animate clones along path

[Adam Trachtenberg]

You could either clone directly onto a spline or use a spline effector and animate the offset.

[Jason Stirret]

Are you referring to animating them moving along that path, or just getting them into the path?

[Brian Jones]

what are you looking to have happen? Do your clones need to be in a shape first then they move along a spline? Do they move all in a group or one at a time? Do they have an end goal shape? The methods are going to be chosen based on what you really need to do.