Graphics Programs Reference
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Understand family modeling techniques.
While the Family Editor contains a wide
assortment of modeling and editing tools, you don't always need to build everything in one
file. You can utilize a number of techniques to reduce redundancy and manage complex
geometry for a component family.
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When would you consider using the technique of nesting families? How
could this method improve the efficiency of a component family?
Apply extended family management techniques.
Sometimes parametric behavior
will depend on the parameters that directly control it, but often these parameters will be
expressed as a relationship to something else.
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Why are formulas so important? Why not just create the parameters you need
and then modify them as needed in the project environment?
