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# Your first design: name-tag keychain
> Design a personalized name-tag keychain in Tinkercad from scratch, then export it ready to slice and print.
## Your first real model
Time to design something and print it. In this project you will build a **personalized name-tag keychain** in Tinkercad - a flat plate with your name raised on top and a hole for a keyring. It teaches the core moves you will use for every model this week: shapes, text, alignment, holes, and grouping.
## Step by step
Drag a **Box** onto the workplane. Resize it to about **50 mm long, 20 mm wide, and 3 mm tall**. This is your tag body. Round the corners for a nicer look by dragging the corner radius handle, or use a **Rounded Box** shape instead.
From the shapes panel, drag the **Text** shape onto the plate. Click it and type your name in the settings box. Set its height to about **4 mm** so the letters stand up off the plate.
Resize the text so it fits nicely on the plate with a small margin. Select **both** the plate and the text, then use **Align** to center them horizontally and vertically.
Make sure the bottom of the letters sits on the top face of the plate (raise it so it overlaps slightly). The letters should look like they are growing out of the tag.
Drag a **Cylinder** and switch it to a **Hole** (in the shape settings). Shrink it to about **5 mm** wide, place it near one end of the plate, and make sure it passes all the way through. This becomes the hole for your keyring.
Select everything (plate, text, and hole cylinder) and click **Group**. The hole is subtracted, the text merges with the plate, and you have a single solid model.
Click **Export → STL** to download your keychain as an `.stl` file.
## Slice and print
Drag your `.stl` into Cura. Lay it flat on the bed (it should already be flat).
0.2 mm layer height, 15-20% infill, 40-50 mm/s. No supports needed for a flat tag.
Click **Slice**, check the preview, then save the `.gcode` to your microSD card.
Insert the card into your Ender 3, select the file, and print. Watch that first layer!
## Design tips
Thin, fancy fonts can break or fail to print. Chunky letters print cleanly.
Raised letters print fine, but avoid floating parts with nothing underneath.
Confirm your dimensions in millimeters before exporting - it is easy to make something tiny or huge by accident.
Tinkercad autosaves to your account, but export a copy of anything you want to keep.
Once you nail the keychain, try variations: a nameplate for your desk, a luggage tag, or a gift tag. Every one uses the exact same skills - shapes, text, holes, align, and group.
You designed a name-tag keychain in Tinkercad, exported it as an STL, sliced it in Cura, and sent it to your printer. You just completed the full design-to-print pipeline!