Rigging a Car in Blender (Quick and Easy Tutorial)!

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Published 2021-01-13

In this video, we're going to talk about a quick, easy way to rig a car so that the wheels turn automatically when we change the car location in Blender!

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Model Credit - (Free) 1972 Datsun 240k GT
Download Link - sketchfab.com/3d-models/free-1972-datsun-240k-gt-b…
Author: Karol Miklas
Model Attribution - CC Attribution - Share Alike
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:22 - Model Download Location
0:44 - Selecting and Editing Wheel Directions
1:42 - Parenting Your Car to an Empty for easy movement
3:18 - Parenting Wheels to the Empty
3:51 - Linking Wheel Rotation to Car Location
4:04 - Adding a Driver to your rotation
4:55 - Linking our driver to our empty location
5:50 - Adjusting the wheel rotation speed and direction
6:30 - Copying drivers to the other wheels
7:52 - Support the CG Essentials on Patreon :)

All Comments (21)

@TheCGEssentials 3 years ago

Hi everyone! What other kinds of Blender animation tutorials would you like to see? Let me know in the comments below!
@RealMaddox 1 year ago

This is a really cool trick! I also added a driver to the Z-rotation for the front two empties to drive it by the main Empty's Z-rotation so if the car turns, the wheels turn in the correct direction!
@harlenroseberry5980 1 year ago

Justin, I have been working with Blender for about 3 months now. I cant tell you how many of your videos I have watched and learned from. This is just one of the many I have been able to use to improve my results. I have been really bad about commenting, so I wanted to say thanks for what you do. I would've gave up on Blender long ago if it wasn't for your and a couple others' videos.
@clintonmarais884 2 years ago

excellent careful and straight forward, I've done modeling in blender till it's coming out my ears, which I love, and am just starting the whole animation process and it's amazing how many tutorials, some for beginners even, are just not obvious and precise as yours always are
@kenkioqqo 2 years ago

And this kind of teaching is the reason I subscribed to your channel. Simply top notch!
@ervinase9661 2 years ago

Yesterday I was trying to animate the whole thing with keyframes and everything, after this vid I felt blessed. Thank you for the help!
@scotthamilton7161 3 years ago

You always seem to know the right amount of functionality to put into a single tutorial. Great job!
@Rarajeje_2024 2 years ago

Thank you for fantastic tutorial! Very kind and straight forward video with detailed explanation.
@IschbindeKalle 2 years ago

I really love that your channel exists. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
@jweinrub 3 years ago

This is one heck of an amazing tutorial dude!!!
@tristafrog 1 year ago

bro you’re literally a lifesaver thank you so much for this!!!
@yearight1205 2 years ago

I LOVE YOU!!! YOU SAVED MY BUNS!!!! I couldn't get Rigacar to work for the life of me, this saved me!!!!!
@oscarblanco1303 1 year ago

Thank you man, this helped me a lot to understand drivers better. GOd I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
@VandreBorba 2 years ago

Very cool! Thanks for the video!
@saagar20 8 months ago

Awesome! Just like a WOW!
@jasoncatlyn7331 2 years ago

Thanks for the tips. I did this but with copy rotation constrain and a bunch f other tricks, LOL. This is much simpler, thanks again!
@andrewaustin4241 1 year ago

Very good, thanks for sharing!
@betafreal 2 years ago

Thanks for this tutorial
@EIendir 4 months ago

Life saver as always gj !
@doubleustudios2020 3 years ago

Very clear explanation. Thank you for sharing Justin. :D