I have a component whis made of two sides, welded together thenfinal machined.

Originally i would have drawn the RH side as a part, drawn the LHside as a part. Then assembled them together, modelled the machineddetail in a different configuration on the individual parts, and onthe manufactuing drawings chosen the rough part configuration forthe detilaing of the Left and Right hand sides, to get the basicshape.

On another drawing i would then have the assembly drawing with thefinal machiend configuration activated so i can detail that on themachining drawing.

What i have now done however, is to have one part file. On oneconfiguration i have the LH side, on another configuration i havethe RH side and on another configuration i have the two sides andcertain items suppressed (such as split lines) and have unsupressedthe machining detail.

Whereas before i had three drawings, i now have one......but...whatis the danger (if any) of doing this model this way ? Would this bethe best way, or should i stick to keeping it simple and havingindividual parts modelled for the various sides etc ?

I felt quite clever modelling the component this way and supressingdetails etc (even if it does get confusing to work out whatssupressed and what belongs to what configuration) but now imthinking maybe this isnt the best way to model something likethis......

Any advice ??SolidworksParts And Features