TinkerCad Academy #7: Advanced TinkerCAD Techiques

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TinkerCad Academy

Part 7: Advanced TinkerCAD Techniques

Objective

By the end of the lesson you should be comfortable with following aspects of TinkerCAD

  • Object parameters

  • Duplicate Tool

  • Workplane

  • Typing your Transformations

  • Shape Generators

    Introduction

    So far in TinkerCAD we have gone over the basic tutorials outlined on TinkerCAD’s website. These are great tutorials but what if you want to do more with TinkerCAD?

    This lesson is to begin the introduction into advanced TinkerCAD techniques that allow you to make even more creative and beautiful models.

    Instructional Video

Video

The video below goes over some of these techniques. Watch this video through to get a good idea of the basics of these new concepts, in the video he covers

  • Modifying object parameters

  • Using the duplicate tool

  • Using the work plane tool

  • Typing in transformations

  • Using the shape generator

Activity

Pre-Activity Discussion points:

Think about what you have seen in the video and the techniques being used and discuss the different ways that these new techniques could enable new shapes that were not possible previously.

Try brainstorming different models you could makes that would take advantage of each one of these individually and how you could potentially use them together.

Activity

Try to create each of these designs or some that use them together. The goal is to try each one of these techniques on your own

Post-Activity Discussion Points:

Continuing your learning of a CAD software is very important because the next time you are looking to solve a design problem you can have these in your mental toolbox.

With each new skill you become a better problem solver and will be able to create more complex models to solve even more complex problems.

Are there any shapes that still would be impossible to create?

Documentation:

Download the Screencastify Video tool extension to your browser. Document your TinkerCad academy learning by showing off a creation! Save your journal’s URL for your own reference, or SHARE your video on Latino STEM Alliance’s Facebook page or @latinostem on Twitter to show us and your fellow students and community how your work with TinkerCad has been going!

TinkerCad AcademyMitchell Nesteruk