Tinkercad is like the hamburger helper of 3D design. ... The objects are: slot4 (the clover leaf slot), Star (the center star), and object0 (the main object). Here’s the problem.

Autodesk's Tinkercad is a free Web-based design tool that enables you to create 3D objects, then download those creations in a printer-friendly format. Here's how to get started.

Any TinkerCAD object (either a basic object or a group) can be turned into a hole. In fact, a click of a button switches an object from a solid to a hole and back again. The hole is, essentially ...

You can select objects and make them fixed or movable. You can change the material of each part, too, which varies its friction, density, and mass. There is a play button at the bottom.

When learning 3D modeling, I started with TinkerCAD as many people recommended, and I could quickly design simple models.

While Tinkercad, an online 3D model builder from Autodesk has been around for several years now, Microsoft recently released 3D Builder in their Windows 10 Fall Creators Update to be a direct ...

Think 3-D printing requires specialized software and an MFA? Think again. Tinkercad, the brainchild of former Google engineer Kai Backman, is making 3-D design something anyone can do. Unlike ...

Cloud technology is making many computing tools available in the browser. Andy Wolber looks at a few apps that let you create 3D objects on your Google Chromebook.

The machine, not including the attached laptop, weighed only 30 pounds and stood 15 inches tall. Printed objects were astoundingly complex and could measure up to 8.9 x 5.7 x 5.9 inches.

This course will demonstrate how to use 3D printing software to create digital designs that can be turned into physical objects. It will also demonstrate how 3D scanners work to turn physical objects ...