tinkerCAD case: 3. Basic buttons

basic button

In this lesson, you will learn to make a basic button with a cylindrical shape.

illustrate

1. Drag the cylinder to the workplane.

2. Scale it down to a height of 2 mm.

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3. Tip: You can shrink the cylinder using the white dot at the top of the cylinder shape.

4. Reduce it to a diameter of 16 mm.

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5. This will be the main shape for the button.

6. Now we can create the holes that allow the button to be sewn to the shirt.

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7. Drag a cylindrical shape onto the workplane.

8. Reduce it to a diameter of 3 mm.

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9. Move it to the area marked in orange.

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10. Make this cylinder a hole.

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11. Don't forget that you can adjust the snap grid from 1.0mm to 0.5mm for even more precision when positioning shapes.

12. Copy and paste the hole.

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13. Move the hole to the area marked in orange.

14. Select all the shapes and group them into a single object by clicking the Group button on the menu bar.