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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.

NuVu Resources

Linkage

Rectangle 60 * 10

2 small cylinders 4 * 4 for holes

2 Half cylinder 10 * 5 for edges

Ball and socket

Great for 360 planar rotations

1. Insert a cylinder

10*10*20 (h)

1. Make another cylinder

3.5 * 3.5 * 20 (h)

؜Add a 7*7*7 sphere

Make a copy of the sphere

Align the sphere at the top of the cyclinder

Make hole the sphere and Union group

Merge both shapes

Gear

Add 1 rectangle with those dimensions, with 2 cylinder on each side, then group.

Height 5 for all shapes

Add those 2 cylinder with those dimensions

Height 10

Height 5

Use the Circular Array Trick

1. ؜Go in "Top" view
2. Select only the cylinder
3. Press Ctrl + D (duplicate)
4. Rotate the duplicate 22.5°
5. Press Ctrl + D repeatedly
6. → You will get a perfect 16-tooth gear.

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Align center

Select all and union group

؜Same Process for the 2 other gears

Gear 2 Dimensions:

1. Rectangle: 20 * 2 * 5 (h)
2. 2 cylinders 6*2 * 5 (h)
3. Big cylinder 20 * 20 * 5
4. Hole Cylinder 5 * 5 * 20 (h)

Gear 3 Dimensions:

1. Rectangle: 15.44 * 3.8 * 5 (h)
2. 2 cylinders 4.56 * 1.67 * 5 (h)
3. Big cylinder 15.38 * 15.38 * 5
4. Hole Cylinder 5 * 5 * 20 (h)

Slider

Insert the "Ring" Shape

Click on the tiny square that define your ring, to adjust the dimension of the ring.

؜Move around the points that define you shape for a cool design!

؜Move around the points that define you shape for a cool design!

؜If you want to add your name, drag the "text" shape

؜Rotate your text 90 degrees, so it stands.

"Union" both shapes

1. Insert a cube

1. Make the height 5mm and width 60 mm

(click on the square on the sides and change the dimensions)

1. Drag a “Hole” Cylinder

1. Size it to about 5 mm diameter

1. Position it near one short end (use the Align tool later) and raise it so half the hole sits inside the keychain: set its Z (height) to 20 mm so it cuts through.

1. Select both base and cylinder and Group (Ctrl/Cmd+G) to subtract the hole.

1. Drag the Text object onto the workplane.
2. Resize the text in X and Y to fit—play with width until it looks balanced on the keychain.

1. In the Text inspector, type your name. Choose font if available.

1. Embossed text: leave text as Solid, select both text + base → Group to permanently join (this merges geometry so text prints as part of the base).

1. Engraved text: set text to Hole before grouping; select both → Group to subtract and leave an engraved text recess.