How the tools work

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• How do I undo?
• How do I type an exact size?
• How do I draw on a face?
• Why did my cut add material?
• Why won't STEP export?
• Where are my Parts?

1. 01

   Getting started

   Open a project, follow the coach, and pick up where you left off.

   • Start with a project →
   • The coach card →
   • Coming back →
2. capture: a sketch with the press-and-hold crosshair above a finger

   02

   Finger and Apple Pencil

   Everything works with a finger. Apple Pencil adds a few shortcuts.

   • With a finger →
   • With Apple Pencil →

1. 03

   Sketching on planes and faces

   Every part starts as a flat sketch, on a plane or on a face of the part.

   • Pick where to draw →
   • The drawing tools →
   • Closed shapes become profiles →
2. 04

   Exact sizes

   Type the size you want instead of eyeballing it.

   • While you draw →
   • In 3D →
   • Units →
3. 05

   Extrude and cut

   Push a profile into a solid, or into the part to cut it away.

   • Extrude (push it up) →
   • Cut (push it in) →
   • The bar at the bottom →
4. 06

   Round edges

   Soften a sharp edge into a curve (a fillet), or bevel it flat.

   • Pick the edges →
   • Set the size →
   • Round or flat →
5. 07

   Engraving text

   Type letters into a sketch, then cut them into the part.

   • Add the text →
   • Engrave it →

1. capture: the Files app at On My iPad › MakerSketch

   08

   Your Parts in Files

   Parts are ordinary files you can keep anywhere the Files app reaches.

   • Where they are →
   • Rename and duplicate →
   • Drawings →
2. capture: the export sheet, opened from the share button

   09

   Exporting STL and STEP

   Get your part out of MakerSketch and into your slicer.

   • Open the export sheet →
   • Pick a format →
   • Send it →
3. 10

   No printer yet

   You can still make every project. The file is the same.