Ready to get started already? Click the Design link at the top, then click Design a new thing. Step 2: Start Your Thing - the First Shape 1. This project you re reading now starts from a blank workplane, and shows how to create a model from scratch. by Bonnie Roskes 2ģ While Tinkercad s lessons are great for getting a feel for how Tinkercad works, they have you working in specific places with specific shapes, defined by guidelines. These are fun and short guided projects in which you follow directions in Tinkercad to create, move, and modify shapes. The Learn link at the top of the main page takes you to a series of lessons. And of course, you can send any Tinkercad model to a 3D printed, even if you didn t make it yourself! Your browser s Back button will take you back to Tinkercad s main pages, when you re finished tinkering. The Copy and Tinker button lets you open it in Tinkercad so you can see how it was made you can make any changes you like. You can see a still view of the model, or view it in 3D so that you can turn it around and zoom in and out.
If a model you see strikes your fancy and you want to see more, click on it to see a larger view. At the top of this page you can also search for something specific, check out the newest models, see what models the Tinkercad staff loves, and sometimes you can even see special seasonal models (such as stuff for Father s Day). Click the Discover link, which takes you to a page of interesting models you can peruse. At the top of the Tinkercad site are three main links: Discover, Learn, and Design. So there s no reason not to create an account. You don t need a Tinkercad account to design things, but it s free to set one up, and with an account you get to save your work. Tinkercad s website is (as you d expect) All work is done and saved on the web there s nothing to install onto your computer. No, not printed on a boring and flat 2D sheet of paper! Tinkercad is made for producing actual objects: you can easily send your model to a 3D printer and end up with an actual object you can hold in your hand. In fact, kids are Tinkercad s target audience, so don t worry - this project isn t complicated! Sit back, follow the steps, and in no time you ll be able to complete this cute little boat (shown in red below, next to a 3D printout in white, of a similar boat): The cool thing about Tinkercad is that it s ideal for creating things that be printed. You don t need any design experience - Tinkercad can be used by anyone. 1 Getting Started in Tinkercad By Bonnie Roskes, 3DVinci Tinkercad is a fun, easy to use, web-based 3D design application.
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