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How would I go about animating an object that's perfectly orbiting around a set point?

Tylenol
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Jul 18, 2018 Jul 18, 2018

New guy here so I'm still trying to learn whatever I can

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foughtthelaw
Engaged , Jul 18, 2018 Jul 18, 2018

Make a null and place it in the point you want to rotate around.

Parent the layer doing the orbiting to that null.

Rotate the null.

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Jul 18, 2018 Jul 18, 2018

Make a null and place it in the point you want to rotate around.

Parent the layer doing the orbiting to that null.

Rotate the null.

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Jul 18, 2018 Jul 18, 2018
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Thank you very much for the rapid response

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