Generic model Vs System Family

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am trying to detail out a small portion of curtain wall interface which includes slab, beem, upstand at the edge. This is not part of project instead it is a separate project file. Please refer to the screen shot.

Which is a better way?

1 to create the upstand, beam, slab using floor (system family) [this includes creating separate level to achieve slab drops, rcc beams are difficult to adjust]

2 to create a generic model line based with flexible parameters [I created a generic model with simple extrusions and applied concrete material to it but in the graphics cut pattern concrete fill pattern is not available, what should I do?]

Thanks in advanced !!!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

using system families is better for modification , classification & quantity survey

generic models with too much parameters will affect your model size

[Anonymous]

also you will miss the feature to control every category one by one

you can turn it off or on , change its color , so on with effect your model

[Anonymous]

Dear Hazem,

Thank you for the directions, much appreciated !!!

[Anonymous]

YOU ARE WELCOME