{"id":19197,"date":"2013-07-25T16:19:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=19197"},"modified":"2013-07-25T18:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T18:53:48","slug":"solidworks-modeling-methodology-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2013\/07\/solidworks-modeling-methodology-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Modeling Methodology – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my previous article<\/a> we talked about all of the items we need to consider; Manufacturing, Features, Assemblies and Drawings. For our part that we are going to design we had some knowledge of the Manufacturing and Features of the part and we are going to dig into that more in this article and see what will work best for this case.<\/span><\/p>\n

We need to start off by looking at our base sketch and the best way to create this. For me looking at the part I see the top view of our part as the best place to start but the question becomes do I draw 1\/4 of the sketch and Mirror the Sketch or do I just draw 1\/4 and Extrude that so I can Mirror the bodies later on. We are going to look at each method and try to find the best way to generate this model.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we want to draw 1\/4 of the Sketch and Mirror the Sketch some of the items to remember:<\/span><\/p>\n