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Modifying an Existing Prosthetic Design with Tinkercad

by Samer Najia

In this Tinkercad tutorial, we'll learn how to modify an existing design that may not be accessible as a CAD model specific to a software package. Software required: Tinkercad.

What you'll learn

In this Tinkercad tutorial, we'll learn how to modify an existing design that may not be accessible as a CAD model specific to a software package. We'll review the process so you can import the design and its parts and separate them, then incorporate other designs as components of your own model. We'll be customizing a prosthetic to address cosmetic and minor functional changes. We'll also address scaling issues related to grafting one design onto another. By the end of this Tinkercad training, we'll convert the prosthetic to resemble an Iron Man glove. Software required: Tinkercad.

About the author

Samer has been extremely interested in things that fly since he was six years old. An avid pilot, flight instructor, rocketeer and plastic modeler, he has been building things that fly or look like they might for as long as he can remember, including a full scale aircraft in the garage. Samer has a background in Mechanical Engineering, but currently is working in IT – specifically software development. Samer resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife and two children and participates in his local m... more

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