Manipulating 3D shapes

Design and technology

Ken Yeang and sustainable architecture

The TinkerCAD user interface

Modify 3D shapes

Compound 3D shapes

Complex 3D shapes

Critique 3D eco-houses

Exploded diagrams in CAD

This unit introduces 3D Computer Aided Design to pupils.  They will investigate modern architects to understand the techniques and materials they use in sustainable housing.  They will develop knowledge of TinkerCAD to design and present a model sustainable house.

CAD structures: architecture

To select and combine shapes that match real parts of a building

To choose shapes based on your favourite colour

Why would you use basic shapes from the shape library when building an eco-building in Tinkercad?

They save time and help design realistic models

What is one advantage of using prepared shapes from the Tinkercad shape library?

A tree made by combining cylinders and spheres

Which of these is a complex shape you might design in Tinkercad?

It makes the model look too good and people will like it too much

It can slow down the computer and make the model harder to work with

Tinkercad doesn't allow more than 10 shapes on the workplane

Your design will disappear if there are too many

Why would you not use too many shapes from the shape library?

A building that uses a lot of electricity

A building designed to be kind to the environment

A flat panel that converts sunlight into electricity

A mirror that reflects sunlight into space

Which of these best describes a solar panel?

Put these steps in order to hollow out a shape in Tinkercad:

Manipulating 3D shapes

Lesson outcome