1. Sketch the egg shape

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Let’s jump right into CAD and start designing our Easter Egg! It is a perfect project for an absolute beginner (or for someone that wants to brush up on CAD skills after a break) and will be a perfect gift for someone (or yourself 🙂 ).

The Easter egg will be made using the dimensions in the drawing below.

The finished, 3D printed Easter egg will look this nice. 🙂

Topics covered in this lesson:

  • How to create a a new project and a new design.
  • The importance of choosing a logical file name when you create the file.
  • The importance of regularly saving your work.
  • How to start a new sketch.
  • How to sketch and dimension lines and splines.