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animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

martinflash — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:10:08 GMT

animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital
why rotation animation goes into issue in 3ds MAX?
is it the same in Blender?
here is my video with the issue

Re: animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

leeminardi — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:54:34 GMT

Can you post a 2025 compatible file containing the key components?

Re: animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

MartinBeh — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:56:49 GMT

Not entirely sure but if I remember correctly, auto-key treats hierarchies somewhat different than what you see in the viewport.

Can you show the tracks your are animating in Trackview/Curve Editor? I guess there is some hierarchy of objects involved here?

PS: Does this also happen if you rotate less than 360 degrees?

Re: animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

A娘 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:00:01 GMT

you should add a dummy on top of the controller to rotate , create a dummy , align to rotate controller , must align the position and rotation , link rotate controller to dummy , if there is parent original , insert dummy between them , then you can rotate current controller arbitrary

Re: animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

RGhost77 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:14:36 GMT

It look like gimbal lock problem to me

Re: animation issue in rotation - please help before I go to hospital

lauri_barnhart — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:47:33 GMT

Welcome to the community, @martinflash.

Hope you are well. Looks like you have received some advice on this thread. Did any of the information shared by MartinBeh , mediknocx303, A娘 or RGhost77 help clarify your question? If any of the posts provided information to help, please consider clicking on the 'Accept Solution' button on the post(s) that helped. If you still have questions and need additional assistance, please update here.

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