# How to Create 3D Paths in Spline - Spline 101 | Build Your First Interactive Scene - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/how-to-create-3d-paths-in-spline)

> Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to use 3D paths in Spline to achieve many visual outcomes. You will also learn how to animate objects along a…

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# How to Create 3D Paths in Spline

Lesson 7 of 16Spline 3DBeginner37 min

Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to use 3D paths in Spline to achieve many visual outcomes. You will also learn how to animate objects along a path and combine the cloner and physics with paths.

Example scenes: <https://app.spline.design/library?category=3D%20paths> Physics scene: <https://app.spline.design/file/6ed98e23-602d-40b1-b390-30222b3808cf> Follow Spline: <https://instagram.com/splinetool/>

Learn more about 3D paths from the docs: <https://docs.spline.design/2a23d8021f594f87958ee43b6f19ab14>

Note: At min 34, it seems there is a fast cut, but that was basically the end of the sentence.

## What you’ll learn

1. [0:00Introduction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=0s)
2. [0:00Creating paths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=0s)
3. [1:45Adding round corners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=105s)
4. [2:20Path extrusion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=140s)
5. [3:15Depth and offset](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=195s)
6. [4:10Angle and twist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=250s)
7. [5:47Using custom vector shapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=347s)
8. [8:33Using text shapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=513s)
9. [10:25Using a gradient layer with paths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=625s)
10. [11:50Animate path parameters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=710s)
11. [14:04Animate infinite loops](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=844s)
12. [15:30Adding clones to paths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=930s)
13. [17:08Mixing techniques](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1028s)
14. [18:30Exploring 3D handwritten styles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1110s)
15. [20:50Exploring tube styles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1250s)
16. [21:55Animating objects along a path](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1315s)
17. [28:58Physics and path animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1738s)
18. [30:20Converting 2d vectors to 3d paths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1820s)
19. [31:24Exploring glass and matcaps in paths](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1884s)
20. [32:23Exploring neon lights effects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=1943s)
21. [33:29Complex custom shapes and styles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=2009s)
22. [34:05Using multiple offsets for different objects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=2045s)
23. [34:43Exploring candy letters with star shapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pU7tGajw2E&t=2083s)

## Related resources

- [3D Paths - HandwrittenTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/how-to-create-3d-paths-in-spline?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=9a8c8fa8-82b8-458b-872c-c5facf58f513&is-2d-file=false)
- [3D PathsDocument](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/3d-paths)

## Overview

- Spline 3D
- 37 min
- Beginner

## Up next

[Design Stylized 3D Text with Paths12 minBeginner](https://spline.design/academy/collections/spline-101-build-your-first-interactive-scene/design-stylized-3d-text-with-paths)[Continue](https://spline.design/academy/collections/spline-101-build-your-first-interactive-scene/design-stylized-3d-text-with-paths)

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