I have to design several wood boxes who will be bases for acrylic showcase boxes. They have all different sizes but the construction is the same and quite simple. So what I’m looking to do is to design a generic construction with constraints once, and then be able to change a few variables like the boards thickness, the thickness of the acrylic and the width height length of the box and I would get the dimensions of my wood boards to do the cutting.
I never used the assembly workbenches, can they be useful in my cases?
Thanks a lot, lot of extremely useful points.
I was able to make what I wanted. I share my basic box model here, all dimensions are from the spreadsheet. I’ll add more complexities for my personal project. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VGQb9p0G_uOlvEQuEZNkt2TiBsSuiA73/view?usp=sharing
Aslo, Is there an easy way to retrieves all the sketches with dimensions in order to print it ?
Best I know of is TechDraw but that may not be as automated as you’d like. You essentially take the shapes and label the dimensions you want to show. Shapes/dimensions can be refreshed, likely also through a macro for multiple sheets if you need that.
I don’t know the UI by memory but the flow is along the lines of: create TechDraw sheet; set scale; import shape; choose views of shape (top, front, …); add dimensions. This can be exported and printed.
I think you can also save the current view of a sketch (save image or such in the menu?) but have not tried it and don’t know how repeatable that is and if you’ll run out of coloured ink in no time.
Looking forward to look at your attached designs!