All Activities
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Place It
Placing shapes is one of the most common actions taken in Tinkercad and is simply the act of getting a shape into the design and onto the Workplane.
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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.
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TC-101: Tinkercad Design Basics
A student is ready to print their Tinkercad designs after completing the 11 lesson plans below. The final activity is a printable nametag keychain, and submitting it to the Polar Cloud for printing!
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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.
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Copy It
While creating in Tinkercad it can be helpful to make a copy of a shape in your design.
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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.
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Size It
Learn how to change a shape's scale by sizing it up or down.
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Align It
While building you may need to line up shapes. Let's try aligning some shapes.
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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.
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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.
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Rotate It
Let's learn how to rotate shapes on the Workplane.
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DESIGN: Key Ring Letters!
In this project you will learn to make a key ring using letters!
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Creating Holes
In this project you will learn how to remove material from another shape using the hole feature.
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Can You Print Anything? A Lesson On "Printability"
3D printing may seem like magic, and it is - but printing certain objects takes careful consideration. Knowing what you're up against means fewer failed prints, and less wasted time/filament.
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