2D orthographic views
By default, the Tinkercad 3D design application shows our models in a 3D perspective view. This is useful as it makes our designs appear to be 3D, even though we’re viewing them on a 2D screen (or book). But sometimes, this isn’t useful and instead makes designing rather difficult. In Figure 3.8, we’re looking down on a model from the top perspective view and some of the details are hard to see:
Figure 3.8: Looking at the top of a model in a 3D perspective view
Because we’re looking through the default 3D perspective view, the shapes appear to be 3D. But we’re looking at the top of an object, which should be a 2D perspective view. Because of this, the shapes tend to look misaligned or warped, sometimes making it difficult to see all the details in our design or model effectively. This is like the orthographic and isometric concepts we discussed in Chapter 2.
When we’re trying to design...
