Reusing sketches, parts/bodies etc.

[Shalmeneser]

[MarkMLl]

If you really want to make a single sketch and Pad/Pocket with sub-elements of it, it can be done.

It is just not the normal paradigm of Part Design.

See the WIreFilter macro in the Addon manager.

Using multi sketches, IMO, provides an easier to follow feature tree, makes sketches simpler (which is a goal, since simple sketches are easier constrain and easier to modify and less prone to error.)

And, this is my preferred workflow.

Thanks: I'll check, but I don't want to dig myself into any deeper holes than I'm in already (I was serious about my age-related comments in OP).

MarkMLl

[drmacro]

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Thanks: I'll check, but I don't want to dig myself into any deeper holes than I'm in already (I was serious about my age-related comments in OP).

MarkMLl

Hmm....well, I still own a ticket for Woodstock.

[MarkMLl]

Hmm....well, I still own a ticket for Woodstock.

A friend handled entertainment at his uni in the '60s, and got let down by the Beatles who'd unexpectedly made it big. He was offered the Rolling Stones as an alternative but turned them down as unknown newcomers...

Thinking about the age-related thing, it occurs to me that genuinely-senior academics and engineers with impressive track records were much more likely to say "why am I having problems doing this" and then /listen/ than to blow their top. The /really/ obnoxious individuals were the ex-forces types who fancied themselves as leaders and inspiring teachers.

MarkMLl

[drmacro]

Hmm....well, I still own a ticket for Woodstock.

A friend handled entertainment at his uni in the '60s, and got let down by the Beatles who'd unexpectedly made it big. He was offered the Rolling Stones as an alternative but turned them down as unknown newcomers...

Thinking about the age-related thing, it occurs to me that genuinely-senior academics and engineers with impressive track records were much more likely to say "why am I having problems doing this" and then /listen/ than to blow their top. The /really/ obnoxious individuals were the ex-forces types who fancied themselves as leaders and inspiring teachers.

MarkMLl

A friend of mine just passed away, he was on the sound crew at Shea stadium in 1965 for the Beatles show.

And I agree with your observations. And have collected plenty of anecdotes over the years.

[kisolre]

I'll check, but I don't want to dig myself into any deeper holes

If the different parts of the sketch can be selected as individual closed contours you can use SubShapeBinder to create separate faces from them and Pad/Pocket/... those instead.