Hello again!
So when I was working on my Warman project, I noticed I needed a more 'efficient' way to design 3D print elements around other parts. Currently have settled for manually measuring dimensions of parts and transposing them onto the newer parts. For example, I would like to design an enclosure for this Arduino UNO controller, but it is too laborious to continuously check that they fit properly.
Yup. Experimented a little managed to 'imprint' an existing part surface to another surface so that the 3D prints properly mate.
Oh that’s a good question! You can create a part in context of an assembly. Solidworks allows you to create parts inside the assembly itself. Basically, instead of opening your Arduino as a part file and going between two part files back and forth, you can open the A. Uno as an assembly file. Then inside the assembly file click on the arrow next to Insert Component and click New Part. You can then create the part (enclosure) using the Uno as a reference without needing to measure its dimensions. Here’s a video example: