Circular Array using an Empty | Blender Secrets

There are many ways to achieve a circular array in Blender. The one that gives the most control, uses modifiers and an Empty object.

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[rancheraosborne]

For the rotation value, instead of manually rotatings it until more or less is in place, it is better to write on the rotation value ´360/(number of pieces)´ blender will do the math automatically, so the rotation will be precise.

[super-six-four]

i do not understand why its so hard to add an option "rotate along XYZ axis" to array modifier

[jackgames]

I don't understand why but when I add the array and the count is bigger than 1 it just adds a bunch of random shapes in different directions

[nirmansarkar]

Why blender's array rotation modifier so impossible to work with?

[lucacervellera]

By far one of the best blender channel on YouTube. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[Dingle.Donger]

Exactly what I needed because I forgot how to do this (AGAIN). Thank you!

[NuclearSnailStudios]

awesome video as always, thanks! <3 love the short, but not YT shorts content!
whats less awesome is how they still require you to do a checkbox-chase-ritual for a simple task like this, which is why i just use addons for that task :D

[llYukiokami]

realistic physics of mechanisms based on gears, which is what I would dream of in a blender

[JerseyEmpireGroup]

Also remember not to scale that empty or it will affect the scale of the objects in the array.

[iliasiosifidis]

If it doesn't work, apply object transformation, set origin to the empty. Also if you want to change the origin layer, just move the object on edit mode

[tahun]

as soon as i select the object offset it spawns in the cube in a bigger size and as soon as try to add more and rotate they just scale like crazy ... dunno why

[pile]

Nice and useful.
Is there a quick way to randomly rotate every object while doing the array?
It would be useful, especially when you have several levels of arrays.

[ririsplendid]

this is so much more reliable than using a curve which is extremely buggy

[elisehounslow]

mine is just going crazy everytime and each one is bigger than the next. they look random to me

[muhammadrakapanjinurjaman]

why is not working, when i rotate the sphere the object its bigger????

[Falkrum]

❤ thank you for your amazing tips! Maybe you know how to handle with my task? I need modifier, constraint or geometry node (basically non destructive way) that will make transformation values to 0 without reseting it. For example I am making linked dublicated meshes and move each mesh to specific place i need, but then i need to those meshes to have transformations set to 0 and save link to each other. Can you help me with this challenge please?

[hushangazimov-fefp]

Hello how to array sphere in chess arrangement".and then wrap them to surface

[Dan-liqw]

still I couldn't do this. wonder why array not work well with curve

[Bartnick]

Doesn't work like that anymore in Blender 3.4 :(

[filefrogvevo]

Hello!
What kind of PC do you have?
What are the specifications?
What kind of processor does your computer have?
Thanks!
Keep going!