# Animation in scatter3D in plotly.js

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/animation-in-scatter3d-in-plotly-js/10194>\
**Category:** plotly.js\
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/animation-in-scatter3d-in-plotly-js/10194 "2018-05-09T18:53:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pbshgthm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pbshgthm](https://community.plotly.com/u/pbshgthm)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/animation-in-scatter3d-in-plotly-js/10194/1 "2018-05-09T18:53:02Z")

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I’ve created a 3D scatter plot and would like to animate the data. I followed the procedure mentioned in the document. But the plot just changes the data without any animation. I’ve searched for similar questions, couldn’t find any. This issue seems to be present only in 3d scatter plot. What is the way around this issue ?

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**Author:** ![etienne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/etienne/32/17_2.png) [@etienne](https://community.plotly.com/u/etienne)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/animation-in-scatter3d-in-plotly-js/10194/2 "2018-05-11T13:54:59Z")

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> [@pbshgthm](#):
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> But the plot just changes the data without any animation.

That’s correct. True animations (with tweening and all) are only available for 2D `scatter` traces at the moment.

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**Author:** ![vak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/vak/32/21142_2.png) [@vak](https://community.plotly.com/u/vak)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/animation-in-scatter3d-in-plotly-js/10194/3 "2022-11-28T16:15:32Z")

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@EtienneCmb do you know about any plans on this awesome feature?

maybe there is even a ticket created for this?