The following are some tips and tricks that could help save time when authoring content.
You use the Family Table to link dimensional constraints across views. Hence the dimensional constraints must have the same name in each view. If you use a naming convention, the likelihood of having different names for the same dimensional constraint in different views is minimized. Furthermore, during drag resize operations, end users see the name of the dimensional constraint. Hence the constraints must be named such that end users are able to make sense of the name when they see it.
Do not use expressions to calculate dimensional constraints. Use the Family Table instead. The Family Table can be accessed across multiple views of the same part/feature. The Parameters Manager (and hence an expression) is local to that view only. See Define valid sizes via the Family Table for more information on the Family Table.
Use expressions to calculate dimensional constraints only if the constraint is not used across multiple views.
When you insert a part or feature from a content library, AutoCAD Mechanical toolset performs a “hide situation calculation” for every closed contour in the foreground. If the number of closed contours in the foreground is significantly high, your system could get choked for resources at insertion time. Sometimes, the number of closed contours may not be immediately apparent. For example, if a closed contour is placed in an array, and at insertion time a high number of copies is computed, an initially harmless number of closed contours results in a significantly high number of closed contours.