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Feedback needed simple table design
ismail_boukhssibi
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hi everyone,
I'm currently learning CAD with Onshape and this is my first completed project: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/19b16fd60137d811089bddae/w/09903b993cc3d73996a07a18/e/8d2ceafa18057c92aa17eebc?renderMode=0&uiState=64e37381ed158e4100e857fe
The result is OK but I feel like there are so many things wrong in this design and that it is quite "hacky".
Would any experienced CAD users be so kind to give me some feedback? I'd like to know what mistakes I've made and the dos and don'ts in parametric design.
If I had to be more precise about the feedback I am looking for, I'd say I have big doubts about my sketch usage (too many sketches), my mirror usage, overall I feel like I'm doing too many operations when things could be simpler.
Thanks in advance, any help appreciated!
All credits goes to AtFAB for the drawings of this table.
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Answers
Good effort! Definitely a few things that could be done more efficiently though!
First of all I would only draw 1/4 of the table and mirror things as late as possible as you have a lot of symmetry and doing a whole bunch of extra work mirroring things multiple times.
In general you don't want to create identical parts in a part studio, but put them together in an assembly at the end (i.e. "sides" and feet parts only need to be drawn once). The main exception would be if you want to use the "auto layout" custom feature, which you might actually be interested in in this case...
You also have a number of features that don't seem to be doing anything (Linear pattern 1, and a whole bunch of mirror features). You could have either used a linear pattern for the cutouts (and a "delete face" for the corner instance you don't want), or used a "point pattern".
You could also save a lot of time using the Dogbone custom feature and making your slots just rectangles:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b99915c0b73924ca981bc57f/v/231175f206330e24f92ddfab/e/14458d1263a98640a0cf663c
If you do want to create a separate part for the "front and back" sides, a 180deg circular pattern can do that in one operation (and could do the back and right sides in a single operation).