# Modify 3D Shapes using Boolean Operations (https://academy.spline.design/tutorials/modify-3d-shapes-using-boolean-operations)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 5 min 56 s
- Published: 2022-05-10
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-OD9gfBFI
- Part of: [Spline 101 | Build Your First Interactive Scene](https://academy.spline.design/collections/spline-101-build-your-first-interactive-scene.md)

## About this tutorial

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

## Chapters

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

## Related documentation

- [Boolean Operations](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/boolean-operations)
- [How state-based animation works](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)