Join Two Pieces End to End in

Connecting two pieces in #Tinkercad End to End is not something you can do with the centering tool. So this video shows you how I do it to create a single object from two objects connected end to end for #3DPrinting.
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[@julianrivera2536]

I love how cad programs make simple task complicated and there’s no way around it

[@egg5802]

I love how cad programs try to add a new feature for every possible simple action, leading to a ui so dense and overworked everybody just uses ~3 of them and does everything complicated anyway. There’s probably some option buried in submenus that does exactly what we want to do, but it would take longer to get to it than just using the basic tools.
Sorry, I definitely just vented a lot of frustration.

[@brianmi40]

uh, press D for Drop after setting the plane on the end, so yeah, there is a way around it.

[@TDPEquinox]

Plasticity gets around it. This complex looking task here is two button clicks in plasticity.

[@colton75]

Yes there is just drag em together and hit group

[@chemistclips]

Hit "D" after you change the workplane (with the alternate object selected) to get it to zero out without having to reference the ruler

[@melon9088]

exactly.

[@juckendesAuge]

Hello,
tank you.
0:20 when you select pice two, now you can use the d key (Drop to Workplane).

[@NinjaBonez]

thank gawd !! thank you !! nobody else shows how to do this !! thank you !! so simple !!

[@PrimalEdge]

I feel like such a goof for not having ever thought of that! GREAT TIP!!

[@hon3ygr4m]

I was looking for someone to comment this so I wouldn't have to

[@tsewja]

Right on CHEP thank for the tips

[@gbass01]

Press “D” instead. This [D]rops Object Two onto the new workplane on the chosen surface of Object One. No need to measure anything

[@SimplySellers202]

Thank you for that tidbit.

[@dmolnar]

@gbass01 is correct. Skip the ruler. After alignment and selecting the face 1 as the plane. Select the face 2 and press "d" (drop). This drops object 2 to the plane which is the face of object 1. Then continue on with selecting both objects and merging 😊

[@partsdave8943]

Can also just click D after using the WorkSurface tool and the active piece will drop to 0 without any additional steps

[@cathyomalley2772]

Thanks for this great tip

[@unholyorders8239]

Trying to get into tinkercad and this quick tip is what makes it fun to learn.

[@blank8969]

you could skip pulling out the ruler and hit D to drop part to workplane

[@TechMasterRus]

I almost stopped using Tinkercad after they removed user-defined shape generators. This is also such a buggy system. You can join 2 pieces together like this and then find a 0-sized gap between them which will be an issue during 3d printing. I usually join pieces with some margin.

[@FilamentFriday]

This method produce clean results.

[@TechMasterRus]

@@FilamentFriday You just haven't seen bad results. I have and I do margin.

[@williamgreen3316]

@@TechMasterRus yep, different shapes yield different results when grouped together or depending how all those different shaped are grouped together. It can be frustrating.

[@mqblowe]

Or switch on 'snap to grid'. Move 1st item so the face you are interested in snaps to grid. Then butt the second item face up to it. They both have to snap to the same grid. Never fails for me, and much quicker.

[@jasonkloos6348]

This makes me thankful I have access to Inventor and SolidWorks.

[@GeekinTX]

An easier way: after you've added the workplane, just select the other piece and hit "D", which Drops the part onto the surface of the new workplane.

[@juckendesAuge]

I have not read your post. I have write it too. Sorry.

[@FataL91PL]

@@juckendesAuge no problem

[@ZoidZoidZoidberg]

Thanks Chuck, it's a mental leap to do this

[@aaronsmith2054]

Thanks!

[@michaelroth6975]

Arrow keys and combine button ftw

[@mikelongo5062]

This was a great help! Thank you.

[@tylerglenn7706]

Nice and easy for anyone to pick up!

[@letskillsumtime7520]

Tyvm!!!!!!

[@mattstarr3618]

Very useful, Thanks @CHEP !

[@Devgal89]

Based on the title I was hoping so badly you were going to show us how to weld together pieces of filament scraps into a longer spool

[@bertbeinaaf8314]

Nice tip👍

[@1DAY1CAD]

Good tutorial! :)

[@thebeast166]

Beautiful video. pressing d key makes it a lot faster

[@Renuclous]

THANK YOU!!!!
I have been wondering about edge to edge alignment for over a year now 🤦🏻‍♂️
It’s so strange to me that a function you need so often has no direct path in TC…

[@matbroomfield]

Oh wow, what a PITA. And I thought this was needlesslys complicated in 3D studio! No boolean or alignment tools in TinkerCAD?

[@alockworkorange7296]

This feels way more complicated than it should

[@awakened-planet]

that's because it is... you just need to press D or, better yet, use a cad program because honestly....tinkercad is just such a waste of time.

[@ThatSmashGuy]

Or just, move it to the other piece? Or just use the ruler to find the length of both peices, then delete one and change the length of the remaining peice to the length of both pieces combined

[@hasanserdarmacit6901]

Thank you

[@trevordubinsky]

I know the community dislikes it, but this is dead simple with Microsoft's 3D builder. You can either set the coordinates manual or drag and have them 'snap' together and one button click to join them. However I have to learn tinker cad... as it is a more powerful tool.

[@iron_bro]

You can do this even quicker by using the snap to workplane shortcut instead of using the ruler. The shortcut is the 'd' key on your keyboard

[@Dontknowyet80]

I just grab them and spin around forever trying to line them up “ good nuff”! Lol

[@AB_Pyrotechnic]

I would always just align both to on side and have them clipping through each other. then move 1 of them the length of the other, it will now be butt to butt

[@batman_uwu]

I have 8 years professional 3d cad experience with multiple softwares, but tinkercad still confuses the heck out of me.

[@FilamentFriday]

They typically don’t mix. I find normal CAD too confusing.

[@jeffshriner7868]

Easier to use align. Than place work plane on surface 1. Now select 2nd piece and press letter d on keyboard automatically snaps the 2nd piece to the created plane on piece 1

[@KeithSkates]

That's a lot of switching back and forth between tools when you can just drag them together.

[@krige]

Thanks, but what if the surface of one two objects has an angle respect the surface of the other?

[@ChanWeinmeister]

Ugh... I wish I saw this when it came out... I was slicing a game board piece container into 3 segments in Tinkercad (sorry that's how I would describe it in Cricut designer) so I could elongate the middle section to make it a taller container without changing the dimensions of the entire container. Trying to regroup the 3 sections by eye was a nightmare.

[@moyokol]

A short with scroll. Really kice

[@mrboom3814]

You can use the merge tool

[@drmachinewerke1]

Now how to reduce a file size so it can go to tinkercad

[@arthurtorricer4544]

my 3d model octopus keeps hovering over the workplace.. how do I get back on to work plate?

[@bleach_drink_me]

Those of you that can use tinker cad,my hats off to you.
I can't stand it and would rather use something like fusion or onshape.

[@ambosdead]

honestly onshapes easier than tinkercad cuz even though it has specific tools theyre easy (its also web-based like tinkercad) its just more powerfull yk

[@p.9608]

Why this is still so complicated...

[@lillyhudock2740]

Or just take piece one and put it next to pes two and they come out connected

[@1800Supreme]

I would never move the work plane just asking for mistakes to stack. It’s much easier for me to do the math and subtract the difference.

[@bobbibo123]

Or you can position them directly without all those steps..

[@smug_cat1]

This is obv a joke

[@NicMediaDesign]

Just use 123D Design - it has a tool for that.

[@FilamentFriday]

I thought Autodesk shutdown 123D

[@logickedmazimoon6001]

@@FilamentFriday They did. The person must still have the program before it was takendown

[@EL90291]

Can’t you just use the alignment function ?

[@FilamentFriday]

Not for end to end.

[@smug_cat1]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dfamadorvlogs5622]

To join that pieces their are only 2 moves your done.

[@ray24051]

Or you can just take the existing piece and stretch it out to the size you want Lol. Much easier.

[@FilamentFriday]

Not all items are simple blocks. But the method still works.

[@johnsmith5726]

Alternatively, you could just make one piece the length you want.

[@FilamentFriday]

Many times the pieces are different shape so this just showed the technique.