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When to use assemblies vs containing everything in one drawing?
steven_abiuso
Member Posts: 11 ✭
I don't really know the best way to ask this question, but I am working on designing a new body for an airsoft rifle I own and then 3d printing it. I am currently struggling with keeping my drawing organzied since there are several peices I am working with(body, buffer tube, picatinny rails, etc). Would it be best practice to model each of these parts individually on their own drawings and then import them into and assembly?
I am still very new to CAD drawing so I tend to get a little messy when it comes to larger projects. It seems my ideal path would be to model each part by itself and import, but perhaps I am missing something to help me keep it in one drawing?
The current struggle is actually the rail sections and having all the slots line up across all sides of the body regardless of the total length of the rail. This seems like a parametric modeling application here, but thats a bit out of my leage.
This community has always been excelent to me, so I am hoping you all can guide me in the right direction one more time.
Thanks!
Project File: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b17349e4bd6b2044155dadf7/w/77a5d1b3fc334dbff0e3538e/e/c38cdf707c2a7bc446c27e2d
I am still very new to CAD drawing so I tend to get a little messy when it comes to larger projects. It seems my ideal path would be to model each part by itself and import, but perhaps I am missing something to help me keep it in one drawing?
The current struggle is actually the rail sections and having all the slots line up across all sides of the body regardless of the total length of the rail. This seems like a parametric modeling application here, but thats a bit out of my leage.
This community has always been excelent to me, so I am hoping you all can guide me in the right direction one more time.
Thanks!
Project File: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/b17349e4bd6b2044155dadf7/w/77a5d1b3fc334dbff0e3538e/e/c38cdf707c2a7bc446c27e2d
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mahir
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In general, best practice would be to model all interrelated unique parts together in one part studio. If necessary, you can place the parts into an assembly to test relative motion or take advantage of repeated instances/fasteners/etc.7 -
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Jake_Rosenfeld
Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 1,646 
@steven_abiuso
You may be interested in:
https://learn.onshape.com/courses/fundamentals-multi-part-part-studios
https://learn.onshape.com/collections/onshape-fundamentals-cad
Jake Rosenfeld - Modeling Team6
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You may be interested in:
https://learn.onshape.com/courses/fundamentals-multi-part-part-studios
https://learn.onshape.com/collections/onshape-fundamentals-cad