plain effector for blender

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Hi there, im not sure how it is called in universal 3d language, but im gonna try to explain what kind of effect im after;

i have like a few hundred cubes, in my case in the shape of a country. what i’m trying to do is animate all the cubes from up to bottom, so that they ‘‘fall’’ nicely into place. Not at the same time, but with a slight delay between each row of cubes. In cinema 4d its called the (plain) effector.

like in this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9JVLJu1Rnc

how can i do this in blender?

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You could edit the graph editor. I’m not too knowledgeable in this area but there should be some tutorials.

See attached file, play timeline.

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CubeAnim.blend (345 KB)

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thanks for you answer, but i think there should be a faster way, i have hundreds of cubes to animate.

i have found an addon called effector. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtb5R6wck2g
but blender just freezes, it doesnt like that many cubes i guess… but im pretty certain this is a common animation technique

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If there is no such tool i’d like to know it too :slight_smile: would be a shame though… such a great tool for things like motion graphics.

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There is a randomize option for proportional editing, unfortunately i don’t know how to make it affect multiple objects.

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yeah i saw that one too, but it doesnt work with animation, and its still not really prodedural.

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might be possible with physic engine!
but no certain how to do that ask in that forum
and let us know

Happy bl

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animation nodes

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there is a special particles affector system
check tut for that effect
might work

happy bl

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You’ll need the Animation Nodes addon for that, it brings great motion graphics capabilities for Blender.
Check out this site for a great introduction and tutorials on the addon https://squircleart.github.io/index.html

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i guess thats perfect… thanks. maybe even better then ‘‘just’’ the effectors.

@rickyblender, good idea, might also work