Tinkercad Tips and Tricks #6 - Importing SVG and STL files

Chuck shows you a few more Tips and Tricks for using Tinkercad. This time he shows you the import feature so you can load 2D SVG files and modify them and load 3D STL files and make changes. Then he even adds a few more related tricks in this episode of Tinkercad Tips & Tricks.

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[tgntech]

when i try to do this it keeps saying importing svg and never does

[BurninGems]

Another tip you could of dropped in that video is the snap grid in the lower right. I'm always showing the kids how to adjust that to the smallest measurements to make it easy to adjust the parts when you got to surfaces like your lion and wall or the svg file block. keep up the tricks and tips!

[mielvasulka]

Thank you. So, I still get screwed up with this software. I know what you did when you put the lion's body into a box but what happened then? Did you just delete it? Is that how you ended up with just the head?

[frankvonthienen]

Hey Chuck, your video came right on time. got a knob for my Select Mini, which needs a little more size to fit on the axis . Any idea how to resize holes of an existing STL file?
So let'S say, I need the given hole about 0.5mm larger

[YTUBEUNI]

Was there a change to this? I am no longer able to import svgs

[abecerra]

I've been struggling to figure this out BUT you saved the day...I figured out how to convert images into a SVG but now need to figure out how to convert a word into a SVG. I have a silhouette cameo and not sure how to go about it???Can you help
Thanks in advance

[harishbommisetti]

Sir how can I add Newping library in Tinkercad ...please tell me the steps to be followed

[victorbrown]

How can you import an object and then manipulate just one part of it? Example: on your
logo, import then resize just the “E”…??

[JesseEdmonds-djhx]

I wish there was an in between of Tinkercad and Blender. Tinkercad wont load the model I want to edit and Blender ends up frustrating me to the point of apathy. if only there was something out there.

[alwynmcleod]

Thank you. It was just what i needed for a project. Great show.

[ianhuxstep]

Great video but how did you delete the clear box, also is there an easy way to scale an object rather than
using the drag method

[jps]

Thanks, Chuck. Any tips on shrinking STL file sizes down to the 25 meg limit of TinkerCad? I run into this from time to time.

[marcostadeucosmo]

Thanks for one more nice tip. What about if I need to split an stl file in 4 or 6 parts ? Is it possible to achieve with Tinkercad ?

[JANDLWOODWORKING]

what program do you use to get to the SVG file?

[richbarb]

I want to import an STL, but it needs to be the exact same size as the original file. TinkerCad is great for resizing, but I don't want that this time. How can I get an exact copy?

[sitgesvillaapartmentneilsc]

Hi Chuck, Thanks for the videos, you recently sorted out my ender 3 for me after I followed your instructions and now its printing perfectly thank you, I popped a comment on the leveling page and have referred a good few people to your videos., this time I have a question on Tinkercad please as I just dont know if this is possible in this software.

What i would like to do is embed a logo into a 3mm square high 200 x 200 mm. It happens to be the Pi Raspberry and I have this in svg and stl format perfectly as I have Vector Magic so I can create my own vector files.

However what i want to do is use that logo on my square so when you pick it up you see the raspberry logo, what is happening at the moment is that i import the SVG Pi logo in and make it slightly taller bring it over and down onto my square and make it hollow, group and one perfect logo but if you were to print it the parts of the raspberry would not be joined together and left of the bed of the printer and all you would see in the square is a outline of the logo. I just cant seem to find a way to have the logo embedded, it must be possible as i have seen it on Pi cases in thingiverse and its perfect but i dont know whether this is something I am missing and dont know how to do or whether this is just not possible to do in Tinkercad being a more basic program. Is this something that you would be able to answer please. Many thanks as always.

[D_Printing]

Make a complex Model using joined and holed, and moved parts, etc, save as grouped STL :: Then see if TinkerCAD can even load in that saved file

[matteovit]

It’s possible ta add svg logo at stl file and cut or extrude the svg logo??

[trevornewton]

What is the best possible way to create a custom part for my rc car? I've got a Traxxas slash lcg 4x4 ultimate, and my brother has crashed into a curb and broke where the rear a arm meets the rear bulk head. So saying that I have to make a new rear bulk head. Is there anywhere I could learn the best way to make this part? Thanks again!

[SonnyRivas]

Thanks for the tip - As usual great video!!