Question: When should I build a family that flexes?
Answer: Anyone who knows the family editor can tell you, it takes time to build complex families with parameter driven flexing geometry. They can also tell you that some families flex... and some don't.
Question: Why would you want a family that doesn't flex?
Answer: The more complex your geometery, the more difficult and time consuming a fully parametric family is going to be and we all have deadlines. On top of which, your client might change the design of the component dozens of times. Do you think your going to have time to remake a complex and fully parametric family dozens of times? Probably not.
Question: So what do I do with highly complex and custom families that will likely change from week to week?
Answer: Build a placeholder family. A placeholder is a family that has just enough geometry to illustrate the component in your plans, elevations, and sections. It doesn't have to flex, it just has to illustrate your design intent.
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Having built a few parametric families, here is my experience: The dimensions that are variable or can flex need to be modeled before any actual geometry. When you've finished the family you, or the client, or another designer, will want to change the family in a way that you didn't anticipate and therefore didn't make parametric. So you either need to totally rebuild the family with the new functionality or just build a different family.
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