Modeling Progress

Over the last few days, I finished up the sketch of dimensions for the internals. From there I began modeling the part in Solidworks. I began with a super rough model, really just enough to fit my known dimensions inside of the shell.

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You can see what I mean by "rough". But I was already able to get a better idea of the final scale. Since my main concern is comfort and proper spacing of the trigger, I need to see how the whole space will develop before I can produce hard numbers on the trigger and handle. From here I can adjust the outline of the shell to make sure my internals have enough room, and then model a trigger and place it.

Overall, I feel this will begin to shape up rapidly. While design, taking the measurements, and making the sketch took a few days, what you see above is after only 10 minutes of modeling.