Models or DGNS which is better?

So we are still in the early days of adopting ORD in my organization. I was wondering if anyone has seen any performance difference between using multiple models in a single dgn VS using multiple DGNs?

our previous method was to create multiple DGNs and reference them as parts of the drawings. what I'm wondering is if theres a benefit to say placing all the parts of a design model in the same dgn and just using model spaces to separate them.

For Example a Detour.dgn would have the following as models:

-Detour Alignment

-Detour Corridor

-Detour Terrain

-Detour Earthwork

I was thinking the main benefit would just be reducing the number of separate files we generate but was also hoping that maybe it comes with fewer crashes and better functionality??

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  • that is more or less my own concerns but since im working on trial/testing projects anyway i will go ahead and try it out. After some more thought on the subject i think im going to keep geometry separated. the corridors, terrains, and earthwork are all too co-dependent to make much of a difference in the event of file corruption. i will repost here with results if any are promising.

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  • that is more or less my own concerns but since im working on trial/testing projects anyway i will go ahead and try it out. After some more thought on the subject i think im going to keep geometry separated. the corridors, terrains, and earthwork are all too co-dependent to make much of a difference in the event of file corruption. i will repost here with results if any are promising.

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