Preparing Blender model for Unity

[ummwut]

I understand I can add meshes for the object in Unity, but what do I do about animations for things like gimbaled engines or robot arms or simple fan blades?

I can probably play with Blender and figure out how to animate things fairly quickly, but how do I export something like that to be Unity-ready, and how do I configure it in Unity after that?

I'm assuming things like attach nodes and pivot/joint types are added as a Unity object.

Also, what kind of Unity object would I export to be KS-compatible?

[Devo]

I understand I can add meshes for the object in Unity, but what do I do about animations for things like gimbaled engines or robot arms or simple fan blades?

I can probably play with Blender and figure out how to animate things fairly quickly, but how do I export something like that to be Unity-ready, and how do I configure it in Unity after that?

I'm assuming things like attach nodes and pivot/joint types are added as a Unity object.

Also, what kind of Unity object would I export to be KS-compatible?

Export to .FBX, ensure you tick "Export animations" and apply modifiers etc. That will carry all your hierarchy and what not over to unity.

[ummwut]

If something is moving or animated, does that need to be a separate object in Blender in order for Unity to transform it through the animation?