Issues when importing animation from Blender

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Hello. I made this two-objects .blend which I want to import in Unity, but it seems it doesn’t get the animation right. In Blender the lever rotates nicely on the x axis and the base stays still. In Unity both objects rotate.

Any clues what should I do, apart of importing each object in a different .blend file?

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In your project window, which has the lever and the base, click on the base and look at the inspector. If you see an “Animation” component delete it in the inspector - click on the little cog icon on the right ->Remove component.

I am guessing that your animation has been attached to both objects on import.

cheers, gryff :slight_smile:

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Thanks for replying, gryff. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any animation component when I select the base.

Maybe it’s a Blender issue? Is there a way to prevent the applying of the animation to both objects on import?

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Unity doesn’t support Blendshapes. Make sure you’re using bones for animation.

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Gheraim - can you post your blend file and a screenshot of your Unity window - so I can see the Inspect and the objects in the project window?

I actually made something very similar - except it had a lot more levers.

cheers, gryff :slight_smile:

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@wccrawford - I’m not sure I know what blendshapes are. In this case the lever object (separated from the base object) has just a simple rotation on X axis. Does it really need a bone to import the animation succesfully?

@gryff - I have attached an archive containing the .blend file and two screenshots of my Unity window. Any help is greatly appreciated. :slight_smile:

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Gherasim, looking at your screenshots and testing the fbx export from Blender the problem seems to be the parenting of the objects.

In your screenshot, I see a Game Object called “maneta” it is the parent to two child meshes “maneta” and “suport maneta”. The parent has the rotation animation - so it is rotating both of its children.

Try this:

  1. Highlight the child “suport manata” and left click and drag it down the hierarchy window to an empty area - this will unparent it.
  2. Highlight the parent “maneta” left click and drag it onto the “suport maneta” that you created in 1.

Now try it . It worked fine for me. The animation is now not on the parent - only the lever part is now being rotated.

cheers, gryff :slight_smile:

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Man, I tried for 30 min to figure out what was wrong with the hierarchy in Blender. Then I realized that you were talking about changing the parents in Unity. :slight_smile:

I sent your advice to our level designer, I hope he will manage to succesfully use the asset. Thanks a lot! :slight_smile: