"Brake apart" animation

Artwork Animations
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Hi guys,

I’ve tried different sollutions but none known for me works fine.
Here what I have:

  • simple barrel made of 20 single boards (separate objects)
    What I want to achieve:
  • aniamation of barrel explosion, where single boards DON’T deform, only are thrown aside and land on ground, of course I don’t want to animate each board separatelly, I want to use physics
    If you have any ideas on how to do it, I will be very gratefull for your help.
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Animating them all by hand would probably be the best thing to do, it would garantee whatever effect you want. But maybe you can use a Particle System together with the Explode modifier, though I think it works by faces, so it is something to give thought.