I tried convert to Sheet metal at first but found it was easier to build my part using Sheetmetal to start with... Reason I ask is because I need to send my part to be laser cut and did not know if I should use Flatten or Unfold. It appears Flatten is the best because it makes the whole part flat and Unfold seems to target specific bends for drawing purpose. So many featrures in this software, it's unreal!

Indeed Jesse, 2nd option is exactly what I did, now waiting for the laser people to get back to me!

Thanks Abdallah! That is a significative contribution!

Well at least it's not obvious! Thanks Jesse! I kinda worked around it but I just wish I had some kind of process in my head to avoid this... I kinda feel I am subject to this happening again... It's kinda the same issue that I was struggling with at the part level, and now at the assembly level, which is how to structure the drawings...

@Jannie Smal Hi Jannie, see the picture at the bottom of my reply, this is how I keep track of the modifications that I do. This is very simple because I am a one person team! I put my assembly in a dedicated folder and use "Save as" and give it another name which is simply changing the "v number" after the name of the assembly, like v2... v3... v4 etc... Then I add a short description of the modification after the "V number". As I explained at the beginning, sometimes I modify a component WITHIN an assembly using "Open part" or "Edit part". When I do that I usually do not change the component name or the assembly name. I just save the component and rebuiild the assembly and keep all the same names, this is when I need to correct minor issues. However, when I add a component to the assembly or make a major change to a component, then I rebuilt the assembly and save to a new name describing the change some... As you can see by the names, I got a bit better at it. Now I found that changing the name of the assembly, or the name of the modified component may cause some issues, like the one that I describe at the beginning of this thread. My undestanding is that when you draw on a part WITHIN an asssembly, that drawing keeps that relation as a reference much like a fillet on an edge or a mirror... I did not answer your question at first because I though you wanted to use a feature of SW that allows to track the history of changes on a assembly or part, like I believe Jesse is discussing. Imagine a large number of drafters working on their own components of an assembly, there has to be a way to track everything for sure. I kinda like the way Jesse is showing because it makes the assembly totally independent. However, if I wanted to go back, let's say to my version 7 of my assembly, and "Branch off" of that one to make a different path, all I would have to do is reopen that one and proceed. But again, one may run into lost references...

Indeed! Just keep on working at it, you'll be surprised by what you can do!

I will make a suggestion here, I would like to participate but I have so many parts to do on my project that I have to focus on that. Would it be possible to create a section in the beginner course to store this "challenge" so that people could go there later? I certainly would like to. I am afraid it will become hard to find and follow in the community section. Thanks Jesse!