# Animated 3D Items
## Creating the animated model
To create the models I use [BlockBench](https://blockbench.net/), it's very easy to use and fast.\
BlockBench [tutorials ](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blockbench+tutorial)are available on YouTube.
{% hint style="danger" %}
You have to make sure to create your model as Java Block/Item model! Don't use Bedrock Model or Entity model!
{% endhint %}
## Creating a very simple animation
For example I created this model, it's made of some cubes as you can see.
Now we want to animate it!\
For example I want to make it float up and down.
### **Save** the **current model** in a temporary folder (anywhere on your PC)
I saved it as **1.json** inside the temporary folder. This is the first frame of the **animation**.
### Return to **BlockBench** and select all pressing **`CTRL+A`**
**Hold left mouse button** while clicking on the **GREEN** arrow, **hold `CTRL`** and **move** the mouse **up** a little bit.
**Save** the file again but change the name to `2.json`.\
Do the same thing for each frame you want. Each model holds a single frame of your animation.
### Merging the models into a single `.json` animation
Now we have finished creating the needed frames for our animation. Open [this website](https://lonedev6.github.io/animated-models/).\
**Click** on the **icon** to load our `json` frames.
Click on **`Choose files...`** and select your `json` files (the frames) and the `png` texture.
Click on **`LOAD`.**
**Click** the **copy** icon (second icon) and **drag** and **drop** the **4 files** to the bottom line.
You should have them like that.
Drag and drop them again but in reverse (3-2, I skipped 1 and 4 because they would be useless for the animation).
Press the **play** button (on the **bottom left**) to **preview** the animation
Press **`Export`** button (**top right** of the **screen**) and provide a model path, you will use it later to reference the model, then press **`Export`** again.
Now you will have a **`zip`** file with the animation, **download** it and **open** it.
**Extract** the `models` folder from the `zip` file into your **ItemsAdder** contents folder, for example `contents\myitems\models\`
Set your item configuration like this, to use the idle animation and not the stuck one: `item/cosmetic_mob_soul`
```yaml
info:
namespace: myitems
items:
cosmetic_mob_soul:
display_name: Cosmetic Mob Soul
permission: my_items
resource:
generate: false
model_path: "item/cosmetic_mob_soul"
```
Use the command `/iazip` (if you're using external-host please follow the [tutorial](/plugin-usage/plugin-configuration/resourcepack-hosting.md) carefully).
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Do not open the animated model (exported from the website) with BlockBench or any other editing program or it will probably break and stop working.
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{% hint style="info" %}
You can delete the 1-2-3-4.json files, you don't need them anymore (but you can backup them for future usage), you only need the idle.json file and the png+mcmeta files which are the animated files.
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