How to relocate animation in scene?

Support Animation and Rigging
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So, there is an animation I’m working on, and I have a running animation from one file I want to use in another file, but in a different location of the current file. But, I haven’t been able to find any direct answers to help with this. Obviously the model I’m using is more complex, but I’m gonna use this simple cube as an example.

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Let’s say I take that cube, and make an animation of it going in this direction.

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And in another file, I want to make it go in THIS direction, but without having to redo the animation all over again, or making another animation just for that direction.

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Is there any kind of process to do this? Or do I HAVE to redo the animation?

2

Create an Empty then add a ChildOf constraint on your cube with the Empty as the target. Click Select Inverse on the constraint properties afterwards .

Then you would just rotate the Empty on its Z axis on the first frame to the direction you want to change it to.

3

So, will that method work on an entire armature? That’s what I’m mainly asking about.

4

Yes, you would just need to add the constraint on the armature’s root bone instead.

5

It worked! Thank you very much!