The TinkerCAD user interface

Design and technology

Sustainable housing

Modify 3D shapes

Compound 3D shapes

Complex 3D shapes

Manipulating 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

What are all the faces on the ViewCube called?

The objects on the screen would become selected

If you moved your thumb and finger apart on a trackpad, what would you expect to happen?

In Tinkercad, what is the area called where you create your designs?

it would allow me to orbit around my design

What would happen if you clicked this icon?

Put these design and technology activities in the correct order

What would be a quick way of sharing a design?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet