# Modify 3D Shapes using Boolean Operations - Spline 101 | Build Your First Interactive Scene - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/modify-3d-shapes-using-boolean-operations)

> In this tutorial, you will learn how to use boolean operators to create holes/substractions, intersections, and other geometric effects with Spline.

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# Modify 3D Shapes using Boolean Operations

Lesson 9 of 16Spline 3DBeginner6 min

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use boolean operators to create holes/substractions, intersections, and other geometric effects with Spline.

## What you’ll learn

1. [0:00Introduction](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=0s)
2. [0:30Creating booleans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=30s)
3. [1:48Switching the boolean operation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=108s)
4. [2:10Applying to other shapes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=130s)
5. [2:40Animating booleans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=160s)
6. [3:14Nested booleans](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=194s)
7. [4:15Merging geometries](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI&t=255s)

## Related resources

- [BooleansTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/modify-3d-shapes-using-boolean-operations?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=09dc005c-1a3a-4725-b447-6a14a662ee14&is-2d-file=false)
- [Boolean OperationsDocument](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/boolean-operations)
- [How state-based animation worksDocument](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)

## Overview

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- Beginner

## Up next

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