TinkerCAD

I. Introduction

Tinkercad is a free, browser-based CAD platform for 3D design, electronics/circuits, and coding. It’s built for fast learning, as you can drag-and-drop shapes to model parts, simulate breadboard circuits, and also can generate designs with code.

II. Outline

• 3D Design
  • Workplane navigation: pan/zoom/orbit, view cube
  • Primitives (“basic shapes”) and transforms: move/rotate/scale
  • Precision tools: ruler, snapping, exact dimensions
  • Align, mirror, duplicate, group/ungroup
  • Additive and Subtractive modeling
  • Simple assemblies: fit checks and clearances
• Circuits
  • Breadboard basics and wiring workflow
  • Common components: resistors, LEDs, buttons, sensors, motors
  • Microcontrollers (often Arduino-style learning)
  • Run simulations to see behavior before building in real life
  • Coding options include block-based or text-based code.
• Codeblocks
  • Generate geometry with blocks + variables
  • Parametric designs
  • Patterns and repetition in order to reuse designs

III. Free Guides

• Official Links
  • Tinkercad Home
  • Different Learning Tracks
    • Learn 3D Design (guided tutorials)
    • Learn Circuits
    • Learn Codeblocks
  • Export filetypes (official help)

IV. Video Series

• Official Links
  • Autodesk Tinkercad (Official YouTube Channel)
• Secondhand Resources
  • HL ModTech - Day 1 Tinkercad Course
  • TinkerCAD 3D Simulation Projects
  • TinkerCAD Circuits Projects
  • HL ModTech Creating with CodeBlocks Searching for tutorials really depends on which one of the three you are looking for: 3D Design, Circuits, or Codeblocks.

V. See Also

• Computer-Aided Design, Blender, OpenSCAD, 3D Printing, Computational Geometry