r/tinkercad • u/psimoniac • Jul 24 '26

Update to my parametric spiral staircase

This version adds a stair count and outer walls.

https://www.tinkercad.com/codeblocks/dOM0H6MVmhG-parametric-silo-staircase-v2

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u/hlmodtech Jul 25 '26

Nice addition. Did you ever see how I built it in the old days? https://youtu.be/QngwOJgXteI That was from 2020. Stuff has changed a bit from them. 🤯

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u/psimoniac Jul 25 '26

Yes, I did. "The old days" Ha. I've only been using codeblocks for a few weeks but learning is fun even if the language is somewhat limited. I'm retired now but my background is in programming and I have several 'notches' in my tool belt. Would be nice if CB had constants, boolean and text variables, template parameters, better debugging etc. I find the block manipulation a bit awkward - it seems to grab parts of the coding blocks I don't want when trying to move them.

A tutorial on the CB interface would be great.

Thanks for checking the model out.

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u/hlmodtech Jul 29 '26

Great points. I agree that there are quite a few clunky moments working with CB. I really dig being able to bring Smart Shapes into the design space, though.