#1 most frequent
United States of America
71.4%495 installations of 693
What is Autodesk Tinkercad?
Autodesk offers Tinkercad, a 3D modeling and design tool available free for educational purposes. Shapes are the building blocks of Tinkercad. Users can add pre-existing shapes, or import them. To adjust objects, users can rotate the workplane to adjust shapes or change views and input exact dimensions with the ruler. Custom shapes can also be created by combining elements.
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Who Buys & Uses Autodesk Tinkercad
#2 most frequent
Canada
8.5%59 installations of 693
#3 most frequent
India
5.2%36 installations of 693
Students tinker with tinkercad!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is a great introduction to 3D modeling and design for students during our stem challenges at school. We use it with the upper elementary, and others use it with middle school students. Great for project-based learning and helping students bring their prototype ideas to life, and it mimics real-world stem careers.
Pros
- Simple 3D tools
- Free and online and accessible
- Has tutorials
Cons
- The tutorials could be more easily readable and easier for younger students
- Sometimes confusing how to use the mouse tools vs on an iPad
- Less professional, not often used in career fields
Most Important Features
- Free/cost/accessible
- Easy to use for teachers and students
- Compatible with our devices
Return on Investment
- Helping students prototypes and ideas come to life
- Connecting to math and science and engineering standards
- Great thing to “advertise” to prospective families that we teach at our school
Alternatives Considered
PTC Creo
Other Software Used
Schoology Learning, Canva, Google Drive
Low Price with Low Features, but Probably Perfect for Most Users
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Tinkercad is a great tool for simplistic design. It is perfect for anyone without a CAD background with a simple and intuitive interface. I've used this to make simplistic objects that were then easily exported for 3D printing. This is also great for kids as sort of a first CAD program.
Pros
- Intuitive Design
- Make 3D printing files
- Learn basic CAD skills
Cons
- Best for simple parts
- Seems more of a toy compared to more professional software
- Hard to tell measurements sometimes
Most Important Features
- Great Price
- Easy to use
- Easy to export
Return on Investment
- Doesn't require a lot of training
- Fast design
- Fun
Alternatives Considered
SOLIDWORKS
Other Software Used
Autodesk Inventor, SOLIDWORKS, Adobe PhotoShop
The perfect starter CAD program
Pros
- Simple, easy to use 3D Design
- Quick rendering and output of 3D Files for printing
Cons
- The ability to save files locally instead of having to export them would be nice
- The randomly assigned default names given to files can be confusing
Most Important Features
- Easy to use
- Free
- Fast
Return on Investment
- Autodesk Tinkercad has enabled us to engage our customers further by offering enrichment programs for their children which will help to inspire them into STEM careers
Alternatives Considered
AutoCAD LT
Other Software Used
Autodesk Fusion 360, Google Forms
Tinkercad is a fun way of 3d designing and modelling for STEM
Pros
- Tinkercad is very easy to use. Most of the 3d design software have steep learning curves.
- It is compatible with 3d printing. It is a proper tool which gives you solid 3d files needed for 3d printing.
- Tinkercad is fun to use. There are tones of 3d models created by the community. You could share your designs or even collaborate on designs.
- Must have tool for STEM teachers. It provides both electronics and coding features in a proper way.
Cons
- Tinkercad is an online tool. If the internet is off then Tinkercad stops.
- Tinkercad is mostly for beginners and students of 3d design. Its capabilities have a limit. Besides Tinkercad touch screen device capabilities are also limited.
- Rendering options are very limited, nearly none. There is no lighting feature. You could only give plain colours to your models.
Return on Investment
- I should definitely say that Tinkercad has no negative impact on my business.
- It shortened my 3d design process for my many simple projects.
- Tinkercad is a free tool, no investment needed.
- I suggest it to my customers who don't know 3d design, but desperately needs a 3d file for their projects.
Other Software Used
Fusion 360, Onshape
Tinkercad, Great for new CAD users and Classrooms!
Pros
- Tinkercad is a great baseline CAD program. This program is easy to implement and train people in.
- After on a short period of time my students are able to create complex forms using Tinkercads pre-generated shapes and holes.
- The Tinkercad provided projects aid in pushing the learning experience even further and reinforce the ideas that I train on and help my students explore the program before designing their own complex sculptural forms.
Cons
- The Tinkercad provided projects were upgraded in some aspects but the text for the projects has not and can cause confusion.
- Tinkedcad works best in Google Chrome on a windows machine but most of my students have Macs and even when using Chrome they run into issues that Windows users don’t
- Tinkedcad is browser-based but, to have a program that would be tablet compatible would be invaluable. So far it has only really worked on a Surface Pro 3.
Return on Investment
- Tinkercad is free. I have had students start with me in Tinkercad and eventually work their way up in skill and purchase other Autodesk products because of the enjoyment and opportunity that Tinkercad provided.
- I Don’t make any money off the program but the enrichment it provides my students is invaluable.
- I started out with Tinkercad myself and it was so easy to learn that I have been able to use it to plan my own work and that is irreplaceable.
Alternatives Considered
Fusion 360, Maya and AutoCAD
Other Software Used
Box, Dropbox, Weebly