Create a turntable animation

You can create a turntable animation to review single or multiple objects in your scene in 360 degrees.

To create a turntable animation

1. Select the object(s) for which you want to create a turntable animation.
2. Select Visualize > Create Turntable > from the Animation menu set.

   The Animation Turntable Options window appears.

3. Enter the number of frames in which you want to see a full 360-degree rotation of the turntable, and then click Apply and Close. The number of frames you set determines the speed of the turntable animation. For example, a turntable animation of 60 frames will play back twice as fast as a turntable animation of 120 frames.

   A camera named turnTableCamera1 is created, and your current view becomes the view of the new turntable camera.

   Note:

   • The turntable camera’s view is locked. You cannot dolly, tumble, or track the turntable camera.
   • If your object is made up of many objects combined, the turntable focuses on the object's root.
   • If your object is animated, the turntable camera rotates around the position at the first frame of the animation.
4. (Optional) If you want your turntable animation to loop, change your scene’s Playback End Time to the number of frames you entered in the Number of Frames field of the Create Turntable Animation options window.
5. Click the Play button in the Animation Playback Controls.

   The turntable camera orbits around the selected object(s). This creates a turntable-style animation of the object(s) for the number of frames you specified.

   

   By default, the turntable animation begins at frame 1 and plays through the specified frame range.

6. Press Esc to stop the turntable animation.

Turntable cameras are stored on the panel menu Panels > Perspective, along with the perspective camera (persp). If you want to create another turntable camera with different speed and direction settings, select the persp camera before creating a new turntable camera. After the turntable cameras are created, you can use the Panels > Perspective menu to quickly switch from one camera to another.

Edit turntable animation

You can modify the turntable's rotation in the Graph Editor. Select the group that contains the turntable camera in the Outliner; the animation curve is shown in the Graph Editor as Rotate Y.

Turn off Turntable animation

You can press Esc to stop the turntable animation, or you can remove the turntable by deleting the turnTablecamera entry under the group in the Outliner.