I am looking for best practices in CATIA to reduce the total model update time — specifically, techniques that minimize how long it takes to update the full feature tree after modifying an early feature. Over the years, I have come across lots of different recommendations for modeling best practices. Some certainly improve readability or robustness during design changes, but I’m interested in measurable improvements that result in faster rebuild/update performance. 

One common recommendation I’ve heard (but never been able to quantify) is that models built primarily with surface-based features update faster than those relying mostly on solid features. Does anyone have data to support or refute this, or is it just CAD folklore?

SolidWorks has a performance evaluation command that calculates the total rebuild time and shows how much each feature contributes to the total time. Does CATIA have a similar feature? I am having to change the model around and use a stopwatch to measure the update time.