Basic Button

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In this lesson you will learn to make a basic button with cylinder shapes.

1. Drag a cylinder to the workplane.

1. Scale it down to a height of 2mm.
2. Tip: You can scale down the cylinder with the white dot at the top of the cylinder shape.

1. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 16mm.
2. This will be the main shape of the button.

1. Now we can create the holes that will allow the button to be sewn to a shirt.
2. Drag a cylinder shape to the workplane.

1. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 3mm.
2. Move it to the area marked in orange.
3. Make this cylinder a hole.
4. Don't forget you can adjust the Snap Grid from 1.0mm to 0.5mm for more accuracy when positioning shapes.

1. Copy and paste the hole.
2. Move the holes to the area marked in orange.

1. Select all the shapes and group them into a single object by clicking the group button on the menu bar.

Great work! You did it!