Bat Button

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In this lesson you will learn to make a button shaped like a bat! Let's get started!

1. Drag a Box shape to the Workplane.

1. Scale it smaller to a height of 8mm and size it to 16mm x 30mm. Move it to the area outlined in orange.

1. Drag a Cylinder shape to the Workplane and make it a Hole.

1. Scale it smaller to a height of 8mm and a diameter of 8mm.
2. Remember, a quick and easy way to make a uniform 3D scale is to press and hold the shift key on the keyboard while scaling the shape.

1. Copy and paste the Cylinder and add a Cylinder to each of the areas highlighted in orange.
2. A quick way to make copies of shapes is to hold the ALT key on the keyboard while moving a shape.

1. Drag a Cylinder shape to the Workplane and make it a Hole.

1. Scale it bigger to a diameter of 50mm and a height of 8mm.
2. Move it to the area highlighted in orange.

1. Select all the shapes and group them into a single object by clicking the Group button on the Menu Bar.

1. Now let's make the head for the bat.
2. Drag a Box shape to the Workplane.

1. Scale it smaller to a height of 8mm and a size of 4mm x 5mm.
2. Move it to the area marked in orange.

1. Drag a Cylinder shape to the Workplane and make it a Hole.

1. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 5mm.
2. Move it to the area highlighted in orange.

1. Select the Box and Cylinder and Group them together.

1. Almost done! The only thing missing now are the button holes.
2. Drag a Cylinder shape to the Workplane and make it a Hole.

1. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 3mm.
2. Copy and paste the hole to the areas marked in orange.

1. Select all the shapes and Group them.

Congratulations! You did it!