Consider these strategies when implementing design options.
In the main model create as much of the model as possible before adding any design options. Include elements that will be common to all design options. Use design options for only those parts of the model that will vary.
If main model elements need to clean up connections with secondary design option elements, move those elements from the main model to one or more design options in the set. You cannot join the geometry of elements that are part of a secondary option with elements that are part of the main model. For example, if walls in the main model need to attach to a roof in Roof Option 2, move the walls from the main model into Roof Option 2.
See Design Options and Wall Joins, Referencing Elements in Design Options, and Move Elements from the Model to a Design Option.
Do either of the following:
Dedicate a view to the option. Then add details or annotations to the view. Details and annotations are view-specific; they belong to a view, not to a design option. See Annotating and Detailing Design Options.
Create the desired schedule, duplicate it, and dedicate one schedule to each design option. Each schedule lists elements from the main model and elements from the specified design option. You create schedules that are dedicated to design options in the same way that you create dedicated views. See Dedicate views to a design option.
After a design option is selected for implementation, incorporate it into the main model and delete all other options using the Accept Primary function. See Incorporate a design option into the main model.