The final step is optional and highly dependent on the visual style you're looking to achieve. Then position the most important and interesting features at the intersections of the grid and along the lines. Give the rule of thirds a try by imagining your image is split into a grid of 3 horizontal sections and 3 vertical sections. It might seem logical to position your design at the centre of the image but this can often lead to shots that don’t have a dynamic or natural feel. Rotate the view of your scene to where you want it to be for your final image. And if you're looking for a resource to find complimentary colours, check out Coolors.Īt this stage, your scene should be coming to life and you can now start thinking about the final visual. Rather than using Tinkercad's preset colours, you can head into the custom menu and input your own custom HEX values for a wider range of colours. You might want to go for bold contrasts or something more faded like our pastel palette below. Step 3 is all about adjusting the colour scheme of your scene. And don't feel like this is 'cheating' - many designers use stock assets in a similar way! A great tip in this step is to make use of Tinkercad's Gallery, where you can search for objects and copy them into your design. What other objects and features might you find in your environment? In our example below, we've added some abstract artwork to the walls, a ceiling light and a flower to the vase itself. With your design in some basic context, it's time to add some more details by populating your scene. Otherwise you could end up spending too much time on fine details that can't be noticed in your final outcome. Something to remember is that if the purpose of your Tinkercad design is to create visuals, don't be too precious about the size and accuracy of things. Where might you find your design? What are the foundations of its environment? In our example below, we've simply created some box shapes to represent a wall, a floor, a ceiling and a table. Step 1 is to put your model into some basic context. **As a quick side note, it is possible to send Tinkercad designs to Fusion 360 to access rendering features but for the purposes of this blog, we are exploring the creation of visuals directly from Tinkercad**.Īs you can see from the above image, the vase is sitting on a workplane grid, which helps with positioning when designing but doesn't help much when it comes to aesthetically pleasing visuals. The example we're going to use is the below vase, which was created with Tinkercad's scribble tool to create a side profile, which was patterned around a central hole. But where does this leave Tinkercad users who don't have these features? Is it possible to generate beautiful images of Tinkercad designs? Yes it is! And in this blog, we're going to look at 5 steps to help you do just that.
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Design software packages such as Autodesk Fusion 360 have amazing rendering features enabling you to create photorealistic imagery of your designs. With the growing amount of content in the world, it's as important as ever to ensure these visuals are interesting, balanced and beautiful - whether it's for a portfolio, website or to present to a client. We are still on the same road, our vision is to make 3-D design in general, and the design of physical items in particular, accessible to hundreds of millions of people.3D visuals can play a key part in portraying a design or communicating a message. In mid-2010 it had become clear the problem was more and more acute for a lot of people, so I quit my job at Google, Mikko my co-founder quit his job, and we started the company. I would spend the evening learning one CAD system after another, only to get very little traction and forgetting most of what I learned before the next session. Much to their disappointment it turned out that actually designing anything for printing was extremely hard with the software available.
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The device was assembled with great fanfare and my children eagerly looked forward to printed toys while my wife expected jewelry or at least some useful household items. In 2009, I started researching the new emerging 3-D printing technology and eventually bought my first printer by the end of the year. Tinkercad was born from a very personal frustration. >"Our vision is to make 3-D design in general, and the design of physical items in particular, accessible to hundreds of millions of people," says Backman.
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How did you come up with the idea for Tinkercad? We caught up with Backman, who's based in Helsinki, to find out more. You simply open your WebGL-supported browser, sign up, and create something.
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Unlike other web-based drawing programs like Sketchup, Tinkercad requires no download. Tinkercad, the brainchild of former Google engineer Kai Backman, is making it something anyone can do. Think 3-D design requires specialized software and an MFA? Think again.