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Tinkercad is an easy software that allows you to design 3D designs. It is easy to learn and simple to use. We strongly suggest you use this if this is your first time designing in 3D. To begin with, go to tinkercad.com and create an account. We recommend you create an Autodesk account. It's free and if you are a student, you get to have access to a bunch other Autodesk software for free!
Tinkercad is an easy software that allows you to design 3D designs. It is easy to learn and simple to use. We strongly suggest you use this if this is your first time designing in 3D. To begin with, go to tinkercad.com and create an account. We recommend you create an Autodesk account. It's free and if you are a student, you get to have access to a bunch other Autodesk software for free!
==[[Digital technologies/3D printing/3D modeling- Beginner/Other Tools in TinkerCAD|Other Tools in TinkerCAD]]==
==[[Digital technologies/3D printing/3D modeling- Beginner/Other Tools in TinkerCAD|Other Tools in TinkerCAD]]==
Other useful tools can be found above the Tinkercad shapes menus.<br />
Other useful tools can be found above the Tinkercad shapes menus.<br />
[[File:Workplane.png|left|frameless]]
[[File:TinkerCAD Workplane Tool Icon.svg|alt=|left|frameless|100x100px]]
'''Workplane (W)''' tool allows you to change the work plane to an alternate workplane. Drag it onto the edge of another shape, to set a new work plane. An orange work plane will appear. If you drag a shape onto the plane, it will already appear perpendicular to that plane. You can copy/cut shapes from one plane and paste them to other planes. To get rid of the new orange plane, drag a new plane back to the original blue one.
'''Workplane (W)''' tool allows you to change the work plane to an alternate workplane. Drag it onto the edge of another shape, to set a new work plane. An orange work plane will appear. If you drag a shape onto the plane, it will already appear perpendicular to that plane. You can copy/cut shapes from one plane and paste them to other planes. To get rid of the new orange plane, drag a new plane back to the original blue one.