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Introduction

Tinkercad is an easy-to-use tool for creating 3D models for 3D printing. It is part of the Autodesk family of products, which are not only free, but exist to enable students, makers, and individuals from all walks of life to design and make the things they imagine.

1. Navigate in a web-gl enabled browser (Chrome or Firefox) to tinkercad.com

2. If you have not already signed up for a free account, do so now

3. To exit the tutorial and start experimenting, exploring and modeling click on the Tinkercad logo:

4. To add shapes, letters and numbers you drag your selection from the palette on the right over to the workplane:

5. You can get the dimensions of an object by moving the cursor over the nodes or handles:

6. You can also get and/or modify the dimensions by laying down the ruler:

7. Drag the ruler to the corner of an object and click on the circle to select a quadrant to measure. This is helpful when you want to measure distances between objects:

8. You can resize your form by dragging the corner points (nodes) or using the ruler and editing the field:

9. Dragging the corner node while holding shift will increase the X,Y and Z axis proportionally:

10. You can copy and paste your forms using the standard keyboard commands. When you paste, Tinkercad will move your new form to the right:

11. You can subtract shapes from each other by placing the shape you want to remove, selecting it and then clicking on the the hole icon

12. You can still adjust the location of the hole by dragging the form

13. When you want to remove the shape, drag your cursor over or Shift+Left Click on both objects (what you want to keep and what you want to remove)

14. To view the hole, rotate with the mouse:

15. Tinkercad's rotate tool allows you to change the angle of your model or part of your model along the x, y or z axis.

Tinkercad allows you to choose your resolution by providing three rings. Once you start the rotation you can move your mouse over the appropriate band. The center band allow you to adjust the rotation by full degrees. The inner band adjusts the angle in increments of 22.5° (half of 45°) and the outer band allows you the most precision.

You can easily rotate your objects by clicking on the rotation icons and then selecting the band:

16. You can move the workplane by placing it on a side of any of your forms. This allows you to add more forms on an angle:

17. To reset the workplane, just drag the workplane from the palette to the work area:

18. Tinkercad's Align tool allows you to align multiple objects.

To use the Align tool. Select at least two objects by Shift left-clicking on them or by dragging a box around them. Once selected click on the Adjust Option at the top. Then select Align and move your mouse over a node to preview the move. Click the node to align the objects.

Select objects and click Adjust:

Now select Align

Click on the node you would like the forms to align with:

19. To save the STL file, click on Design and select Download for 3D Printing:

Then select on the STL button:

20. Experiment, have fun, print

21. When you are ready to print your object, click on the Design menu and select Properties.

22. Rename your file and save the changes

23. From the Design menu select Download for 3D Printing:

A few Tinkercad skill builder challenges

To get Tinkercad to run on Mac with Firefox you'll have to do the following:

1. Type about:config in the Firefox 4 URL bar

2. Type webgl in the search box

3. webgl.force-enabled = true

4. Go to https://tinkercad.com and refresh the page

Background: Driver support on older OS/Graphics card combinations is bad so the browser vendors have blacklisted a number of devices. All of Mac OS X 10.5 is blacklisted in Firefox, what you did above is circumvent this blacklisting.
Windows

on Windows XP, WebGL and acceleration is blacklisted.

To enable it, in command line:

	chrome.exe   --enable-webgl

or

1. Close any open Chrome windows

2. Find the Chrome shortcut you use (normally on the desktop or in the start menu) and right click on it.

3. Select 'Properties'

4. Add the '--ignore-gpu-blacklist' flag without the quotes at the end of the 'Target' box

or

1. type "about:flags" on address bar of google chrome

2. under "Override software rendering list" click "enable"

3. scroll down and "relaunch google chrome"

Linux

In command line:

or

google-chrome --ignore-gpu-blacklist

Mouse shortcuts:

Right Click is the same as CTRL+click.

right drag/CTRL+drag rotate the camera

middle mouse drag pan the camera

mouse wheel zoom in and out

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Project Ignite now lives inside of Tinkercad!

We have integrated the tools to help learn and teach 3D design & electronics from Project Ignite directly into Tinkercad:

Manage students and classrooms.
In-app, step-by-step lessons and tutorials.
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Project Ignite users sign in with existing account.

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K-12 Skill Builder Lesson Plan - Tinkercad Navigation Race [Revised 11/28] by jrothman - Thingiverse

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K-12 Skill Builder Lesson Plan - Tinkercad Navigation Race [Revised 11/28] by jrothman

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Revised 11/28/15 - new materials linked below. Choose revision 1 materials if you want a shorter activity (12 - 18 minutes), revision 2 materials for prolonged practice (18 - 24 minutes). Introduction Ever introduced your class to new software in the hopes that they could use it to complete a project, only to realize that many of your students are getting hung up on the minutiae of the software?