How do you animate a door?
Rendering Tip
1. Here's how
1.1: To animate a door, the first step is to isolate the model in your CAD/3D modeling software, so you can move the corner of the door (where the hinges are) to 0,0,0:
1.2: Import the door as a separate model in Lumion, and place it at the desired location.
1.3: Add an Advanced Move Effect to a Clip in Movie Mode:
![Add an Advanced Move Effect](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2904/09_Animate%20Door_01.png?access_token=eae9787e-ccbc-49de-a017-a938aedeacd3)
1.4: Edit the effect:
1.5: Make sure that the Max duration in the lower left corner is the same as the duration of your Clip:
![Max duration](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2910/mceclip7.png?access_token=d6767454-8668-447f-8890-a657144793c9)
1.6: Select the door that you want to animate:
![Animating door](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2912/09_Animate%20Door_03.png?access_token=0f8f6d22-865b-4b11-86c1-f6602b9640af)
1.7: To make the first keyframe, rotate the door slightly with the Rotate tool, and then rotate it back to the start:
![rotate the door](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2914/09_Animate%20Door_04.png?access_token=9fec69dc-5f35-4573-83a5-7102b35a8bc8)
1.8: Move the Timeline slider to the point in time when the door should start opening. Repeat step 1.7 to create another keyframe (the door should remain closed at this keyframe):
![](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2916/09_Animate%20Door_05.png?access_token=b60d2f7f-5001-4f50-abff-105e7d30fe12)
1.9: Move the Timeline slider to the point in time when the door should be open fully and rotate the door to set the third and final keyframe:
![](https://pulltest-183da.kxcdn.com/web/image/2918/09_Animate%20Door_06.png?access_token=4abcc60e-d49b-4836-9349-89c04b19be2b)
1.10: If you want the animation to start earlier or later than at frame 0 of the Clip, simply adjust the Time Offset slider in the Advanced Move Effect. Set the slider value to a negative value if you want the animation to start later, and to a positive value if you want it to start earlier: