Tinkercad Tutorial -- The Align & Smart Duplicate Tools

The Inventor Studios' Tinkercad Tutorials series is a curriculum resource used globally in schools and by individuals to develop and sharpen users' Tinkercad skills. This soundless, language-neutral series has been designed for distruption-free classroom use by students as early as 2nd grade through 12th grade and beyond. The full series can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhTAh8uQZbJsIHZGmTBu6MZQ3l156-tcl All drawing students, whether working with a pencil in 2D or a mouse in 3D, must learn to appreciate the significance of the spacial relationships that exist between shapes in a drawing. Proportions, placement and perspective all play roles in creating a sense of the 3D space and conveying important messages about objects are related. Students use Tinkercad in my 3D modeling class. I think the metaphor it offers, of shapes adding volume and holes subtracting volume, is well suited for students’ initial 3D studies. Anyone who’s sat in on even one of my sessions can tell you that the Tinkercad function that I promote the most is the Align tool, followed closely by the Smart Duplicate feature. The Align tool offers rigor to the process of placing objects relative to one another. I suggest that it should be the first, and many times the only, step of the placement process. Watch this step-by-step tutorial demonstrating how to use Align and Smart Duplicate in design a daisy vignette. --------------- Inventor Studios is a fun, supportive and challenging S.T.E.A.M. -focused learning environment for 3rd - 12th grade students that instills a sense of wonder about how the world works and prepares them to reach for acceptance to first-choice colleges and then on to rewarding and impactful careers. Bob Krause teaches tech & innovation privately and at San Francisco Bay Area schools, leads the Classroom 3D group on Thingiverse, produces Tinkercad tutorials here on YouTube, edits the TinkerTeacher blog at tinkerteacher.blogspot.com, and supports STEAM programs globally.