How to spread objects along axis? I have a set of closely positioned objects. I want to make animation of spreading them along one axis with preferably equal gaps. I don't want to use parenting because i want to be able to rotate them freely around they centers later.

What is the simplest way to do this. Can it be achieved with animation nodes plugin or do i have to use only Blender animation curves and make all movements manually?

The following animation shows what i want to achieve with small number of objects.
Two keyframes will suffice, if the centers of the objects are already spread out in the correct order.


Check the manipulate center points button.

&#8679; Shift RMB select the objects.
Press I and choose Location to keyframe the location.
Move the cursor in the timeline to the second position. I have the dopesheet open to see the created keyframes.
Press S to scale the objects. Because of the Manipulate Center Points only button, the objects will only be moved, but not scaled. You can constrain the movent to a specific axis, by pressing S>X, S>Y or S>Z.
Repeat 3 to insert a second keyframe.