Body: <p>I am trying to animate a logo to create a loader.  As part of this animation I want to convert the logo symbol to a 3d object and spin it.</p>
  
  <p>I have created a shape layer and pasted a path from illustrator.  To note - the path was created using the pathfinder minus front option to create a hollow centre - and looks like this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tQK6B.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tQK6B.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When pasting as a path After Effects initially  inverts the path as such:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/RUspI.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/RUspI.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>if i then click invert alongside mask :</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7H7IY.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7H7IY.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>it displays correctly.  But if I then change the shape layer to a 3d layer I loose the cut out - </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/wyWGy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/wyWGy.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>can anyone please advise where i'm going wrong and what i can do to correct?  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks very much.</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2020-06-16T01:29:29.820Z
Comments.Text: Any reason you're not importing the file from illustrator? Using the shape as a mask on a shape layer is a complicated way of doing things.
Comments.UserDisplayName: stib
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Comments.CreationDate: 2020-06-16T09:08:36.823Z
Comments.Text: hi @stib I'm new to AE and was following a. tutorial - it mentioned that this method allowed depth extrusion
Comments.UserDisplayName: Dancer
Tags: <after-effects>
Title: After Effects - Path with cut out
UserDisplayName: Dancer
ThreadText: # After Effects - Path with cut out
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-15)
  
  I am trying to animate a logo to create a loader. As part of this animation I want to convert the logo symbol to a 3d object and spin it.
  
  I have created a shape layer and pasted a path from illustrator. To note - the path was created using the pathfinder minus front option to create a hollow centre - and looks like this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tQK6B.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/tQK6B.png)
  
  When pasting as a path After Effects initially inverts the path as such:
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/RUspI.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/RUspI.png)
  
  if i then click invert alongside mask :
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/7H7IY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/7H7IY.png)
  
  it displays correctly. But if I then change the shape layer to a 3d layer I loose the cut out -
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/wyWGy.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/wyWGy.png)
  
  can anyone please advise where i'm going wrong and what i can do to correct?
  
  Thanks very much.
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Any reason you're not importing the file from illustrator? Using the shape as a mask on a shape layer is a complicated way of doing things.  
  > **username_0**: hi @username_1 I'm new to AE and was following a. tutorial - it mentioned that this method allowed depth extrusion  
  
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