

These four tools also have keyboard shortcuts to make life a little easier: Q for normal selection, W for translate models, E for scale models, and R for rotate models. These come in handy for quickly scaling and arranging your parts on the build plate. Last is rotation, which lets you rotate your model about the Z axis. Next is scaling, which lets you change the size of your model. Next is model translation, which lets you move models on the X or Y axis. The first is just a normal pointer for clicking and selecting models. For today, I’m going to focus on the top four, which control model manipulation. On the right, you’ll see a toolbar with many icons. A process determines how the parts on your virtual build plate will be constructed. As an example, I’ve imported these chess pieces. Click Import to add a new STL or OBJ file, or drag and drop the file. Here, in the middle is our virtual build plate, is a 3D rendering of your printer’s bed. Today, I’m going to give you a brief tour of the Simplif圓D interface.
