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I'm working on an industrial conveyor belt and trying to animate it but can't figure out how to make it run.

It's a single object with an array to multiply it, deformed with a curve modifier.

I tried pretty much avery axis to move it, but it either stays still or move on the side.

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You can parent the belt to another object (an empty for instance).

Then simply move the empty in the appropriate axis (along x in the blend file attached below).

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You can also move the object itself along the same axis.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for your answer, but my problem persists, the axis into which I want to move the object is locked. I tried applying the rotation and change de deformation axis but it doesn't seem to work better.. $\endgroup$
    – Thibaut Tuabit
    Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 13:28
  • $\begingroup$ @ThibautTuabit, you should upload your blend file (editing your question) so that we can have a look at your issue. $\endgroup$
    – lemon
    Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 13:59
  • $\begingroup$ Sure, thank you $\endgroup$
    – Thibaut Tuabit
    Commented Jan 22, 2020 at 14:11
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I found the problem, in my curve settings i ticked "Bounds Clamp" and that prevented me from moving my object in the correct axis. Thanks lemon !

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