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SMT question

I ocassionally bump into a situation where I have a drop in height on a diewall, but don't want a visible field seam.  So, one wall with a common bottom plate, and two top plates at varied heights.  What is the best method to achieve this in SMT?

Here is an example:


If I added a seam there, there would be 4 seams in the show face when 2 will work. (This is only a segment of the wall).

It seems my options are:
  1. Add multiple top plates and studs to my extruded product, make joints where needed and delete what isn't needed.
  2. Make two separate extruded products, then autocad union the skins and bottom plate together and run solid model analyzer.
  3. make 2 separate skeletons and 1 skin product, then use save all checked products as one.
  4. Something else I haven't thought of. 


Looking for a process that is stable and repeatable.   What has worked well for you in the past?  Thanks in advance. 


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