Moving Objects in Tinkercad
How do you move objects (in general)?
Click and drag.
Orbit view (rotate).
What is Right mouse button? - or - What is CTRL + Left mouse button?
What does a broadcast block do?
The broadcast block lets a sprite send a message to all other sprites.
What is the transparency toggle?
T key.
How do you copy/paste an object?
CTRL + C --> CTRL + V.
How do you move along the X/Y axis?
Left/Up/Down/Right arrow keys.
Pan view.
What is SHIFT + Right mouse button? - or - What is CTRL + SHIFT + left mouse button?
What is a variable?
A variable is an object with a name whose value can be changed. It can be used to store information!
How can you lock or unlock an object?
CTRL + L.
CTRL + Z and CTRL + Y.
How do you move along the Z axis?
CTRL + Down/Up arrow.
Zoom the view in/out.
What is scroll the mouse wheel? - or - What is the +/- keys?
What does a forever block do?
Repeats some blocks (without stopping!)
Hide object(s).
What is CTRL + H?
How do you group selected objects?
CTRL + G.
What is the difference between a for loop and a while loop?
A for loop repeats code a certain amount of times. A while loops repeats code while something (a conditional) is true.
When you are coding, what is a function?
A function is a way to execute a group of code without having to write it out multiple times.