Creating the Planet
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Creating the Planet
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The following information is a single lesson in a larger Tinkercad project. Check out this and more projects on Tinkercad.
Return to Previous Lesson: Introduction
Lesson Overview:
Now we're going to create our planet!
Creating the Planet
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Some things to know for this step.
Holding SHIFT while scaling an object will change the size on all three axes.
Instructions
- Pick a Sphere from the menu on the right and place it on the workplane.
- Scale the sphere equally on all axes. Hold SHIFT before clicking a white handle. Increase the sphere's size to about 80mm.
- Move the Planet to the top left corner of the workplane.
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In the next lesson you will learn to make rings for the planet!
Next Lesson: Creating the Rings