm tree tutorials and thats really cool, but I noticed with the leaves rotating around the empty object, that they would rotate in a 3 dimensional fashion if I adjusted where the empty was, as an experienced modeler would expect. But it works well for the natural chaos of plant leaves growing, ty for showing me the staircase! Very cool!

[@lucanemo679]

For those who can't ROTATE the empty object: 1. Try to apply "All transforms" or "Scale and Rotation" by pressing CTRL+A in Object mode If u still can't rotate it : 2. Press N and go to : Tool > Options > Transform and uncheck everything ( idk why this works but... it works )

[@Sami.499]

worked with 1. Thanks

[@NepaliTutorialZone]

im learning blender since 6 months and i love it

[@TheCGEssentials]

:)

[@liuelaine7290]

Thank you! This is so helpful, array fully explained.

[@allguard001]

Thank you for all your very helpful content.

[@neail5466]

Thanks, I was thinking it was going to automatically arrange along the curve so I kept applying transforms thinking, I did something wrong, thanks again, your guide is a lifesaver.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad I could help!

[@oscarreyes4266]

thanks man so much help to the point 10/10! subscribed!

[@rosethorn1244]

thank you so much. i´m a beginner and no other tutorial i found (4 others) said about the fit curve, in the fit type

[@vaidanubhav]

By applying object offset to empty suddenly the object (cube) converts to the array of small and big cubes. Can you help by guiding what should I do in this case?

[@daoudhiboussi1392]

i knew this will a perfect tuto the moment "oooowwatsap" Guys comes in lol . thank youu !

[@Totallynotcandlesaltacct]

This is incredibly useful! No more manually scaling tiles for me!

[@procrastinator24]

Really useful video! Only "critique" I would have is that you did not show the merge and UVs options, but I could figure it out on my own. Thanks so much! Im off to your next modifier video :)

[@usagirocks]

thank you so much I was trying to make demon horns with little bevels that were rotated with my curve. This totally unlocked like so many new options for me!!!

[@TheCGEssentials]

Awesome - glad I could help!

[@TheUnshippedcorpse]

Thanks for this, have to make a level in blender for one of my classes and was looking for a way to make placing walls and such go faster, this will be very helpful

[@videolifeca]

You are so clear and easy to follow.. Thanks

[@TheCGEssentials]

👍😃

[@Slurgical_3D_Terrain_Channel]

Im new to blender, this is helpful. I design terrain to print for tabletop games.

[@aloomia826]

Thank u so much!! This was so useful!!

[@anthony_leckie]

Thank you for a helpful tutorial.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SnowInHere]

Amazing!

[@josealmonterd]

I'm trying to apply the array modifier to a boolean cut to "repeat the hole" along one face of the cube, but I can't get it done.

[@jan_mikes_hidden_stories777]

Very helpful, thank you very much 😊💯

[@TyboAudio]

Super helpful! Thank you

[@mahsae5479]

Thank you for you tutorials! when i apply modifier (Fit Curve), it dublicates my object only once. how can i fix it?

[@kansascitycomputers]

wow thats awesome!

[@jose-carlossegoviamartin259]

Thanks a lot. Very good video, indeed.

[@belia5583]

awesome tutorial keep it up

[@07AC]

Hi. Some of the videos in your "Blender Modifier Tutorials" PLAYLIST are not playing at all. Please check.

[@lilianprym3286]

Very helpful. thank you.

[@kjd-s5b]

If I want to make an array of objects that only stand upright, how do I do it? Let's say I want to make a guard rail?

[@eitantal726]

Here's an intuitive explanation: The array modifier does this: Take the object, apply X to it. Take the new object, apply X to it. (Repeat N times) the array modifier (by itself) lets you make X be a translation op (ONLY), and lets you define N. The Empty, on the other hand, (by itself) lets you define translation, rotation and scaling, to nothing in particular. By selecting said empty as OBJECT offset, You can override the simple X that the array gives you, and replace it with the enhanced ops that the empty gives you, as your new X

[@eitantal726]

Would have been easier if the array modifier would let you specify all these 3 ops, and not having to use an empty as a crutch

[@akawamlah]

Thank you for your Tutorial

[@kansascitycomputers]

Justin have you tried 3D coat yet ? looks pretty powerful

[@lucanemo679]

5:30 PROBLEM: why do i have lots of objects in the array after i use " Fit curve"?

[@lucanemo679]

I solved the problem, u simply need to apply all the transforms by clicking "Ctrl + A" and the objects will follow correctly the curve

[@necromansir6060]

hmmm.. I have no idea if it only happens to me. when I tried to watch your video I cannot change it for 1080p it only can be played with 360p

[@TheCGEssentials]

It's not just you. KZbin somehow has screwed up the HD versions of about 3 of my videos on the channel and I have no way of fixing it.

[@necromansir6060]

@@TheCGEssentials thanks at least I feel relieved that I know my network has not the problem :)

[@phillipgimmi-businessgrowt2430]

good job thorough

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thanks!

[@ghoststudio6101]

array modifier not working correctly after scaling the object. What can I do now

[@TheCGEssentials]

Make sure you've applied rotation and scale

[@mikaznavodya9300]

Thanks well explained

[@sannerambags3454]

Idk if I am the only one with this problem but when I select my empty, my objects become bigger. I don't know if this is an update or if I'm just not doing it correctly...

[@sannerambags3454]

Okay figured it out, don't scale it because if you scale it, it's gonna change stuff. This should definalty be a part of the video explaining this

[@双雷交火-u8b]

arrya how to separate each id into independent objects, rather than geometric structure independent

[@JoaoVictor-vd9fn]

a lot helpful

[@Flukad]

How to Array whole collection?

[@karndev1]

Perfect

[@07AC]

Videos for "Using the Array Modifier" "Using the Simple Deform Modifier" not loading. Getting 404 on some browsers. Please check.

[@TheCGEssentials]

I have no idea what to do about this. It's an issue on KZbin's server end, not my end. You should be able to play them at 360p, but beyond that, I do not know how to fix the issue.

[@iumatoro4790]

I love you so much

[@stnayem]

Very nice tutorial. Does anyone know how can I do this with a collection where got many different objects not array??? Thanks.

[@jascrandom9855]

Question, can this be done along a Mesh, and not just a Curve?

[@TheCGEssentials]

I'm not sure how this would work - a curve gives a linear path for something to be copied along - a mesh wouldn't provide that - what are you trying to achieve?

[@jascrandom9855]

@@TheCGEssentials An idea after seeing Zbrush's new MicroPoly feature.

[@zalzalahbuttsaab]

I am trying to *EVENLY* distribute 56 instances of a mesh around an empty, such that the instances fill the perimeter equidistantly of an imaginary circle placed around the empty, in other words, there will be 56 instances placed evenly around the empty. At the moment, using the method you and other KZbinrs have specified, I can only get the 56 instances to 3/4 fill the circle surrounding the empty, with a gap of 90 degrees between the first and the last instance left unpopulated. Please advise.

[@Butter_Racing]

why is it that every time I use this modifier the objects just get bigger and bigger never matching the proper scaling. idk what I'm doing wrong.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Sounds like you need to apply your model rotation and scale

[@MortalMandolin]

Thanks for the good video. I recently made a Egyptian temple and used a lot of array modifiers for buildings and pillars. I had problems though to mirror some individual things because of the array. Both objects where mirrored. Is it possible to mirror one of the array objects?

[@TheCGEssentials]

Is your array modifier above or below your mirror modifier in your modifier stack?

[@davecooper86]

Thank You)

[@TheCGEssentials]

Welcome!

[@teeleeleger9366]

Hello, Thank you very much for these very useful tips. However, I have a problem with the method which starts at 6:50, ... I am doing the exact same steps; but when I link to my empty , it doesn't work. My initial instance is duplicated and doubles in size each time I increase its amount .... I have tried several times, on new objects and it is always the same problem that happens..do you have any idea where i made a mistake? thank you again for your excellent tutorials. Birdee

[@TheCGEssentials]

You've probably scaled your object - you need to apply rotation and scale in your object settings

[@teeleeleger9366]

@@TheCGEssentials I have tried everything. Hello. Thanks for you feedback ! I'm starting from a blank document. I put a cube that I flatten to make a step like yours. I produce 6 steps with the count box. Then I place my empty like you and as soon as I connect the offset object to my initial step, the other steps are stretched and double their volumes, triple, quadruple ... (the second is double, the third is at least three times bigger, etc.) I your case, when you connect the offset nothing happens, as you say in the video. Something happens to you only when you apply changes to your empty. I can't figure out what's going on ... You have an idea... ? ... sorry for those beginners questions.. and my broken english... Cheers, Birdee

[@TheCGEssentials]

@@teeleeleger9366 I don't think you understood that I said, or if you did, you didn't mention it in your steps. Select the object you're copying, go to "object" at the top of the page, and select "apply rotation and scale" once you've created it.

[@teeleeleger9366]

@@TheCGEssentials that's it ! that's exactly what I forgot! Sorry for my incompetence and thank you for your patience! It works now! thank you for everything

[@seanosuilleabhainemerald]

I am using blender 2.9 and do not get the same behaviour as you with respect to the empty. I create the empty as shown, but as soon as I select object Offset and then select the empty object the elements of the array after element 1 disappear. A little portion of element two appears that perhaps corresponds in size to the size of the empty, but the rest of the items just disappear. I then tried again with a new file. I created a cube, scaled it down to look like a step. Added an array modifier, set the count to 5 and set the relative X offset to 1.5. I positioned the cursor on the lower portion of the first element and then added an empty plan axis. As soon as I did this, the other elements of the array all assumed different heights. This was before I modified the empty in any way. I have been unable to create the ascending stairs pattern you show.

[@seanosuilleabhainemerald]

I found a solution. Before you use the empty as the object offset you must reset the scale, location, rotation parameters of the object you are applying the array to. To do this type Ctrl + A then select scale, location, rotation to reset these to 0.

[@valkolupus]

@@seanosuilleabhainemerald Thank you so much! Just what I needed.

[@FyL43]

very helpful , do you have made a tutorial for make tracks ?

[@TheCGEssentials]

What kind of tracks?

[@jyrka8750]

How to create an array on X axis with incremental Z axis rotations?

[@isabel-mj1rs]

THANK U

[@MyStudio-io3so]

IMPORTANT READ: I am doing a cloth simulation in experiment testing cube and plane object only. I notice when I add my plane for the cloth and subdivide it works well even after adding the cloth physics. Blender viewport runs with a good frame rate. I add in a cube made it a collision object, everything works fine, Blender runs at a good speed. I apply the collision modifier and after that the cloth falls through the cube as if I added no collision. The same thing will happen if I apply the scale to the plane I used for the cloth. I tried baking the cloth sim and still the same issue. I also notice if you apply the same modifier twice to the same object, Blender viewport runs at less that one frame per second. How to solve this? I also notice Blender slow play back and lag has nothing to do with the Physics but the modifiers. Because if you apply the physics modifiers Blender runs without much lag, however, the modifiers don't function when applied.

[@aaa-k1w]

thanks

[@sourabhv9594]

When i scale my object gets messy pls help if there is anyone who had faced this issue pls help me out.

[@Endful2024]

It's not working The array isn't appearing

[@s.m007]

Object offset:::__ I rotate empty so stairs copies decrease size .I should be same size all stairs

[@_pinkangels]

this problem is happening to me :(

[@TheCGEssentials]

Did you apply scale and rotation to your original object?

[@s.m007]

@@TheCGEssentials thanks I find solution because corser point direction wrong side so I face this problem and second reason I can't scale empty object

[@phatshare]

​@@TheCGEssentials your guess was right. I tried with original object, it works perfect. But when I edit the object like scaling, it's going messy. Anyway to fix it?

[@gianluca-frare]

is possible to replicate sketchup divide function?

[@TheSmashingDoc1]

its so annoying, when you make the item bigger, the scale is also changing. its impossible in object mode to make it bigger without changing the scale what messes up the array

[@rebellion1193]

👌👍

[@ashitoon4961]

dammm explanation.

[@TheCGEssentials]

???

[@izzyali1545]

HEY i have gotten up to the empty part, number 4 i follow the exact same steps but when i click object offset and get the eye dropper and click on my empty it dosent roatate. what happens is that the objects get blown up and are massive. can anyone please help me? would be much appreciated :))) Awsome channel by the way "The CG Essentials"

[@phatshare]

same issue :(

[@phatshare]

1 clue, I tried with original object, it works perfect. But when I edit the object like scaling, it's going messy. Anyway to fix it?

[@aqaribdanial4740]

same problem today i,m facing. :( do you had any solution for this problem if you have then kindly plz share it

[@lucanemo679]

If it doesn't rotate press N, got to: Tool > Options > Transform > uncheck everything. Now... i dont know why this works but... it works.

[@liliaellis4366]

For some reason this video didn't work at any quality better than 360p..

[@TheCGEssentials]

Yeah - a few of my videos are having this issue and I don't know why. I think it's an issue on KZbin's end...

[@rabarhusen01]

🌸🌸🌸

[@heddywood]

After much frustration, I need to say this doesn't appear to work in the z offset. All I got was a deformed shape which didn't follow the curve (yes I did apply the scale). It's working perfectly on the x offset so all I had to do was rotate my mesh.

[@r.k.3847]

Video not playing man

[@saipranavk6666]

Hey I love to copy your Bonney model I will make that good dog.

[@TheSmashingDoc1]

uuugh the adds never end and this modifier makes me loose my mind

[@wenchaofarid4643]

IanHubert

[@TheCGEssentials]

What about him?

[@wenchaofarid4643]

@@TheCGEssentials he is cool

[@wenchaofarid4643]

he is cool like you

[@TheCGEssentials]

@@wenchaofarid4643 Oh he's definitely cooler than me :)

[@wenchaofarid4643]

@@TheCGEssentials ok

[@casers623]

omg why do you look like mark zuckerberg!!!!!

[@TheCGEssentials]

I don't :)

[@calorieTT]

360p so sad XD

[@TheCGEssentials]

KZbin's being weird on some of these videos...

[@Dkprat310]

your flow is not correct to explain getting too much complicated for me

[@TheCGEssentials]

I'm sorry you don't like it I guess, but this is the way the tools work in Blender...I can't really help how complicated it is...

[@cove688]

this thing is fucking broken lmaooo