Hi,
I was able to get it almost fixed today. I had made the front a component then used a copy/move to place it at the other end. I did the same with the sides, copy/move the distance by typing dimensions. For some reason it will not find a place to snap to at the "hole" or the "handle" or guides. I thought I found it when I edited the component as I was able to do dimensions... but as you might have guessed, it put the dimension on both the front and the back. I think my problem lies within the construction I used, or not.
The other thing that I can't seem to work with is the rotate tool. I can have it rotate in one plane but can't figure out how to get it to rotate a part to another axes... I read the instuctions but I don't seem to get it.
It might be a while before I can do "box joints" but I was thinking it might be interesting to use a box joint between the bottom and front/back and from the front/back to the sides.... Right now it is taking a lot longer to draw then to actually go and make one... to be useful that will have to change.
Ed
tom_k/mo wroteGood start Ed. A recommendation for quick construction, use guide lines (tape measure) liberally. click and drag in the direction you want to measure, then just type the distance you want and hit enter and the guide line will jump to that exact distance. All drawing functions, including dimension lines snap to guide lines and guide line intersections. That would be the best way to get the dimensions for your hole location, use a vertical and horizontal guide line to locate and draw the hole, then you can use the same to snap your dimension lines to. Once you're done with a section, or you start getrting lost in guide lines, the Edit menu has an option to delete all guide lines (and clean up your drawing) with one click.
Another thing to remember, the left, right and up keyboard arrows constrain drawing and movement to the green, blue and red axes respectively, a big help...
