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Build a rocketTinkerPieCAD tutorial 3 of 10 · Beginner · 15 minutes

Combine a cylinder, a cone, wedges and a sphere into a colourful rocket.

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

What you will learn

Shapes you need

CylinderConeWedge ×3Sphere

Steps

  1. Body

    Add a Cylinder: Size 30 × 30 × 70, Position Z 55, colour white.

  2. Nose

    Add a Cone: Size 30 × 30 × 30, Position Z 105, colour red.

  3. Fins

    Add a Wedge: Size 14 × 3 × 26, Position Z 33. Set Position X 20, Y 0 and Rotation Z 90. Press Duplicate twice and give the copies Position X −10, Y 17.3 with Rotation Z 210, and Position X −10, Y −17.3 with Rotation Z 330. The three fins are now 120° apart.

  4. Window

    Add a Sphere 12 × 12 × 12 at Position Y −14, Z 62 in light blue.

  5. Look around

    Press Home to see the whole rocket. Save it with Save.

Why it works

Rotation in degrees works around each axis. Fins around a rocket are evenly spaced: 360° ÷ 3 = 120°.

Challenge: Add a flame under the rocket using a cone turned upside down (Rotation X 180°).

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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