Getting Started in Tinkercad: A Tutorial for Complete Beginners

Getting to grips with new software and tools can be daunting, but handily Tinkercad is an easy, accessible and free intro to the world of 3D modeling.
Join us for this complete breakdown on Tinkercad's user interface, functions and follow along as we design a wrench for 3D printing.
Go here for handy text instructions of this Tinkercad tutorial // all3dp.com/tinkercad-tutorial/

[@Paulie462]

You are a great teacher! When I first watched your video I was a complete beginner and your simple lesson taught me all the basics of Tinkercad, my first experience with 3D design, in very short order. Building the wrench was such a practical way to teach us and you did it so patiently...FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS. You will make a GREAT teacher if you choose to follow that line.

[@Steven_Rowe]

You are a GREAT TEACHER. You talk so clearly and you allow me to comprehend what you are doing. I know nothing about 3D printing but want to learn. Thankyou. I just subscribed

[@onlythetruthfull]

I have never used or understood anything to do with cad, but I am beginning to understand so thank you very much from a dinosaur. I wish you had been my teacher I may have achieved more in life. Well done.

[@fournierluc2205]

Probably the best ThinkerCad tutorial for beginner. Thanks

[@i.amsmith3721]

Thank you, very useful and helpful video It is easier to watch at x1.25 speed btw guys

[@flo-ridafpv5713]

Best advice ;)

[@nicksgarage8295]

I watch all videos, including this one on 2x speed. Saves time and time is money...

[@adhilsunilkumar4155]

thnx

[@LSUEngineer1978]

Well organized & delivered professionally. Easily followed. Teaching style is spot on. Thanks

[@ChickensAndGardening]

Excellent tutorial for newbies. I used a cube to add the cutouts to the ring (16x16, rotate 0, rotate 22.5, rotate 45, and rotate 67.5).

[@shandorh.1725]

I can feel the instructor's enthusiasm in his voice, and can't wait to try the software! It seems very intuitive and I assume even more complex functionality will be added as time goes on; the available solid shapes are a great start and next the program could recognize that we're making a tool, or a cup, and obviate the need for some of the intermediate steps. It'll be the engineering horsepower that "regular" inventors need.

[@RykerScrolls]

Nerd I’m not reading that

[@glyph303]

@@RykerScrolls its 5 lines, just say you're stupid next time lmao

[@baileyduryea3168]

"Getting to 'grips' with new software" I see what you did there and I appreciate it

[@k8veeach]

Simply the best beginners tutorial anywhere - look no further!

[@bridgendesar]

Awesome, they should send all new users to this tutorial, I was getting a little frustrated there for a while!

[@mikezufelt8172]

Dude the tutorial that they have on the site is complete garbage

[@Lexxa420]

@@mikezufelt8172 yess

[@anthonyscott16]

This helped me out a lot. Thanks for taking the time to create it for us!

[@rjlinnovations1516]

Excellent video tutorials. Thank you for sharing your video. Watching with full support from Canada 🇨🇦

[@shufflex704]

Ordering my first 3D printer in a few days. Being a pensioner I am totally in the dark with all of the different software available and see most of them as too difficult for me. Your tutorial was first class and very informative. Thank you ever so much.

[@risacrawford3775]

Great tutorial! I learned more from this one than many others combined!

[@DNOJ]

So simple... Yet I'm blown away Taking another crack at it !! Teachers !!! Priceless !!!

[@terrellw9470]

Very helpful. Better than the written tutorials in Tinkercad that were not detailed enough. I finally see how the aligning works.

[@timrhodes4265]

Massive!!!!!!, removes much of the frustration of learning and new skill

[@samnitewarrior]

Thanks for the video. My 8 year old son is so happy. We are just learning 3d modeling together since we each have our own 3d printer now.

[@sparkymarky008]

Very helpful and straight to the point without lots of waffle. Many thanks.

[@snaukball8764]

super underrated, he deserves 1 million subs right now.

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

You, sir, is a very, very, good instructor. Being an old school (very old it seems) trained mechanic in the 1980’s I’m trained in mechanical drawing using rulers and pens on paper and doing my calculations whit a slide rule and a Texas instrument pocket calculator. Now I take the next step in to 3d-printing and 3d design, so this is/are/was tremendously helpful to a Troglodyte like me🤓🇸🇪 PS: keep the nerd factor on at least an eighth.

[@r1273m]

That was really good, in fact much better than the official Tinkercad tutorials. Thanks for posting.

[@diarts4458]

I’m an absolute beginner to 3D printing, so this tutorial was just perfect. Thank you so much for sharing. Definitely a new sub from me 🙂

[@robertfletcher9899]

Thank you very much - this is exactly what we were looking for!

[@CraftedSweetly]

Thank you so much for this very clear instructional video. Heading over to Tinkercad now to tinker with my invention!!

[@robinraj5108]

Wallah Bhaisaab 🤲

[@rutuparna5510]

😂😂

[@wadeltopp3270]

Thank you so much for a very well articulated tutorial

[@Bobolots]

amazing video, I followed along and made a wrench!! so much less intimidating now!! Thank you so much

[@nachiket481]

So clearly and properly explained!!! Great!! Thank You!!!

[@blyrics365]

Best tutorial ive ever watched

[@johnhusband924]

A well delivered video and very easy to follow. Thank you for sharing will definately watch the rest in the series.

[@NatesToolbox]

Did you change people at 17:00 haha. The first guy was better :) but OMG after spending a few hrs learning Blender this has blown my mind. Tinker CAD looks sooo much easier and more intuitive i'm definitely coverting over. Also thanks for such a great slower beginner speed on your tutorial most people teach in expert mode !

[@adityaaggarwal3503]

Wow, the right menu features are completely new for me. They are pretty interesting.

[@RobKohr]

Easy peasy, thanks for showing how it all works.

[@rkorenbl]

What a great teacher, very dinamic and clear. Thanks!!!!

[@SHANUSHAH]

Best Video so far , explanation was good and well presented but to put the cream on the cake it would been nice if you showed how to put the bolt shape in the ring to make it a spanner.

[@KaysCutz]

Thank you, you are an excellent teacher. Just what I needed to get going.

[@your-digital-bodyguard]

almost hypnotic, great explanation but almost fell asleep LOL

[@ajahnmara3316]

there is no shame in replaying a lesson in the evening to fall sleep too

[@connorwiggins4402]

3d mortel

[@lawrence1md]

Nice job, now I have some where to start out. Thanks!

[@MissingLinkMTB]

Ahhh, you could've used two polygons to make the hole in the ring. This video has helped me so much! Really answered some questions I had. Thank you.

[@MarkWilder68]

Well done, very simple, easy to follow, this much appreciated. If my buddy hadn't already shown me a lot of this this definitely would have helped me. Even though I knew most of it it was still good to see it being done so simply thank you.

[@waltergodsoe5526]

Thank you for a clear presentation.

[@daarshg]

This was a very informative video. Thank you for putting this out !

[@nagukr]

Detailed clear explanation. Thank you so much. 🙏

[@willcrockett7732]

Hey Bud! Thank you SO very much for this excellent tutorial. I really like your teaching style and just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated this video. Have a great day.

[@dontworryaboutmypfp.hestot7868]

Thanks, I really needed it for school

[@mumihp]

Great tutorial, looking to buy a 3d printer but wanted to get the hang of 3d printing basics and designing. There is so much software so it gets really confusing but wow, followed this video and was able to create the wrench perfectly but not only that, you taught me the basics. Awesome tutorial. Great instructor and really easy to understand especially a 3d noob here.

[@doanehoag870]

That was very clearly explained, thank you so much. I'm new to this and some other videos I watched were taught too fast or confusing.

[@kttjdesign]

good work in tinkercad, love to see others also making tinkercad beginner videos

[@mattlogue1300]

Depressed, so your explanation of interface was phenomenal!!

[@CarnivoreChris89]

Stay well and safe man! How is the tinkering going?

[@porcshasmoody2576]

Thank you for your video. Please make more tutorials. I imagine you had in 6 years. I would like to know how to get grips in the wrench ring part.

[@spamcan9208]

You can also type the dimensions you want because manually dragging to a particular dimension can be difficult, especially when you need to use decimals. Just click on the number box.

[@projectcoveryourneighbor3493]

Really enjoyed this..very concise and informative..well organized tutorial I learned alot...keep up the great work!

[@jagmanjohnthejag]

You are the Man!...I shall endeavour to follow your excellent tuition videos and master Tinkerkad!

[@logicraju]

Perfect tutorial for beginners ! Really helped me a lot. Thanks :)

[@VdubSmallGarage]

Got really confused on the porygon it wasn't giving me the points realized I just needed to turn it made a wrench feels good thanks.

[@gwallage]

Thank you for a great tutorial.

[@timothym2241]

That was great. So well explained. Thank you for making this video.

[@johnsnelling7989]

Awesome tutorial! Thank you!

[@LukeCreates.]

Just started working with tinkercad and was a little confused but now I’m ok thank you very informative

[@danricci7855]

People from India make some very good technical videos, but usually you cannot understand them. This guy speaks very well and made an excellent video.

[@mcsuah]

Excellent job. Thank you very much. Very helpful for a beginner like me.

[@franciscogomezvillanueva9777]

Gracias maestro, muy buena explicación.

[@andysimmons2648]

Thank you for this. I found it very instructional as well as clear. This is a marvellous video.

[@waynestarick5282]

A great little tutorial - much better than the ‘Dummies guide’ I have been wading through!

[@Lexxa420]

See your hairs🤣🤣

[@Rickster5176]

Excellent! You are easy to understand and a very good instructor! Thanks Professor!

[@HumberFlyer]

I learnt a lot from that vid'.... Thanks

[@akshatarajeshram7895]

Thank you so much! Got a class about this tomorrow, this video was really helpful!😇

[@emadabuhagag222]

very informative thank you . great vid

[@queenidog1]

very good video. No crappy music!! You could have gone one step further though and created the "teeth" inside the round part of the wrench and tilted it slightly upwards, like a real wrench. But, very good clear instructions to that point.

[@sewmch]

Very best video ever.

[@chadbaker6751]

Thank you I learn quite bit from this

[@2008Overkill]

This is an excellent tutorial, thank you very much! :D

[@CLIFFLIX]

Thanks for doing this bgg video!! Much appreciated!

[@grenmanuel7567]

Very useful intro to the basics, a good first video for anyone wanting to start creating 3D models

[@literallynothing2516]

Thanks for telling i am new in this but now i can understand

[@MrSiciro]

Brilliant video thank you very much

[@josefmarzano3914]

Fantastic, your pronunciation is easy to understanding for no english people.

[@rycoryco2888]

I don't have access to a drop down menu from Basic shapes? Under Basic shapes, ...no sub menu of Text or symbols? Main menu "basic shapes then "design starters etc". My menu appears different than this tutorial. "text" in shapes puts a template on the workplace. Can't find letters, numbers, or symbols.Thanks for your help. This is a very well presented tutorial.

[@colinbracher405]

Thank you for the video which I found very useful. Really nice and slow presentation.

[@paulhunter123]

very good tutorial have learnt new skills

[@sinister6.450]

Awesome video! Thank you sir

[@parismollo7016]

Thanks, great video!

[@seangoldie3120]

Good tutorial short of how to create the nodules in the ring if it were to be a functional wrench. Maybe do an additional video to show that process.

[@BradKwfc]

Great video thank you. Tried Tinkercad for the first time today. After watching your video I had my part drawn up and on the printer in about 20 minutes!

[@shortfilm_2.0]

Thanks a lot very beautiful project 😍

[@garrybatt7139]

Thank you

[@Aks-yf7sh]

thxs a lot this helped a lot.

[@AnandSingh-su2bu]

Your teaching method is good

[@Trumplican]

thank you for this video! Just found your channel and I'm hoping to find more of these when I go to your channel page! You do a wonderful job teaching! The only problem here is that the box end of the wrench is just a circle but Im guessing you could use a polygon to fix that right?

[@kttjdesign]

thanks for making this video you are great, not enough people shows how to use tinkercad, we need to stand together, like many others i also use tinkercad, and make some how 2 do videos also

[@desfletc]

thanks sooo much for the tutorial, was really helpful, can you show us how to save that file and send it to a 3d printer please

[@sracing1]

Thank you. Nice job.

[@loveokjoo]

Great video keep up the great work!

[@MayurPatelZA]

Thanks. For the help to build my first model.

[@wa4aos]

Excellent... THANK YOU

[@killerms2221]

Learned a ton, thanks!

[@palmi002universityofminnes5]

Excellent instructor, so clear and concise. Thank you!

[@aszfy8901]

Excellent Video!