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On this forum it is usually said to draw raw geometry on the untagged layer and then group the geometry and put the group onto a tag.

I have been watching several videos lately from different sources on interior design and architectural design. Most of these say to make a tag for something and then work from that tag. Then make another tag and switch to it for the next thing. Things like walls of a house, furniture of a house and landscaping.

Is this more appropriate for architecture than having the raw geometry on the untagged layer. Or is this just the preference of the ones making the videos.

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lets call it bad habit

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Thanks, I was wondering if that was it

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This is my question too

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Here is a simple example of why you should never tag raw geometry.
Untagged

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It’s still considered to be a bad habit. Tags do not separate edges (geometry in general) from intersection with other geometry that have different tags assigned to them.
The geometry needs to be in a different environment (group or component) to be shielded off.
Also, as @Box demonstrated above, you don’t have proper controle over visibility with raw geometry on different tags. Oly groups and components should have different tags assigned to them. A few exceptions are dimensions, text and guides.

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