Polyfjord | Tutorial: Animating a 7 Segment Display in Blender 4.2 @Polyfjord | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
Model and animate a seven-segment display in Blender version 4.2! We'll be creating the hexagon segments, duplicating and linking them, adding materials and a simple animation. I'll also be going through some more experimental concepts I've been tinkering with for the past weeks!

Download the tutorial files here: patreon.com/posts/110078441
Advanced project files:
Robot arm concept: patreon.com/posts/110076640
Rack and pinion concept: patreon.com/posts/110075979

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Second channel: youtube.com/@Polyfjord2

00:00 Introduction
00:26 Modeling the base hexagon shape
01:33 Duplicating and linking segments
02:23 Exploring the segment shape
04:27 Extruding and adding details
07:11 Adding materials and lighting
09:27 Animating the segments
11:20 Robot arms concept
12:21 Rack and pinion concept
13:27 Final render