# Help on Wind Turbine animation

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-on-wind-turbine-animation/11465>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 5, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-on-wind-turbine-animation/11465 "2016-04-05T05:23:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sudhamoorthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sudhamoorthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sudhamoorthy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-on-wind-turbine-animation/11465/1 "2016-04-05T05:23:12Z")

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Hi,

I’m new to ignition. I need some help in design.

I have chosen a wind turbine from symbol factory. I want to make it move. For that, I configured a timer and gave the Bound value as 360 and Step By as 20 and configured the angle of Group\_Blades to the timer value.

The wind turbine blades are moving, but goes away from the motor since the angle is given as 360. [attachment=0]turbine.png[/attachment]

Can we anchor it and make only the blades move?

Please help me in resolving this.

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**Author:** ![WillMT10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7feea3/32.png) [@WillMT10](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/WillMT10)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/help-on-wind-turbine-animation/11465/2 "2016-04-05T22:08:12Z")

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Is the “Group\_Blades” inside a parent group? If it is, you need to either pull the “Group\_Blades” out of the parent group(s) that it is in or you need to make the group larger than the “Group\_Blades” at ALL angles.

I’m not sure of exactly what is going on behind the scenes in groups, but I do know that rotating groups/components inside a parent group will force the parent group to resize everything inside the parent group (i.e. - make it look like things are moving around).

One other possibility is the center of your “Group\_Blades” is slightly off center of the rotor image. If you click the “Group\_Blades” once, wait a second, and then click it again you should see rotational arrows and a red “+” sign in the middle of the group. This “+” sign is the point around which the group is rotated and you can reposition this “+” sign with your cursor. It should be repositioned directly over the center of your turbine blades.

Hope this helps,  
-Will