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  • District/Program Level Dashboard

    When you're managing several 3D printing locations across your School District or Program, it's important that you know where to go to assist them or manage their usage. Learn more about the District/Program dashboard in this article.

    • How Do I Print With Multiple Colors?

      As 3D printers evolve (and thus, plateau), many manufacturers are starting to add multi-color and multi-material printing. Our thoughts about this movement are shared in this article.

      • Earning Badges and Awards

        As your school becomes more active, you earn badges! Show others the success you're having by earning all of the available badges and awards.

        • Request to Join a School

          If you don't have a join code, and no one has invited you, you can request to join your school, and have someone else approve it from within.

          • Exporting Printer Usage

            All prints are tracked and logged in the Usage tab of your printer. See who printed what, when, and better understand how much time and filament it took, then export the report for easier sharing.

            • Group It

              Grouping shapes lets you combine shapes into a single object. Any shape in the group can be used to add or remove material from the other shapes it is combined with.

              • Size It

                Learn how to change a shape's scale by sizing it up or down.

                • Duplicate It

                  The duplicate command is similar to the copy command, but has a few added benefits. Let's try it out and see what the duplicate command can do.

                  • Hide It

                    When designing, the workplane can become cluttered with shapes. Instead of moving or deleting shapes that you may need, you can easily just hide the shapes from view until you need them again.

                    • Creating Holes

                      In this project you will learn how to remove material from another shape using the hole feature.

                      • Align It

                        While building you may need to line up shapes. Let's try aligning some shapes.

                        • Rotate It

                          Let's learn how to rotate shapes on the Workplane.

                          • View It

                            While creating designs it helps to see your shapes from all sides.The ViewCube (located at the top left of Tinkercad) will help you look around.Let's learn how you can change your view.

                            • Copy It

                              While creating in Tinkercad it can be helpful to make a copy of a shape in your design.

                              • Move It

                                Moving, rotating and arranging basic shapes is what allows creativity in Tinkercad. The combination of simple shapes allows the creation of more complex and creative designs.