TINKERCAD
3D Design Software
Make High Quality 3D Designs in a Snap!
Tinkercad is a free, easy to use, website for 3D design. The click and drag features in the software make it incredibly easy to learn. Tinkercad is compatible with applications such as Google Drawings. You can also download your creations for 3D printing and Minecraft! People have made many items using Tinkercad, such as jewelry, toys, prosthetic body parts, and so much more.
User Friendly For All Ages!
Tinkercad can be used by everyone, kids, adults, hobbyists, designers, etc. It can be used to make toys, models, prototypes, and more! It is very easy to use partly because of Project Ignite which is a library of tutorials imbedded into Tinkercad. Project Ignite will give you step-by-step instructions on how to make incredibly cool designs.
My projects
Memorial Middle School Keychain
I took a screen shot of our school's logo and put it into Google Drawings. My partner, Justin, and I then put the basic shapes onto the picture. After deleting the picture we downloaded it as an svg file. I then uploaded it into tinkercad and refined the shapes.
Pencil Cup
For this design, I made a circle out of the voronol shape. I found this shape in the shape generators under "Tinkercad" I then added a smoother round interior and a ring around the top just to cover the gaps.
Treble Clef Keychain
This was my first ever design on Tinkercad and it took me a VERY long time to get just right. I made this shape mainly from the extrusions shape, both solid and hole shapes. Hole shapes are pretty self-explanatory, they make a hole in your shape. I also used the text shape. All of the shapes in this design were from the Tinkercad shape generator.
Links to example videos/pictures
Tinkercad in Minecraft-https://youtu.be/oyMh_cNzNgc
Uploading a pre-made file to Tinkercad-https://youtu.be/-zQ161BhSk0
Importing Google Drawings files into Tinkercad-https://youtu.be/5arafMkwV0o
Get Into Detail!
With Tinkercad you can make endless shapes and sizes that you can add as much detail as ever! The more time and energy you are willing to invest into learning Tinkercad and creating your projects, the more detail that is possible in your creation.
What I Learned From Tinkercad
From using Tinkercad I learned many valuable things. I learned mainly how to make a good 3D design. I also learned what 3D printing is and how it works. It was not frustrating to learn and has that enjoyable factor that many programs lack.