Hi Gord,

re:
> Thanks. It's because I come from a modelmaking background so will be trying to do things
> as I would in the real world! I'll give that a go.

Yes solids and booleans for mechanical parts matches up pretty well with real world manufacturing with stuff like a cutting tool removing material from stock.

The "skinning mode" type approach doesn't match up so well to real world processes, that's part of why it has a longer learning curve.

- Michael