Introduction: Flower Button

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In this lesson you will learn to create a flower shaped button. Let's get started!

  1. Drag a cylinder shape to the Workplane.

    Great!

Step 1: Flower Button

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  1. Scale it smaller to a height of 2mm and a diameter of 6mm.
  2. Move it to the area outlined in orange.

Step 2: Flower Button

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  1. Now copy and paste the cylinder and place it in the area outlined in orange.

Step 3: Flower Button

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  1. Repeat this process again to make the shape look like a flower.
  2. Copy and paste another cylinder and move it to the area outlined in orange.

    Tip:     The quickest way to make copies of the shape is to hold the ALT button, then click and drag the cylinder. This will leave the original shape where it is and create a new copy for you to move

Step 4: Flower Button

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Now it's time to make the holes for the button.

  1. Drag a cylinder to the Workplane and make it a hole.

Step 5: Flower Button

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  1. Scale it smaller to a diameter of 2mm.
  2. Move it to the marked spot.

Step 6: Flower Button

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  1. Copy/Paste the hole and move it to the area outlined in orange.

Step 7: Flower Button

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  1. You're almost there!
  2. Select all the shapes and group them into a single object.

Step 8: Flower Button

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Congratulations! You did it!