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Best way of setting up Composite Structures...?

Anonymous
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Here's a scenario:

The reference line is on the "outside" of a wall. Now if I want gypsum board on one side of the wall only, do you recommend that I:

a) Have 2 composite materials set up, "wall | stud+gb | 90+10" and "wall | gb+stud | 10+90", and then assign one or the other, depending on which side of the wall I want the board...

or

b) Have only 1 composite, "wall | stud+gb | 90+10", assign that to the wall, then flip the construction method so that the wall is flipped to the other side of the reference line...and then adjust the offset of the reference line to make everything sit back in it's original location.

Method A potentially doubles the number of composites required for asymetric composites, whereas method B is either a lot more work or, if I set up each "side" in Favourites, doubles the number of Favourites required.

Do you have any recommendations?
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Anonymous
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Thanks Rod
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