Design a plant potTinkerPieCAD tutorial 9 of 10 · Intermediate · 15 minutes

A pot with soil space and a drain hole at the bottom, built from three cylinders.

Open the finished design in TinkerPieCAD (free, runs in your browser)

What you will learn

• Planning wall and floor thickness
• Two holes, one solid
• Designing for a real purpose

Shapes you need

Cylinder (solid)Cylinder (hole) ×2

Steps

1. The pot

   Add a Cylinder 60 × 60 × 50 at Z 25 in orange.

2. Soil space

   Add a Cylinder hole 52 × 52 × 48 at Z 28. The walls are 4 mm thick and the floor 4 mm.

3. Drain hole

   Add a Cylinder hole 8 × 8 × 10 at Z 2, so water can leave through the bottom.

4. Group

   Select all three (Shift+click) and press Group.

5. Look inside

   Orbit and use Focus to look into the pot. Export it.

Why it works

Always think about use: plants need a drain hole. Walls of 3 to 4 mm are strong enough for most printers.

All sizes are in millimetres. Type exact numbers in the right-hand panel. Press Export to get an STL file for a 3D printer.

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