2009

CONSIDERATIONSFORNESTINGFAMILYCONTENT
Anestedfamilyisonethathasbeenloadedintoanotherfamily.Insomecases,itcanbeconvenienttorepresent
partsofthenestedfamilyseparatelyfromthemainfamilymodel.Forexample,youcouldcreateawindowsill
familyandnestitinawindowfamily.Thisallowsyoutobuilduponpreviousworkwhilecreatingfamiliessuitedto
yourneeds.
IMPORTANT:Itisimportanttounderstandthatnestingfamiliesincreasesthefilesizeandaffectsperformance,
specificallytheregenerationprocessofthefamilyviews.
NESTINGRECOMMENDATIONS:
• Insteadofnesting,considercreatingallofthenecessarygeometryinthefamily.Usereferencelinesand
labelstolockgeometryinplace.
• Limitnestingto2levels‐Thedeeperthatfamiliesarenested,thelongertheytaketoupdateinthe
projectfile.
• Onlynesthigh‐valuecontentthatmaybeusedinseveraldifferentfamilies,suchasadoorhandle.
Becarefulwhenchanginganestedcomponentthatissharedbymorethanonefamily.Whenyoureload
thecomponentintotheprojectfileitwillupdateallofthefamiliesinthefilesharingthesamenested
family.
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RMCSG—22 Version2.1
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