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Families: new types or new family files

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j-davelaar
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Families: new types or new family files

Good day!

 

I am buiding the families for my company. We use different types of roofs and walls, which are wood frame constructions.

In order to make all different types into 1 family file, I have to create a ton of reference planes, forumlas for the frames and visibility boolean options.

If I would make them all into seperate family files, it seems to be easier to keep the families clean and working.

 

Why would I not choose for seperate family files?

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hmunsell
als Antwort auf: j-davelaar


@j-davelaar wrote:

Why would I not choose for seperate family files?


no real reason not to.... it really boils down to personal preference.

 

For me it all depends on my time and the complexity of the family. I personally don't like having one massive family that can do anything (I see it as one big point of failure if somthing goes wrong).  I will often try to break them down it smaller groups.  

 

You can also use Type Catalogs to help manage family types.  i try to use Type Catalogs if a family has more than 10 types in it.  you load the family and it references a TXT file and pops up a Type Catalog of the different family types that can be made with that family. Structural framing families uses them a lot...  

Howard Munsell
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j-davelaar
als Antwort auf: hmunsell

Thank you! I do not think my family is THAT complex, but I will make multiple files to make it easier for myself.

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nortondarrel
als Antwort auf: j-davelaar

I'm missing families, there no stove or  refrigerator to choose 

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