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Haha! Yes hard to believe these are still getting views. Thanks for visiting. I do have an updated series called New Tinkercad but those are also starting to show their age.
I'm working on a personal project that is pretty big for me and this was beyond helpful. Thank you so much for making this video that has stood the test of time and is still relevant to this day 9 years later
So glad to hear that it was helpful. Yes, Tinkercad has evolved over the years but its core remains the same. If you need future help look for my updated playlist, but even many of those are now on the older side.
When you create the cylinder for the first time you can rotate it 90 degrees to lay flat on the permanent workplane. However, if like in this video, it’s already off at an odd angle, then you will have to create that new temporary yellow workplane as shown. When you do this, it prompts you to pick a surface and even though your cylinder is round, the face can still be selected and you will see that as you move around the cylinder the workplane shifts with you and you can select the appropriate “side” that you need. I hope this makes sense. Hard to describe in words.
Yes, this will definitely work for bringing any object quickly to the workplane, but it will leave the object in the same orientation. So if a cube has been rotated at a 45 degree angle upward, for example, that angle will remain. The point of this video is getting an object to lay flatly back on the workplane. Thank you for mentioning the D key shortcut though, as this is always a helpful tool. Cheers!
Thank you so much! Lifesaving for exporting to .SVG for angled objects. I wish they also made option to export to .SVG relatively to temporary workplane.
I am new to this and I can't believe there is no flatten button. and also I am shocked how some things are easy and somethings seem difficult. I know it's a learning curve.
Yes, very good points. This tool was originally designed with young learners in mind so most of the tools are very simple. Yet some things like extrude, filet, or chamfer, which we might expect in a tool like this, are difficult to execute. One thing to know, however, is that the team behind the tool is incredible and always working to make improvements to the platform.
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Yes, you can edit text by clicking on it and viewing the Inspector panel that will show up after selection has been made. You can change the letters within the text as well as other attributes. You can also select text and delete. Once you combine the text with other shapes thru grouping, however, you won’t be able to edit.
But how do you make a hole ... an absence of material... permanent but with the 'hole' item not present? As soon as you change the group status again the 'hole' item comes back, this time also making a 'hole' in any other part of the design that is now 'in the way'.
I’m not sure I understand the question. Once hole shapes and solids are grouped to make them permanent, they will remain that way until ungrouped. Sometimes, when grouping, and grouping again with additional objects, you will see ghost images of the hole shapes while everything is rendering. Not sure if this is what you are seeing. But those ghosts should not affect additional objects. I apologize, wish I could be of more assistance.
What about if you want the alignment off center towards the corner but 1.5mm in? Im a newb and cant figure out hoe to do this.. Im working with screw holes that have to be exact.
Ah, in that case I wouldn’t use the align tool if I understand you correctly. I would either incorporate the ruler tool and/or select the object and use my arrow keys to nudge the object to where it needs to go.
Yeah I ended up finding another video show me how to use the tool down at the bottom right to change the increments and then use the Arrows with it. Thanks for responding
How do you group solid objects and transparent objects together without making them all solid or all transparent I want only one transparent object, but I can't
This is a great question. Unfortunately, by default, when you group objects together they take on the characteristics of the first object created. This includes color and transparency settings. You can choose multi-color back on the shapes panel to return original colors, but the new object remains either solid or transparent, not both. The only work around to this is to leave the transparent object ungrouped from the rest. Not ideal but can work. When my students design vehicles they use the transparency setting for their windows but they need to select all objects when resizing or moving.
Just wanted to say a big thank you. I've been struggling trying to design something and just couldn't get it right on my own. This solved the problem i was having. <3
So I have a couple of responses. 1) You can’t drop anything on the opposite side of the workplane but you can rotate an object 180 degrees after dropping so that it’s facing downward. 2) You can also select a workplane that is on the bottom of an object, facing downward. When you drop your new item it will be upside down. I’m not sure if I’ve answered your question. Let me know if either of those work for you.
That’s an interesting question. I guess for me, I would think about what the hole needs to look like and then make that object first, even if it means combining shapes to create what I need. Then, I would select that newly made object and turn it into a hole. I hope this makes sense. Hard to explain without another video but basically anything you can create as a solid can be converted into a hole to use against any other solid object.
@@johnumekubo thank you very much for your reply. It kinda makes sense that the solid would be the chamfer of countersink part, and without actually trying it yet… I imagine that new solid could be rotated in any way necessary to be placed correctly on the existing hole, correct? It might take a little trial and error, yet the countersink part wouldn’t have to be perfectly perfect, so long as the screw head was sub-flush and supported. I ended up making my holes large enough to fit #12 “truss head” screws I had on hand. Since I wasn’t sure how to do this yet using my #8 deck screws. I’m signed up for CAD courses to get a certificate in a CADD program locally. I’m looking forward to AutoCAD student software editions.
@@Personalized_Workshop And yes, with some trial and error, you can figure out the best way to align objects (solids and holes) to create just about anything.
