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How do I make a drawing of a chopping board with 8 different timbers
jhett_neal
EDU
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. 
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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.1
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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?0
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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.1