I realize that the build limits are probably based on desktop 3D Printer volumes. However, people are using TinkerCAD for much more than just designing small objects. I love TinkerCAD for it's ease and simplicity. In fact, it's my go to CAD application for most projects now. However, if I want to think BIG... I have to do some sort of conversion in my head to make it work. Example: If I wanted to design a doghouse... it won't fit (unless I use inches as feet). Then I can design the whole project... I just need to constantly remind myself ("6 inches in the real world is actually only 1/2 inch in TinkerCAD" and so on). I've done some pretty large scale designs this way... but I think it's time to realize that TinkerCAD has moved beyond 3D Printers, and make larger build volumes (thus larger grid divisions) a standard feature.
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Julia Truchsess +1 I've done some large designs as well, and mentally keeping track of the scaling is a pain, as you've noted.
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Trscouk Trscouk +1 please add some functionality here. Or point to a solution that is available somewhere else in the portfolio...
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Christian This is a popular request...Tinkercad has always had this limitation by design. Serving a free, online, brower-based app has to have some give and takes. The biggest hit would come on the backend geometry engine modifications and increased costs on the servers to support larger projects with precision.
While we would have a ways to go there, Fusion360 is becoming more and more intuitive to use. It can support the larger projects you refer to right now.
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Stephan Ainley I was about to email this request in (and still may). We were going to be modeling larger projects in my tech classes before I realized we're limited to a meter square. We COULD convert, but that seems arbitrary and annoying. Doesn't feel like best practices for what literally could be label change (mm, in, feet, yards, meters, etc....).