How to Make a Pi in Tinkercad!

Have you ever wanted to 3d print pie? Well, with this tutorial you can!

You’ll need tinkercad for this project. A computer with a mouse might be easier for you, though I will be doing this on an iPad.

First, you’ll need to create a new project. When you see the 3d designs section, you’ll want to hit create.

Next, drag a cylinder from the side bar with shapes and up it in the workspace. Then flatten out the cylinder to 6 mm. We’ll need to stretch out the cylinder to 80 mm. You can also just type in the number by hitting where the original number is and change it to the required number.

Now will scroll down in the side bar and get the half-cylinder(it’s actually called the round roof). Now we have to rotate the cylinder so it is upright. It may be easier to move the workspace to the side so you can hit the correct rotation button. Rotate the half-cylinder 90 degrees backwards with that arrow. Next, we will rotate the half-cylinder with the rotation arrow at the bottom. Rotate it clockwise 67.5 degrees. Now you can use the arrow in the back to rotate it backward 22.5. All of the rotation degrees are preset into the website. Now you can extend the half-cylinder to 34 mm. Move the half-cylinder to the cylinder. You can duplicate the half cylinder and rotate the new one to the opposite of the old one. Then group the two together and duplicate it to all the way around. Tip: once you make one duplicate and rotate it, it will automatically rotate it for you! Now you can group all of your duplicates together. If you would like, you can shorten the around crust a bit. Now group everything for the crust(cylinder and the side crust). Change the color of the crust to a brownish color

Scroll back up to the top of the side bar and select the sphere shape. You could make the color anything, though I will make it red. Make the sides of the sphere to 12 mm. Now drag the sphere into the crust, raise the sphere a tiny bit so you can see it a bit more. Now use the same steps to make different sizes of circles. Once you are happy with your sizes, group them together then duplicate them to fill the bottom of the crust. Now do the same thing just raised up a bit. Now group everything together. When you group it, if it changes everything to the same color, press the color button then in the bottom left of the window, it should say “multicolor.” Turn on multicolor if it is not on.

For this step you may want to move the pie off to the side of the workspace. Then, you’ll need to put a square shape on the workplace. Now stretch out the square to the length of your pie crust. Flatten the rectangle out a bit so it is thinner. My rectangle is 82 mm by 20mm by 5 mm. Now color the rectangle the same color of the pie crust. Move your pie back over and raise the rectangle on top. When you raise up objects in tinkercad, you click the arrow on top and raise it up. Duplicate the rectangle and turn it 90 degrees. Make more rectangles like this until you cover your pie in a checkerboard pattern. Group everything together.

Now we will be making sides to “secure” the filling inside the pie. Scroll down and select the wedge shape for the sidebar. Make the wedge the same color as the crust. Now turn the wedge 90 degrees with the bottom arrow. Move the wedge into the pie and raise it up till it reaches the top. Next, we’ll make the wedge smaller. Click on the wedge and click on the nearest corner thing to you. Then, move it so it is not being shown through the crust. Now we will shorten the wedge. Click on the wedge then click on the top square. Drag it down some and, if needed, raise up the wedge piece. Now duplicate the wedge piece four times. Drag the pieces(besides the first one) to each side of the pie. You may have to rotate some of them 90 degrees or 180 degrees. Once you have those four, do the same process just make the wedges smaller to fit the other pieces of the top. Make sure the wedges fit the top lines and don't go over the crust. Don't forget to group everything together!

Now you have completed pie! You can 3D print it if you would like or just show your friends your pie.