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I'm creating an animation where I rotate an object, insert a LocRotScale keyframe (via the I key), select another frame, rotate the object again and insert a LocRotScale keyframe.

For example I use this:

Z, 190, Enter

Now I want to rotate the object around its own z-axis instead of the global z-axis. I've found out if you press the [Z] two times you get the Local axis instead of Global.

For example I do this now:

ZZ, 190, Enter

The rotation is ok, but when I insert the LocRotScale keyframe it did the rotation, but not around the Normal axis, but it used the Global axis.

Any suggestion on what I'm doing wrong here?

Ray Mairlot
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Set Rotation type to ZXY Euler, then the animation around the local axes works like a charm.

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Here is an Example Blend File for inspection: http://www.pasteall.org/blend/31685

Gaia Clary
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  • I've tried that already. Looks like the same problem: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/12211/why-are-keyframes-in-global-coords-instead-of-local-coords-blender-2-70a (see the YouTube video in the post)

    In the comments they suggest to create an empty. Where can this be found?

     – juFo Sep 19 '14 at 13:06
  • I added my example Blend file to my answer. Unless i misunderstood your issue completely it works as i described it. – Gaia Clary Sep 19 '14 at 13:29
  • It works indeed, but I had Local enabled instead of Global, which gave me another output. wish this was easier in Blender. – juFo Sep 19 '14 at 14:11
  • Funny that this is the simplest way in all of the google results and YouTube vids. Did you even have YouTube back in 2014? :P Most want to use a constraint or parent to empty. I couldn't figure those out. 2022 Rep'yo'city – The Way Aug 02 '22 at 16:42