Some recent revisions of Firefox for the Mac OS have caused me problems with WebGL, which is required for TinkerCad. It took some poking around to reset things to get it to work again. Tinkercad is a browser-based 3D modeling tool is perfect for beginners in the CAD space. It differentiates itself from other common platforms in its simplicity. It differentiates itself from other common platforms in its simplicity. Introduction: Finding/Uploading Files to Tinkercad (mac Oriented) By clairepicard5 Follow. More by the author: In this tutorial I am showing how to search for an stl. File, and upload into Tinkercad.com! The file you have just downloaded can be found in the upper right hand corner under your 'downloads' tab. Click on the button to find a.
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Why Tinkercad is the best option for CAD and 3D Printing beginners…
If you’re new to CAD design for 3D Printing, Tinkercad is definitely the program to start with. It’s a very powerful, user-friendly platform for CAD beginners and entry-level 3D Printing enthusiasts. By manipulating shapes and then adding or subtracting them from other shapes, you can create a lot of unique things or recreate existing objects in the world.
A comprehensive discussion about the Tinkercad interface and shape movement
Diving deep into shape manipulation and scaling of objects in the design environment
A discussion of the hole, group/ungroup feature, the align tool, and the flip tool
A discussion of the workplane and ruler tools as well the brick and block environment
An instructional video on circular patterns, linear patterns, and slicing of objects.
Everything you need to know about importing, exporting, sharing, and downloading files
Keyboard Shortcuts
Moving Object (s):
- ←/ ↑/ →/ ↓ = Move an object along ground plane (X/Y Plane)
- ctrl+ ↑/ ↓ = Move an object up or down (Z plane)
- Shift+ ←/ ↑/ →/ ↓ = Move an object 10X faster along ground plane (X/Y Plane)
- ctrl+ Shift+ ↑/ ↓ = Move an object 10X faster up or down (Z plane)
- Shift + drag = moves object in only one direction
- D = Drop selected object(s) to workplane
Press and Hold the keyboard keys and then click/drag mouse for the below shortcuts…
- Shift + Right click = Pan view
- Alt+ left mouse button = Duplicate object(s)
- Shift+ left mouse button = Select more than one object
- Shift+ hold while rotating = 45 degree rotations
Helpful object action shortcuts…
- ctrl + C = Copy an object or selected objects
- ctrl+ V = Paste an object or objects
- ctrl+ Z = Undo action or actions
- ctrl + Y = Re-do an action or actions
- ctrl + D = Duplicate object or objects in place
- ctrl+ G = Group objects
- ctrl+ shift+ G = Un-group grouped objects
- Del = delete an object or objects
Object Options:
Select object(s) and then perform the following action(s)…
Select object(s) and then perform the following action(s)…
- T = Transparency Toggle
- H = Make an object or objects a hole
- S = Make an object or objects a solid
- ctrl + L = Lock or unlock selected objects
- ctrl + H = Make an object hidden
- ctrl + shift + H = Make all hidden objects visible again
Change the size of an object:
- Alt + click and drag side handle = Scale in one direction
- Alt + click and drag corner handle = Scale in two directions
- Shift + click and hold corner handle = Uniform Scale
- Alt + Shift + click and hold corner handle = Uniform scale from center
Tools and Views
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- W = Create new workplane
- L = Align tool
- R = Ruler tool
- M = Flip tool
- F = A better view of selected objects
- Ctrl + A = select all visible shapes
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Introduction: Airbus - Tinkercad to Minecraft
Welcome to this Instructable where you will learn how to turn your Airbus Tinkercad projects into Minecraft blocks for your own Minecraft worlds. There are a few simple steps you need to follow to complete this tutorial, but first you must make sure you have done the following:
Instructions
- Bought and Downloaded Minecraft for Mac or Windows.
- Downloaded MCEdit 2 (Minecraft world builder).
Step 1: Opening Your TinkerCAD Design
Instructions
- Go to www.tinkercad.com - sign in using your Autodesk username and password.
- Select the Airbus project you would like to bring into your Minecraft world. Click 'Tinker this'.
- Go to next step.
Step 2: Turning Your Design Into Blocks
Instructions
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- Once you have opened your Tinkercad design, click in the top right hand corner of the page on the icon 'blocks'. This will transform your shape into blocks suitable for Minecraft.
- Select the size of your design by clicking on one of the options in the top left of your blocks page.
- Export your schematic drawing of your design and save the file in a place you can easily find it.
- Continue to the next step.
Step 3: Minecraft: Creating a Super Flat 'new World'.
Instructions
- Open Minecraft.
- Select single player from the opening options.
- Then select 'create new world'. This is important as we will be adding our Tinkercad project into this world.
- Select a unique name for your new world, in this case I have used 'Airbus' as the name of my new world.
- In the world options, click on 'world type' until you have selected the 'super flat' world template. Now click to create your new world.
- Go to the next step.
Step 4: MC Edit 2
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Instructions
- Open an internet browser and type 'MC Edit 2' into an internet search engine. MC Edit 2 will be where we edit and add our schematic Tinkercad components into our Minecraft world.
- Download the latest version for free onto your PC or Mac.
- Open the software.
- Go to the next step.
Step 5: MC Edit 2 - Bringing Your Schematic Diagram Into Minecraft
Instructions
- Open MC Edit 2.
- Edit the new world you created on Minecraft (bottom right hand corner of your page) - in my case From the options in your tool bar select import schematic. In your documents find the schematic drawing you exported from Tinkercad earlier in the tutorial.
- Once your Tinkercad component has loaded, you can use the edit tools on the left hand side of the software to move, scale and position your components.
- Once you are happy with where you have placed your Tinkercad component, make sure you save your world.
- Go to the next step.
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Step 6: Minecraft World - TinkerCAD Components.
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Instructions
- Open Minecraft.
- Open the world you have created and edited. In my case I am opening the 'Airbus' world.
- Your Tinkercad model will now be in your Minecraft world.
- Congratulations you have successfully completed this tutorial.
- Now try and add all of your space themed Tinkercad products into your very own Minecraft world.
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