Lesson 3 – Modeling the Skateboard Deck Using Extruded Boss/Base
Section II – Modeling Simple Parts 3.3 The Skateboard Deck
Part Numbers and Part Names
Parts are tracked by their part number, not their part name. The reason is that it is easier to organize,
store and retrieve a sequence of numbers than descriptive names.
This is the reason why SolidWorks stores the name you use to save your file as the part number.
A part number will typically include information about the project and the assembly where it belongs.
For the skateboard deck, we will use SKBD100 for the top level assembly and SKBD101, SKBD102,
etc. for the drawings. Drawing number SKBD110 is the Truck sub-assembly and the drawings that
belong are saved as SKBD111, SKBD112, etc.