3D Printing and Tinkercad Crash Course (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics of 3D Printing using Tinkercad
Created by: Michael Andrew
Last updated February 2020
What you will learn
- Basics of 3D Prininting and Tinkercad
- An Overview of how 3D Printers work
- Recommended 3D Printer Options
- Filament Types with their strengths and weaknesses
- Where to Find Free Print Models, and some services you can use to order prints if you do not have your own printer.
- How To Setup and Use Basic Tinkercad to design your own custom prints
- Advanced Tinkercad Methods
- How to prepare your files for printing
- How to measure an existing object and recreate it in Tinkercad (Light Switch Cover Example)
How it compares
Against the other 545 rated Udemy courses in 3D Modeling on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 56% of them
- Reviews91#459 of 546 by number of reviews
- Length2 hoursshorter than 86% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2020earlier than 77% of them
Course Description
Hello and thank you for checking out my tutorial on 3D Printing and using Tinkercad!
My name is Michael Andrew and I have been a 3D printer for over 8 years and love it! I currently own a Prusa i3 mk3s and Makerbot Replictator 2x, and use them regularly, about 4-5 times a week. I print in all kinds of materials, but usually PLA, ABS, and PETG.
As an instructor, I have also taught many of my friends, clients, and relatives as well as their children how to use a 3D printer to create their own designs.
I can promise, once you learn the basics, it will change how you think in the best of ways! I am amazed at how natural and creative children are especially. I use my 3D printer to make money, and have paid for my printers many times over. I even have a utility patent for one of my 3D printed inventions and it all started with just being a little curious to start.
Because this is my first course on 3D Printing, I would love to hear your feedback about what I can do to improve the course and make it easier to understand. Are you ready to get started?
Welcome to the whole new world of 3D printing and design with Tinkercad!
Best wishes
Michael Andrew
PS- Thank you again
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
91 Reviews
Michael Andrew
Michael the Maven (Michael Andrew) is an American photographer and photography instructor and specializes in photography instruction for beginners. He has a Youtube Photography Channel under the name of Michael The Mentor which has over 180,000 subscribers and 16,000,000 views. His "Epic Shootout" videos compare competing cameras abilities, informing buyers which is best for them.
Michael has been a professional portrait and wedding photographer for over 11 years, with his work appearing on multiple occasions in Alabama Weddings Magazine, including the cover. He has also won many awards for his teaching on the university level, in the field of Biology. Michael combines his expertise of instruction with his knowledge of photography to simplify the learning process for beginning and intermediate photographers.
Michael has produced nearly 50 instructional DVDs on a range of photography topics, including Canon, Nikon, Panasonic and Sony cameras, as well as advanced topics including Lighting, Flash, Advanced Techniques, and Busness Courses.
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Reviews
By Billy Powell on 1/8/2025
Very good course for a beginner with no CAD experience. Thanks!
By John Lansdale on 6/18/2024
Usefull details about 3d printers
By Keith David Dillon on 4/15/2024
This waas a good match for me as I am a complete novice.
By Hesham Ahmed on 9/28/2021
Perfect as a first knowing things about 3d printing world
By Austin K. Litman on 7/5/2021
Good match. Like the background information. Would have rated it a five except I am forced to watch it over again to get credit. These 1st few video's were offered as samples so I've already seen them.
By A. Lynch on 4/12/2021
A good overall course to 3D printing. My feedback is mostly for additions to the course, or suggestions for a second course. However, the “nuts and bolts” and “light switch” section were a bit hard to follow. I would have liked to see a handout/PDF about all of the different filaments for reference, more on sending out prints (e.g., Shapeways), and the licensing options for Tinkercad. I would also be interested in second course that was more focused on actual prints and adjusting settings to get desired outcome, or how correct common printing errors.
By Bob Gelhaus on 3/4/2021
Solid information, So far so good!
By Penny on 2/9/2021
Using this course, I was able to take what I learned to create some things to use with quadhands holders, that would allow me to use it as an art tool for posting flowers for botanical drawing.
By Daniel Wich | Capacious on 12/28/2020
Good information that gets you up to speed fast.
By Frank Garcia on 5/15/2020
I wish there was more projects to work on.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100






