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Tinkercad - Design & 3D Print A Custom Keyring

Name: Tinkercad - Design & 3D Print A Custom Keyring
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What you'll learn

This course walks through turning any logo or design into a physical, 3D-printed keyring. It starts on the vector side, using Adobe Illustrator (or free alternatives like Inkscape or GIMP) to trace a logo and export it as an SVG, then moves into Tinkercad to import that SVG and build it into a 3D keyring shape, complete with the ring geometry for attaching it to a keychain.

From there you'll export the design as an STL file, slice it for printing, and send it to a 3D printer. A bonus lesson extends the technique to creating a personalized signature keyring.

Who it's for

Anyone with access to a 3D printer who wants to turn a logo or design into a physical keyring, no prior design experience assumed.

Key takeaways

Converting a logo image into a vector SVG file
Building a 3D keyring shape from that SVG in Tinkercad
Exporting and slicing an STL file for 3D printing

About this course

Tinkercad - Design & 3D Print A Keyring From Any Logo or Design

In this exciting new course I will show you how to make a keyring or tag from any logo or design and then 3D print it on your 3D printer.

During this course we will make use of Adobe Illustrator for creating vector artwork!
You can download a free trial from the Adobe website.

You can also use one of the following free alternatives to Illustrator:
Inkscape or Gimp

The following topics will be discussed during this course:

1: Introduction
2: All about logos
3: Importing into Adobe Illustrator
4: Tracing your logo in Adobe Illustrator
5: Export vector logo as SVG
6: Create your first Tinkercad Project
7: Importing SVG files into Tinkercad
8: Create basic keyring shape
9: Create the ring geometry
10: Export STL file for 3D Printing
11: Slicing your STL
12: Conclusion
13: Bonus Lesson - Create a personalised signature keyring!

You Will Learn:

1: How to convert any logo image to SVG vector using Adobe Illustrator
2: How to import the SVG into Tinkercad
3: How to create a 3D object using the vector image
4: How to create your own custom keyring in Tinkercad
5: How to export your project as a STL for 3D Printing

I really hope that this course will enable you to come up with and create amazing 3D designs using the easy and free application Tinkercad! Let me know if you have any questions and I will gladly answer them.

Please upload your class project deliverable as JPG or PNG to the Skillshare project gallery for review! You can find the details regarding the project under Class Project.

All the best and happy 3D designing!
Ruan Lotter