C03 - Halloween Pumpkin CAD Carving (Tinkercad & Fusion)

Step-by-Step interactive guide

by Charlie Kingsland

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Choose between either:

Tinkercad pt. 1

  1. Sign into Tinkercad
  2. Create a new 3D design project

Tinkercad new project

Tinkercad pt. 2

  1. Download Pumpkin_tinkercad.stl from GitHub

GitHub download

  1. In the top-right, press Import and select the downloaded stl (leave all settings as they are)

Tinkercad import

Tinkercad pt. 3

  1. Add in all of your shapes that you would like to make the design

Tinkercad shapes

  1. Select all of your added in shapes, and in the panel in the top-right, change it from Solid to Hole

Tinkercad hole

Tinkercad pt. 4

  1. Rotate the view to underneath, and make sure you can see all of the extruded shapes inside the inside the pumpkin (this means they will be fully extruded and 'carve' the pumpkin)

Tinkercad underneath

  1. Go to Export > STL, Ta-da! You have a pumpkin, export it and email it to us - we will let you know what colours we have in the lab :)

Fusion pt. 1

  1. Open and login to Fusion with your student Autodesk account (refer back to the Fusion introduction workshop if you need to create an account)
    Download the Pumpkin_fusion.f3d from GitHub

Fusion download

  1. Open the downloaded file in Fusion

Fusion pt. 2

  1. Once opened, hide the pumpkin model by clicking on the eye symbol next to Body1

Fusion hide pumpkin

  1. To add your design, double click on the sketch in the timeline along the bottom

Fusion timeline

Fusion pt. 3

  1. Use the skills you learnt in the Fusion introduction workshop to sketch your design (Ask a committee member or refer back to the lab sheet). Ensure that your design stays within the construction rectangle that is already in the sketch for you
  2. When you have finished your sketch, unhide the pumpkin model
  3. Go to Create > Extrude, and select your sketch

Fusion pt. 4

  1. In the panel that has appeared, change Operation to Cut

Fusion cut

  1. Set Distance to -20mm
  2. Ta-da! You have a pumpkin, export it and email it to us - we will let you know what colours we have in the lab