Make: The Complete Guide to Tinkercad

THE TOOLS PANEL

The tools are also coding blocks. Visually, they all look different. Each set of

tools is represented with a color circle (Figure

6-4

). They are:

• Shapes: The 3D Design basic shapes we just discussed.

• Modify: Select, move, rotate, scale, copy, set color, size, create, and group.

• Control: Add programming logic, such as loops (repeats of specific

actions) and pauses.

• Variables: These are blocks that store data values that change over time.

Variables store and manipulate data values.

• Templates: These store code into reusable blocks so they can be added to

different projects without having to be recreated each time.

• Mark Up: ...