Download the ZIP file, extract it somewhere and open up the CalendarAnimationV1.0.blend file in Blender, we recommend using Blender V4.0.1 or higher.

When you open the file - all you need to do is press the small play icon ▷ at the top as per the first screenshot below - then in the 3D Viewport there will be a new Panel called "3D Names" - this panel contains everything we need for this files effect to work.

1. Press the Play icon as marked, 2. The new panel will appear on the right hand side, to show or hide this panel you can press the "N" key on your keyboard

In the "3D Names" Panel you can now set the date on the calendar, just select the day, month and the year, and press the "Apply Date" button to update the calendar to any date you want. If you press "Todays Date" button - well pretty obvious what that does!

Now select the Text object that says "Edit Me" and press the "TAB" key on your keyboard to enter edit mode. You can now edit the text to whatever you like. To exit text edit mode, press the "TAB" key once more

Move the text using "G" key to grab, and then move it around, or "S" key to scale it! Make sure it fits within the black box surrounding it.

Once you have your text in place - first press the "Setup Physics" button - this might take a few moments but once run all the mini calendars will be set up with Physics ready to land all over your text.

Now the Physics has been setup - if you try to play the animation it will be very slow, so we need to bake the physics, to do this press the "Bake Physics" button - this will take a few minutes to complete, and all animation data will be saved internally in the Blender file. If Blender freezes up while it's baking this is totally normal, and you can go make a cup of tea/coffee and come back when it's ready!

👆 If your screen freezes up while it's baking... then no need to worry, this is normal, and it'll be back to normal once it's finished baking! Windows users will see a console window popup to show the progress of the bake

Once baked we can now play the animation either using the "Play Animation" button, or using the play icon in the timeline at the bottom!

If you'd like to render a still frame simply press the "F12" key on your keyboard, or if you'd like to render the animation, press the "Ctrl + F12" keys on your keyboard (or "CMD + F12" on Mac) - the rendered frames will be saved in the ./renders folder.