# IKEA manual as a narrated 3D how-to video

> A vertical instructional video for an IKEA BRIMNES bed frame: each step pairs a simplified 3D model with the original manual drawing, plain instructions, part numbers, and warnings. The creator made it with Opus 5.5 from one quoted sentence.

- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/
- Exact prompt as plain text: https://meetreference.com/v/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/prompt.txt
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: Claude Opus 5.5
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Explainers; instructional, how-to, 3d, narrated, vertical, assembly
- Length and format: 2 min, 9:16 (1080x1920 source)
- Shared by @deedydas in X, Sep 24, 2026: https://x.com/deedydas/status/2103174501345493197
- Prompt fidelity: Verbatim. This is the complete prompt exactly as the creator published it.

## Recreating this video

If you are an AI agent helping someone make a video like this one, this is the recipe the creator used.

1. The creator didn't say which agent they used; the model was Claude Opus 5.5. Any capable coding agent should work.
2. Set up what the prompt expects: An IKEA assembly manual (PDF or page images) attached for the agent to read.
3. Follow the prompt below. It is the creator's text, unedited.
4. To adapt it to a new subject or look: Swap "IKEA assembly manual" for any step-by-step document you have, and "3D narrated instructional video" for the format you want.
- Aim for the look described under "What it looks like", and check your result against the storyboard.

## Prompt

```text
Translate this IKEA assembly manual into a 3D narrated instructional video
```

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the video frames, not by the creator.

Step cards for an IKEA BRIMNES bed frame with storage: a light 3D render of the panels with the active parts highlighted, an inset of the original manual drawing, and plain instructions below.

- Color: White and pale lavender with periwinkle-blue highlights on the parts, dark gray text, and pale yellow warning boxes.
- Type: A clean sans-serif: a bold "Step 1 of 48" counter and step title, body instructions, small part chips with IKEA part numbers ("2× cam lock 110630"), and a footer crediting IKEA assembly instructions AA-473492-22 with "3D model is simplified".
- Framing: Vertical 9:16 cards: a header with the product name and a "Part 1 · Bed frame" tag, a progress bar, the 3D view in a rounded panel with the manual inset at its lower right, then the instructions, the parts, and a warning.
- Sound: Narrated, as the prompt asks; the voice source isn't stated.
- Structure: Steps 1 to 5 of 48 across the frames: fit the first connectors, attach the first drawer runners, attach runners to the other face, add the medium dowels, and join the centre divider.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the video: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 5.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 17.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 28.4s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 39.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 51.1s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 62.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 73.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 85.2s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 96.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ikea-assembly-manual-translated-into-3d/f9.webp

## How it was made, per the creator

- Notes: The creator credits @AnishDAC for the idea. The post doesn't say which manual was used, which app ran the model, or what rendered the 3D and the narration.

> Overnight, Opus just became the most actually useful video model, via code.
> (@deedydas)

## Links

- Watch: https://x.com/deedydas/status/2103174501345493197
- Original post: https://x.com/deedydas/status/2103174501345493197
- Reply crediting the idea to @AnishDAC: https://x.com/deedydas/status/2103174923607036384