Chess Pawn

In this lesson, you will learn to design a traditional chess pawn!

Let's get started!

We need a shape to start with. Let's start building!

Instructions

1. Drag a cylinder shape to the workplane.

Let's adjust the height.

Instructions

1. Scale it smaller to a height of 3mm.

Let's add a new workplane.

Instructions

1. Drag a Workplane to the top of the cylinder. (Shortcut = W)

Let's add a cone this time.

Instructions

1. Drag a cone shape to the top of the cylinder.
2. The new shape will land on the workplane you just created.

Scale shape to be a bit shorter.

Instructions

1. Scale the shape shorter to a height of 11mm.

Add a sphere shape to the workplane.

Instructions

1. Drag a sphere shape to the workplane.

Let's make the sphere a little smaller and squish it.

Instructions

1. Scale the sphere to a diameter of 18mm.
2. Squish it! Scale it shorter to a height of 5mm.
3. Move it to the target area in orange.

Let's add a cone shape.

Instructions

1. Drag a cone shape to the workplane.

Let's adjust the shape of the cone.

Instructions

1. Scale it to a height of 28mm.
2. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 14mm.

Let's position the cone.

Instructions

1. Move the cone to the target orange area.
2. Lift the the cone 3mm off the workplane.

You will need another cone.

Instructions

1. Drag another cone to the target area in orange.

You will need to adjust the size of the cone.

Instructions

1. Scale it to a diameter of 12mm.
2. Scale it taller to a height of 19mm.

Rotate and position the cone.

Instructions

1. Rotate the cone 180 degrees.
2. Move it to the target area in orange.

Let's move the workplane.

Instructions

1. Drag a workplane to the top of the cone. (which is really the bottom of the cone you just flipped)

Add another sphere to the workplane.

Instructions

1. Drag a sphere shape to the workplane.

Let's get the sphere sized right.

Instructions

1. Scale the sphere to 8x8x8mm.
2. Tip: Holding shift on the keyboard will scale the shape in all directions.

Let's clear or reset the workplane.

Instructions

1. Drag a workplane to the original location of the workplane.
2. Tip: Place the workplane anywhere, except on a shape to reset it.

If you didn't keep everything perfectly aligned, that's ok!

You can align the shapes now.

Instructions

1. Select all the shapes.
2. Click the Align button on the menu.
3. Align the shapes to the middle on the front and side.

Select all the shapes and group them.

Instructions

1. Select all the shapes.
2. Click the Group button on the menu.
3. Tip: You will know if the Group action worked if all the shapes all become the same color.

Great Job! You made it!