How to I link object data on the lid planks?

Question

When trying to do the same thing as we did for the chest, where we linked object data of the detailed plank to the rest of the planks, they all rotate to the same position as the original one, which is problematic on the lid...

how do I avoid it?

Answer 1 · 2020-04-08T21:46:34Z

Kent Trammell replied April 8, 2020 9:46pm

Can you upload your .blend file so I can take a closer look at how your lid is set up? Best way to do this is by uploading to Dropbox, Google Drive, Mega or equivalent file hosting service then copy + paste the share link here.

Answer 2 · 2020-04-09T10:59:21Z

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replied April 9, 2020 10:59am

Hi, Kent

This is my blender file. I thought of making one plank on the lid and duplicate it across the cylinder, however I am not sure if this what you did... is there an easy way to do it?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--rlvwragZdPV6Bc_lMGb9RKckUrXrqq/view?usp=sharing

Answer 3 · 2020-04-09T17:47:01Z

Kent Trammell replied April 9, 2020 5:47pm

Thanks for providing your .blend file. It doesn't appear that you've done anything "wrong" yet..at least not different from what I did in the course. Have you watched the next lesson to see how to employ sharing and smart repetition?

In that video you will see that I detailed 3 unique planks for the lids cylindrical form. Once I have those modeled it's simply a matter of duplicating (linked) to fill out the rest of the arc.

Answer 4 · 2020-04-10T07:44:31Z

y

replied April 10, 2020 7:44am

hmmm,

actually I stopped there when I got stuck :-)

I noticed that you duplicated 3 planks and I thought as much.

I will watch it and use it.

thanks