6.3.2 Tinkercad objects saved to the Polar Cloud
Whether Tinkercad is invoked from the Polar Cloud or run separately, you may use Tinkercad’s object “Download” feature, as normal, to download an .stl file for one of your objects or an object shared by another, and then subsequently upload that downloaded Tinkercad object .stl file into the Polar Cloud.
Alternatively, Tinkercad supports exporting your own objects directly to the Polar Cloud. A video demonstration may be viewed at Polar 3D’s YouTube channel Sending Objects from Tinkercad to the Polar Cloud.
In the Tinkercad tinkering window click “Export”, see Figure 6.51, to bring up a screen at which you may select “3D Print”, which provides the option of using a convenient “POLAR CLOUD” button, see Figure 6.52.
Figure 6.51: Tinkercad tinkering screen Export button
Figure 6.52: Tinkercad Export, 3D Print, POLAR CLOUD button
After clicking Tinkercad’s “POLAR CLOUD” button, Tinkercad will ask to confirm that you wish to “Continue to Polar3D”; see Figure 6.53.
Figure 6.53: Tinkercad Continue to Polar3D button
Note that your browser will need to allow pop-ups from Tinkercad in order to use this Tinkercad export-to-the-Polar-Cloud feature. For instance, Figure 6.54 shows enabling such pop-ups in Chrome. (See Section 15.3 for further discussion of enabling pop-ups in your browser, to allow Tinkercad to export directly to the Polar Cloud.)
Figure 6.54: Chrome: Tinkercad pop-up was blocked; now configuring to allow it
When you export an object from Tinkercad directly to the Polar Cloud, the object will be loaded directly onto the Polar Cloud build plate in a new window; see Figure 6.55.
Figure 6.55: Tinkercad object exported to the Polar Cloud build plate
The object will also automatically be placed in your “MY OBJECTS” collection; see Figure 6.56.
Figure 6.56: MY OBJECTS collection including a Tinkercad object
Note the Tinkercad logo on the object in Figure 6.56; objects exported from Tinkercad directly to the Polar Cloud will include such a logo, which is a live link back to your Tinkercad dashboard!
