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i've got a gun i'm trying to model (too bad i suck) based off of a squirt gun i've got layin around (no reference pics, but it works fine hands-on, and i'm not going for 100% accuracy). i've got a decent model so far, but i'd like to make the pistol's slide actually animatable. because i've got the thing as a single object, i was wondering if i can split it into two, so i can animate it. i might have asked something like this before, and i didn't search a ton, so i'm gonna go back to that for a sec, but if you know the answer, or someplace i can find out, please tell me.

select the polies of the slide and click detach.

...add frame to it and name it frame slider link the frame slider to the frame gun and animate

ah, i found the detach button. stupid gui layout.