true.
i guess i'm thinking in terms of our process and when our walls change.
usually the moves we make don't involve stretching which would allow us to simultaneously grab the space.
a lot of the things we do involve actually moving a wall that is probably too crowded to effectively run the stretch command, or we change the wall type which changes the dimension of the wall.
those kind of processes don't allow us to simultaneously update the space, but require us to update the space after modifying the walls.
so in that sense our process isn't more labor intensive, it just means working in two different files.
the two file method proves to be an advantage for us when dealing with the display order and when we need to modify the spaces for room finishes, or room tags, etc.
we usually have someone working on the plan while someone else is updating the schedule.
YMMV.
because every office process is different i'm always amazed at the problems we're having that no one else seems to be having and vice versa.
the joys of CAD....