How do I make a drawing of a chopping board with 8 different timbers

jhett_neal

Can someone tell me the steps I need to follow? Do I make 8 sketches and join them together or one sketch with 8 parts. I'm lost and don't know what questions to ask so I can watch the right tutorials. 

robert_scott_jr_

One sketch. - Scotty

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/07e7dade283384f80cbe3bd3/w/a1f20299759307736d1508fb/e/0aa5a8ea7c14da30af6d9cad

_anton

We provide free courses at https://learn.onshape.com/, e.g., https://learn.onshape.com/courses/introduction-to-parametric-feature-based-cad and https://learn.onshape.com/courses/introduction-to-part-design

tl;dr: the feature list on the left (like Sketch, Extrude, etc.) is the definition of the Part Studio. You modify the definition (any of the features), and your parts regenerate. A typical workflow would be something like 1. make a sketch, 2. extrude one face of the sketch, 3. extrude another face of the sketch, 4. etc.

robert_scott_jr_

One sketch. - Scotty

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/07e7dade283384f80cbe3bd3/w/a1f20299759307736d1508fb/e/0aa5a8ea7c14da30af6d9cad

jhett_neal

Many thanks for your help but I'm still unsure where I start. The tutorials seem to be complex and I'm looking for a simple set of steps to create a CAD drawing of my chopping board. I can see that I only need one sketch but do I start with the final shape as the sketch and then create the parts or make the parts and then assemble to create the sketch of the finished board? When do I extrude? Are there any simple tutorials designed for beginners?

_anton

We provide free courses at https://learn.onshape.com/, e.g., https://learn.onshape.com/courses/introduction-to-parametric-feature-based-cad and https://learn.onshape.com/courses/introduction-to-part-design

tl;dr: the feature list on the left (like Sketch, Extrude, etc.) is the definition of the Part Studio. You modify the definition (any of the features), and your parts regenerate. A typical workflow would be something like 1. make a sketch, 2. extrude one face of the sketch, 3. extrude another face of the sketch, 4. etc.