Okay, will do about 30mins a day and see how it compares, so first the board or slat
looking at the worst case, the board needs to be divided in to seven parts, this is to account for the possible small returns.
the infills can be moved to opposite side when required
I normally make each part a “solid” and a group, groups when contained do behave provided they are unique, they have the advantage of not leaving a residue when out-shelled or exploded. The concept is to allow for this outer-shelling so that one can apply material without the patch quilt look, reduce the DC size and protect your property intelligence when sharing.
the model is made of simple known sizes, with in this case a known base cut of 50mm, and top cut of 60mm. No rotation, The object is at rest with no scale (size) changes, every part is in sync.
name all the groups with some care, open the attributes, then create the relationship formulas to match the grey values, do not force or change the shape.
Once you think you have it sorted, test it with a change in the parent, then go back to the rest position to fix or continuing editing. Although you could edit in a changed state, it is much safer to return to a rest position, then with experience can be more daring, but note when doing work on any child its best to have both its parent visible in the attribute and option dialog and avoid attaching rotation until absolutely required.
attached the stage I am at, half hour up, the first method using material was completed in that time, got lots more to do…
slat stage1.skp (42.3 KB)
some formulas worked out, but will need updating next time for each scenario
see you tomorrow