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Quick Overview

Tinkercad has a variety of built-in resources including a learning center with dozens of step-by-step tutorials and a collection of challenges.

Resources

Create your 3d File

؜Navigation

View control

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Workplane

where you build your design

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Shape Panel

where you find objects

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Toolbar

editing tools

Name your File Here

Units mm

Workspace Settings

؜Units Metric

Scale 1:1

Snap Grid 0.1mm

Navigation Controls

؜Rotate View → Right click + drag

Zoom → Scroll wheel

Pan → Hold Scroll wheel+ drag

Adding Shapes

؜Drag shapes from the shape panel to the workplane.

Basic Shapes:

• Box

• Cylinder

• Sphere

• Pyramid

؜All designs start with simple shapes.

Adding Shapes

؜Working accurately, use the ruler and set your point of origin.

Drop object on workplane

؜Click on the icon or type 'D' on keybaord

Temporary workplane

🔵 Blue grid = Default workplane

🟠 Orange grid = Temporary workplane

Press W

Show orange grid appear

Move your objects

Editing Shapes

؜You can:

• Resize objects

• Change height

• Rotate shapes

• Change colors

؜All designs start with simple shapes.

Using Holes

؜Shapes can become holes that remove material.

Holes help you:

• Cut shapes

• Create openings

• Make connections between objects

This is one of the most important Tinkercad skills!

Using Holes

؜"Union" both a solid and a hole shape to get your final design.

Using Shapes

؜"Union" 2 shapes to get your final design.

Hiding

Export for 3d Print

؜Export as .obj or .STL

You can find exciting files under the presentation post.

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