Build a cactus

A potted cactus. Place with Overlap, widen a ring, pull out an arm that turns up.

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Build a cactus

Video coming soon. The written walkthrough below is the whole build.

Written walkthrough

Build a potted cactus with a flared rim, a bulge, and an arm.

1. Drop the pot

Drop a Cylinder, short and wide, on open floor.

2. Flare the pot lip

In Adjust, tap Resize and set Pick to Rings. Tap near the pot’s top to select a ring, then press Wider on the Steps card once.

3. Place the cactus

Back in Add, set the Sits row to Overlap and select a taller, thinner Cylinder. Tap the pot so the preview appears on it, and Drop. The cactus is set down into the pot.

4. Round the body

In Build, tap Cut , keep Slice and Across, tap the cactus halfway up to aim the line, and press Cut. The new ring stays selected. Switch to Adjust, tap Resize, and press Wider on the Steps card once. The body bulges at the ring.

5. Pull out an arm

In Build, tap a face on the cactus’s side and press Pull out , then tap the top face of the stub and Pull out again. The arm turns upward. With Mirror on, the other side grows a matching arm.

6. Color it

Fill the pot terracotta and the body green. Add one flower on top in Paint .

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