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3D · browser · free

TinkerCAD

Browser-based beginner CAD for simple shapes, badges, keychains, and first STL exports.

★★★★★beginnerCreator✓Updated Aug 2026

Overview

Browser-based beginner CAD for simple shapes, badges, keychains, and first STL exports.

Quick facts

Difficulty
Beginner
Best for
3D · browser · free
Typical output
STL, OBJ
Typical cost
Free

Excellent for

  • First 3D prints without installing software★★★★★
  • Classroom and hobby keychains, tokens, simple enclosures★★★★★
  • Fast boolean shapes for FDM★★★★★

Compatible with

Production

  • FDM 3D Printing
  • Resin 3D Printing

File types

  • STL
  • OBJ

Software

  • Blender
  • Autodesk Fusion

Pros & cons

Pros

  • ✔First 3D prints without installing software
  • ✔Classroom and hobby keychains, tokens, simple enclosures
  • ✔Fast boolean shapes for FDM

Cons

  • ✘Organic sculpts
  • ✘Tight mechanical tolerances
  • ✘Large assemblies

Creator & maker guides

Preparing artwork

  • Work in formats suited for export: STL, OBJ

Resolution & export

No items yet.

Bleed & safe areas

No items yet.

Common mistakes

  • Low resolution on curved surfaces when exported
  • Models too thin for FDM walls
  • Account/login required for cloud saves

Best practices

  1. 1Work in millimeters; check minimum wall thickness for your material.
  2. 2Combine primitives with clearances for moving parts.
  3. 3Move complex projects to Fusion or Blender when you outgrow blocks.

Common mistakes

  • ⚠Low resolution on curved surfaces when exported

    Low resolution on curved surfaces when exported

  • ⚠Models too thin for FDM walls

    Models too thin for FDM walls

  • ⚠Account/login required for cloud saves

    Account/login required for cloud saves

Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseSolution
Low resolution on curved surfaces when exportedSee guides below for contextReview creator/maker tabs and troubleshooting table
Models too thin for FDM wallsSee guides below for contextReview creator/maker tabs and troubleshooting table
Account/login required for cloud savesSee guides below for contextReview creator/maker tabs and troubleshooting table

Helpful tools

  • DPI & resolution calculator

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  • Bleed generator

    Soon
  • Aspect ratio calculator

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  • Heat press time & temperature

    Soon
  • Sublimation wrap calculator

    Soon

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  • Blender

    Free 3D suite for modeling, sculpting, rendering, and exporting STL/STEP for printing and CNC.

  • Autodesk Fusion

    Parametric CAD for functional parts, fixtures, enclosures, and CAM-ready models for CNC and printing.

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