Make: The Complete Guide to Tinkercad embraces the concept of "learn by doing," using 17 fun projects to transform the reader from a novice into a creator of video assets and objects ready for 3D printing. This comprehensive manual teaches the intricacies of the Tinkercad interface, how to model sophisticated objects, and use AI as a tool to solve design challenges. Projects include designing useful and amusing objects such as jewelry, toys, and practical household items. This is not a mere collection of generic online tutorials, but a comprehensive learning experience that will empower the reader to turn their ideas into a physical reality.

Create in 3D with Tinkercad! If you can dream it, you can create it—using Tinkercad. This free tool gives everyone the power to create 3D models, regardless of your level of experience. With the help of Tinkercad For Dummies, you’ll have the knowledge you need to plan your designs, the know-how to utilize the platform’s drag-and-drop tools to create your design, and the information you need to print or export your designs to use them elsewhere. Tinkercad is for everyone! It’s simple enough to be used by kids and students, but robust enough that an adult could use it to create a complex product prototype. With more than 4 million designs posted in the Tinkercad community, the platform is also popular with teachers around the world. Why not join in on the fun? Create your Tinkercad account and join the community Use the drag-and-drop tools to build 3D images Export your designs to have them 3D printed Learn the principles of great 3D design Tinkercad is truly fun for all ages, and this hands-on guide makes it faster and easier to start using it right away!

Want to master 3D modeling and printing? Tinkercad is the perfect software for you: it's friendly, web-based, and free. Even better, you don't have to rely on Tinkercad's technical documentation to use it. This guide is packed with photos and projects that bring 3D modeling to life!

In this issue of Make: we make friends — literally! Build your own companion robot with a Raspberry Pi 5, and then give it a voice using AI and a large language model running locally. No internet required! Or keep it simple and build a friendly bot with a micro:bit and a few servos. Next, get an overview of the latest new dev boards, including offerings from Adafruit, Seeed, Sparkfun, Pimoroni, and more, that use Raspberry Pi’s second-gen, double dual-core RP2350 chip. And, get started with new Arduino libraries and example projects for cheap ESP32+LCD boards. Special Bonus — Make: Guide to Boards 2025 You know Raspberry Pi and Arduino, but the waters run deep for microcontrollers and single board computers. From wearables, to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, to AI capabilities, we show you 77 new boards that have exactly what you’re looking for to power your next project. Plus, 38+ projects: Embed tiny mirrors and mesh into your 3D prints to create sparkling fabrics Build an autotune kazoo Make a battery using your favorite sports drink Laser cut a creative ski chalet birdhouse for your feathered friends Use an Arduino for professional looking DMX lighting Make a walk-in camera obscura to project the outside world inside (and upside down) Expose spy tech with the budget K18 Bug Detector And much more!

AUTODESK TINKERCAD EXERCISESDo you want to learn how to design 2D and 3D models in your favorite Computer Aided Design (CAD) software such as TINKERCAD, FUSION 360 or SolidWorks? Look no further. We have designed 200 3D CAD exercises that will help you to test your CAD skills.What's included in the AUTODESK TINKERCAD EXERCISES book?Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or an expert, these 3D CAD exercises will challenge you. The book contains 200 3D models and practice drawings or exercises.-Each exercise contains images of the final design and exact measurements needed to create the design.-Each exercise can be designed on any 3D CAD software which you desire. It can be done with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Inventor, DraftSight, Creo, Solid Edge, Catia, NX and other feature-based 3D CAD modeling software.-It is intended to provide Teachers, Kids, Hobbyists and Designers with enough 3D CAD exercises for practice on TINKERCAD.-It includes almost all types of exercises that are necessary to provide, clear, concise and systematic information required on industrial machine part drawings.-Third Angle Projection is intentionally used to familiarize Drafters, Designers and Engineers in Third Angle Projection to meet the expectation of worldwide Engineering drawing print.-This book is for Teachers, Kids, Hobbyists and Designers.-This book is for Beginner, Intermediate and Advance CAD users.-Clear and well drafted drawing help easy understanding of the design.-These exercises are from Basics to Advance level.-Each exercises can be assigned and designed separately.-No Exercise is a prerequisite for another.-All dimensions are in mm.

3D Modeling with Tinkercad for 3D Printing is a book designed for people of ages 8 to 99 to learn Tinkercad, a 3D Modeling software, to create and 3D print 3D designs. Five step-by-step classroom-tested projects that walk the reader through the 3D design process are in this book. The service of 3D printing the reader's designs is included with a purchase of this book.

Walks you through choosing and assembling a 3D printer kit, brainstorming and designing new objects with free software, and printing on your 3D printer.

It’s aliiiive! Bring characters to life for Halloween, movie making, and live shows with the mechanical wonders of animatronics! In this issue of Make: follow along as FX designer Jesse Velez builds a custom haunted deer animatronic based on the Evil Dead series. Next, we show you how to make a set of 3D-printed ghosts dance to music using Bottango’s free animatronic software. Then add some personality to your next creature build with a pair of simple, lifelike mechatronic eyes, and take it a step further with a mechanism to simulate realistic breathing patterns. Plus, 33+ projects: Use projection mapping to make any building a screen for multimedia shows, at Halloween or anytime Build a sunlight sensing plant rotator so your leafy friends always get the best light Learn to make perfectly aligned vector images from skewed photographs Explore hidden frequencies with an EMF audio amplifier Make a traditional tortilla press for the freshest tacos Hack a monster toy with a simple LED circuit for a whimsical desktop status light Solve 3D design problems using ChatGPT And much more!

Make: Getting Started with 3D Printing is a practical, informative, and inspiring book that guides readers step-by-step through understanding how this new technology will empower them to take full advantage of all it has to offer. The book includes fundamental topics such as a short history of 3D printing, the best hardware and software choices for consumers, hands-on tutorial exercises the reader can practice for free at home, and how to apply 3D printing in the readers' life and profession. For every maker or would-be maker who is interested, or is confused, or who wants to get started in 3D printing today, this book offers methodical information that can be read, digested, and put into practice immediately!

The 3D printing revolution is well upon us, with new machines appearing at an amazing rate. With the abundance of information and options out there, how are makers to choose the 3D printer that's right for them? MAKE is here to help, with our Ultimate Guide to 3D Printing. With articles about techniques, freely available CAD packages, and comparisons of printers that are on the market, this book makes it easy to understand this complex and constantly-shifting topic. Based on articles and projects from MAKE's print and online publications, this book arms you with everything you need to know to understand the exciting but sometimes confusing world of 3D Printing.