Tinkercad For Dummies

Chapter 13

Adding the Roof to Stop the Rain

IN THIS CHAPTER

Positioning your skyscraper correctly

Ensuring correct alignment of the skyscraper roof

Adding a curved edge to your roof to allow rain to run off

In Chapter 12, you develop your skyscraper and add more floors to it. There is no such thing as a one-story skyscraper.

In this chapter, you develop the roof of your skyscraper and add a curved edge to allow for rain runoff.

Picking the Right Shape for Your Roof

If you watch movies, a lot (and I mean a lot) of tall buildings have a roof on them that doubles as a helipad. The roof for your skyscraper will double as a helipad, but it will be even cooler: It will have a curved edge that allows the rain to run off of it, too!

The following steps guide you through adding a helipad to your skyscraper. You find out how to add a shape that represents the helipad and also see how to add a curved edge to a shape in Tinkercad.

1. Open your skyscraper design in Tinkercad.

2. Using an isometric view, align the Workplane to the top face of the top floor of the skyscraper.

   Figure 13-1 shows the Workplane aligned to the top face of the top floor of the skyscraper.

3. Go to the Top view on the ViewCube ...