# Craft Seamless 3D Loop Animations - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/craft-seamless-3d-loop-animations)

> 3D loop animations are absolutely captivating, aren't they? You can easily make them using Spline. Check Spline: https://spline.design/

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# Craft Seamless 3D Loop Animations

Spline 3DBeginner11 min

3D loop animations are absolutely captivating, aren't they? You can easily make them using Spline. Check Spline: <https://spline.design/>

In this video, we will walk you through the basic process and different ways of creating your very own loop animations - From how to make a simple object spin endlessly to how to get several objects to follow a loop path together!

Look at these examples made by our community members:

- Shiny Coins Loop by @arix

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/0f65942f-025d-4cbd-9904-f38a58fc2e00>

- Pyramid by @vitoria.topalova

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/b1cd1622-7d5c-4636-b15a-6ff9ee218892>

- Loop animation by @aximoris

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/a1ee6f4f-6726-4491-806e-0283a2016cf0>

- Logo by @realitydesigners

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/a4bbe2cc-e297-4852-b12b-cd4b09b0836c>

- Glass Loader by @chrisgannon

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/4383498e-281b-4086-9243-6c18b8855fac>

- The Eternal Orb Loop by @sanny.verkissen

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/d464c137-bdc1-4b67-8b11-2b84fc0a3ef6>

- Cubic by @kamilkoziel

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/927883a9-fc91-4de7-a434-ecf48acf819c>

- Flowering by @acidu

<https://app.spline.design/community/file/28d9fea7-334b-42c8-9a3d-8dbc7faf1d06>

Find more at <https://community.spline.design/>

## What you’ll learn

1. [0:00Intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=0s)
2. [0:25Loop Rotation - Coin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=25s)
3. [2:06Floating Cube Loop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=126s)
4. [4:01Scale Animation Loop - Inflatable Sphere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=241s)
5. [5:07Spinning Movement - Cycle/Loader Loop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=307s)
6. [7:29Loop Aligned to a Path](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=449s)
7. [9:31⭐Tip: Animated Turntable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=571s)
8. [10:36Community Inspiration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=636s)

## Related resources

- [Circle PathTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/craft-seamless-3d-loop-animations?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=1f1d22d7-69f5-444d-91d0-854896b75e9b&is-2d-file=false)
- [How state-based animation worksDocument](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)
- [3D PathsDocument](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/3d-paths#align-objects-to-3d-paths)
- [Transition ActionDocument](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/actions/transition-action)

## Overview

- Spline 3D
- 11 min
- Beginner

## Part of

- [Animation & Interactions in Spline](https://spline.design/academy/collections/animation-interactions-in-spline/craft-seamless-3d-loop-animations)

## Related tutorials

[All tutorials](https://spline.design/academy/tutorials)

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