TinkerCad Tip - Using the Ruler the Easy Way! 

Thanks I have done tons of things without the ruler. Now when I 've seen how easy and handy it is I will start using it more. THANKS

THANK YOU. I was trying to make a 3d printed prototype of something before having it laser cut, and had no idea how to get things to line up. Very Helpful...especially since it was a short video, I didn't have to wade through a bunch of other stuff to find the info I wanted!

What about using the ruler on vertical pieces?

Great job explaining this important tool in Tinkercad!

Thanks yes I was frustrated before discovering that adjustment for the ruler reference. Now for the align tool :)

I’ve tried using it and never could figure it out until now. Thanks!

took me a couple of shots to get me head around it but it really is easy to use this way, i am always setting up squares of holes for 2020 2040 and so on and this is by far the easiest method to do a set of holes for a predetermined object like extrusion etc. thanks for showing me the way.

Great video on how to use the ruler!!! Helps a lot, thank you!

Thanks, Joe. That is really good info. I use Cure all the time but never knew the ruler could do that. Outstanding. Thanks.

Awesome info. I learn something new almost every time you use Tinkercad.

well, that certainly makes more sense than how I'VE been trying to use the ruler. I've been pulling it down AFTER I get started & then trying to figure out how to line things up with it. Thanks for a really helpful video

thanks, i tried using other ways of aligning things and well it didn't turn out so great, now I can save time and hair with this :)

THANK YOU i needed to add a cone-shaped hole for a screw countersink but i didnt want to use the align tool because i needed it at a specific location

Thanks, great video, just what I needed!

good work stay safe looking forward to watching more videos im also sharing, create , and doing alot of tinkercad video

New to TinkerCad and this was really helpful. Thanks.

great video, I never new that either

I've been pulling my hair for the last 3 hours trying to do measuring between holes for a project, I think using this method it might work. I may just increase the size of the holes to make things easier vs. 6.7 mm wide holes.

It's actually easier than you describe, if you use midpoint and zero your square. Then once your first hole is set (I tend to set in the +/+ quadrant) when you duplicate your hole it's simply a matter of changing signs. For example, based on your design, if you had zeroed your square in the X and Y using midpoint, the first hole would have had coordinates of ( 15, 15 ), then the first copy would have been ( 15, -15 ). Selecting both holes at this point gives a coordinate of ( 15, 0 ), duplicate that and change it to ( -15, 0) and your other two holes are set.

@diy3dtech thx for the vid. How do you size cylinders when using circular array. I’ve tried using the size slide scale when editing the object but inner día. Is not equal when printed.

Thanks, I was wondering how to place accurate holes.

Thanks Joe, really good examples. Cheers

Thanks for posting 👍👍

WOW!!! Too bad I didnt find this sooner, I might not be bald from pulling my hair out. THANK YOU!!!

I'm going to use the ruler today on a object I'm working on.

Thank you very much! I can now move objects easily with an accuracy of 0.01mm!

Thanks, would have never figured out how to switch to midpoint!

Vielen Dank! Sehr gut erklärt! ----Thank you so much! Very well explained!

How to put ruler to the center of random cylinder? Is it possible on tinkercad?

Thank you for this! No more side math to calculate centers.

Good definitely learned something! Thanks

I'm trying to measure the distance between 2 same radius cylinders (either center to center or edge to edge) above the workplane. How do I do that?

If you have multiple objects with multiple planes... how can you snap a ruler to the corner of an existing object? If you do that your trying to do it by eye and it always seems to come out wrong and then as you continue designing off existing pieces that error is magnified and added to with later rulers that are also off by a hair.

Thanks for the tip. Can the ruler be used off the work plane to measure hole locations on a cylindrical item? Array?

Do you know how to measure from two inside walls without having to use the midpoint? Having huge issues with spacing on three walls on a 4.8" block.

This is exactly what i wanted to know!

Great ! I wonder why Tinkercad doesnt explain these tools thoroughly.I didnt know I could write exactly the measure I need,neither to use the measurements from the centers,thanks

Very informative. When I enter 0/0 in the green locations, it moves my project down and to the left of the Workplane but leaves the ruler where I placed it! Perhaps something changed with the versions since the video was made. Regardless, this was a helpful video.

Very helpful.

I’ve pulled an stl file ore made into Tinkercad. I wanna measure the slots that are made already.

Thanks for this explanation. Tried using it before and it didn't make sense.

Thanks.

I noticed your version of Tinkercad is the same as mine that has no favorite button. I’ve tried to update but nothing has worked and cannot find anything about it. Any ideas?

How can I move the ruler by typing numbers and NOT the shape? I want to 0 the ruler on a shape and I cant afford to move the shape because other parts are attached to it.

Thanks a ton!

Damn.... I have been zooming in like a mad man to get it to line up in the corner.

Thanks for sharing😀👍

Perhaps that was useful to someone who knows what they are doing but it was clear as mud to a beginner like myself.

Thx for for this it helped me a lot Peter Griffin.

Sometimes the measurements displayed in TinkerCAD when the ruler option is selected can get in the way of what you are designing. Also sometimes it can be difficult to find and click "Dismiss ruler" option. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qUA9VSdG5Oc.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c10pmPWT61U.html

Thank you!

Can I save projects as gcode with tinkercad ?

Thx!

To all the ppl that dislike, u should be here...

Thanks. 👍🏻

Thanks

Great!!!

Is it possible I can print a chair people can sit on?

CAN YOU DO INCHES IN TINKERCAD?

excellent (y)

You showed us how to use the ruler in a 2D plane making 3D models? TinkerCAD is a 3D model making tool - and you just forgot about the Z-axis. Of course this is what some people see, like @tsbrownie below, - you didn't really use the ruler on a 3D model - you used it on a 2D model.

Would be so much better if you could align the ruler with your object by moving the ruler and not the object!

3:39 .... how did he know he needed to use 40?

Hi im rayen

Can I save projects as gcode with tinkercad ?