Creating a Steampunk Observatory Part 05: Opening the door

Tutorial 05: Animating the Doors

Animating the doors is quite simple. By selecting one of the doors, and pressing both 'D' and 'V' at the same time, you can move the pivot point of the object up to the center of the pole in the middle of the cogs. This means that the door will rotate from this point. 

To animate, press the 'S' key and then go through the time slider at the bottom until you get to frame 48. Rotate the door until it is as open as you want it and then press the 'S' key again.

Repeat this for the other door. Then scroll through the time slider and voila!

My moving doors can be seen in the video below.