That sounds like more work than it needs to be. You should be able to model everything essentially in place with little need to do all that moving and rotating.
You’re right, of course. I have the screenshots from the magazine in the PDF. I kept seeing things in the screenshots that needed to be changed or added, because I missed them the first time (like the washers). Everything needed was in the drawings, when you look at it carefully. I did use the flip tool when I could, too.
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Since that stuff is supposed to come from behind the paywall, would you send me those screenshots in a PM? Or can you give me the issue number so I can go hunt up the article for myself?
I’ll work on it after I wolf down this sandwich. 
Never mind. I found and downloaded the article. I’ll take a look at it. Eat slowly and chew each bit 27 times like your grandmother told you to do.
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Yes, and my grandfather told me to eat to live - not live to eat.
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true, that’s the sort of things I would say ! I would even state it out loud, with a serious face and a stronger french accent 
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Here are a few ideas for modeling your stool after you add more fiber. Note that I did not model the hardware in the interest of time but if I were, I would add it before the first flip/copy step.
I started modeling a leg and the two stretchers. Note how the model is located relative to the origin. If I was was modeling the hardware I would add it ad this point.
I used Flip/Copy to make the opposite leg for the frame and I copied it about the center of the stretchers which is on the red axis. The origin makes a great flip inference point for the copy.
With one frame complete I rotated it about the green axis to the resired angle.
Then, with the parts selected, I did another Flip/Copy on the red plane and centered at the origin.
And the last step with the frames was to move the new copy forward by the thickness of the leg and the thickness of the washer that goes in between the legs.
As for the sling, I modeled that in place. I drew a rectangle on the red/blue plane passing through the top stretchers. I intersected it with the model and then drew in edge segments to represent the underside face of the fabric. Offset those edges to define the thickness of the fabric and join the ends with edge segments to complete the loop of edges. Then I deleted the rest of the rectnagle.
Push/Pull in both directions to the legs and make a component.
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That is great. That would have allowed me to use the flip tool more often. Those are great tips for the canvas, too. I would not have had to stitch so much. Thanks for the tips.
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A. Carved Panel (Flower) #1.skp (231.5 KB)
I saw another thread where flowers were made out of balls. I found those flowers hard to convert to carved panels. So, this flower was done another way. Only half of the profile is “carved.”
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A. Octagon Bench #1.skp (201.9 KB)
I was toying with the idea of modeling a workstation bench for a Miter Saw, Router, etc. on each side.
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A. Medicine Box #1.skp (246.1 KB)
Medicine changes like pills in cardboard and plastic wrappings instead of bottles causes my wife and I to organize differently. That’s why I modeled this box.
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the other day I was wondering, do you have a 3d warehouse page ? like, do you upload that suff up there ? because it’s good stuff. complex sure, but I’ve been dredging the warehouse a lot recently, and your stuff is actually good.
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No, but since you think it would be useful, I’ll start. Thank you. 
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I’d add to what ateliernab said: you’re really knocking them out and made a lot of progress over the last couple years. Nice!
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A. Outdoor Chair #1.skp (336.1 KB)
I read an entry in the Fine Woodworking Magazine online forum about an article about this outdoor chair. Asa Christiana is the author. The forum comment said he didn’t have enough information about the side frame dimensions to make the chair. So, I modeled this chair based upon the dims. I found in the article. There was only one small thing that didn’t match in my model. The place where the top hole in the back slot is placed was different in my model. But that is minor, and I would not recommend drilling holes on final parts until testing it on mock up parts anyway. Good job Asa.
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