Lesson 2

Working With Objects

Tinkercad provides keyboard and mouse functionalities that are common across much of the software we use day to day. Familiar actions like undoing work by pressing Ctrl + z and resizing boxes by dragging their corners are present in Tinkercad.

The following methods are presented here:

1. Sizing and positioning objects with the mouse

2. Aligning objects

3. Grouping and ungrouping objects

4. Holes (creating negative space)

In the image above all of the grips that are available to size and position objects are highlighted. What follows is a description of what each grip does:

• Cube grips: these allow you to change the object's size and scale along the X and Y axes.

• Curved double-sided arrow grips: these allow you to rotate the object around the center point on the X and Y axes.

• Cone grip: this allows you to adjust the height of the object

Aligning objects

Tinkercad makes it easy to align objects together. Begin with two or more objects as below.

When both objects are selected the Adjust button in the menu bar across the top of the screen becomes available. Click adjust and choose Align. The following image shows what it looks like when two objects are selected and Align has been turned on.