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Figure 8.6 The workspace screen for 123D Design.
The Design menu lets you save models, export them as STL files, select an online
3D printing service (if you don't own a 3D printer or need a higher quality print
than your 3D printer can provide), and more.
The toolbar running along the top-middle of the screen provides dozens of options
for adding shapes, manipulating objects, creating groups (or ungrouping), meas-
uring objects, and so on. The Visual controls on the left side of the screen let you
rotate around an object, drag the workspace around without changing the orienta-
tion of an object on screen (so you can keep the face of an object facing you, for
example), zoom in and out, and even turn on and off the capability to view an ob-
ject's colors and/or materials.
The Help option enables you to view videos, read the blog, submit questions on
the forum, and the like. You should create a 123D user account so you can post
questions. Fortunately, the forum is full of helpful folks who go out of their way to
help novices, so use it often, and your skill level with 123D Design (and the other
apps) will quickly improve. Of the five 123D apps, the 123D Design app is the
closest to Tinkercad. If you've been experimenting with Tinkercad, you shouldn't
have too difficult a time in creating some very basic 3D models with 123D Design.
Still, if you'd like to ease into the 123D apps, there's one very easy (and fun) app
 
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