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Architectural Columns

This topic describes how to add architectural columns to a project. You can use architectural columns to model column box-outs around structural columns and for decorative applications.

Adding a Column
You can add columns in plan view. The height of the column is defined in the properties of the component. Using the properties, you can define the Base Level and the Top Level, as well as offsets. 1. Click Home tab Structure panel Architectural Column. Column drop-down

2. Click in the drawing area to place the column.


TipTypically, you align columns when placing them by selecting a grid line or wall. If you randomly placed

them and you want to align them, click Modify tab Modify panel Align, and select the columns to align. In the middle of the columns are 2 perpendicular reference planes that you can select for alignment.

Attaching Columns
Columns do not automatically attach to roofs, floors, and ceilings. When you select a column (or multiple columns) you can attach it to roofs, floors, ceilings, reference planes, structural framing members, and other reference levels. To attach columns 1. In the drawing area, select one or more columns. 2. Click Modify | Columns tab Top/Base. 3. On the Options Bar: For Attach Column, select Top or Base to specify which part of the column you are attaching. For Attachment Style, select Cut Column, Cut Target, or Do Not Cut. See Cut Column Examples and Cut Target Examples. For Attachment Justification, select Minimum Intersection, Intersect Column Midline, or Maximum Intersection. Modify Column panel Attach

The target (roofs, floors, ceilings) can be cut by the column, the column can be cut by the target, or neither can be cut. After a column is attached to a target, you can edit its properties and reset the values for the Attachment Justification at Top and Offset from Attachment at Top instance parameters. Specify Offset from Attachment. Offset from Attachment sets a value to be offset from the target. NoteIf the column and target are both structural concrete, they will be cleaned instead of cut. If the column is structural and the target is non-structural, a warning message appears.

4. In the drawing area, select the target (for example, roof or floor) you want to attach the column to.

Cut Column Examples


Following are examples of the cut column attachment style with different attachment justifications and offsets from attachment. Attachment Style: Cut Column Attachment Justification: Minimum Intersection

Attachment Style: Cut Column Attachment Justification: Maximum Intersection

Attachment Style: Cut Column Attachment Justification: Minimum Intersection Offset from Attachment: 0 6

Attachment Style: Cut Column Attachment Justification: Intersect Column Midline

Cut Target Examples


Following are examples of the cut target attachment style with different attachment justifications and offsets from attachment. Attachment Style: Cut Target Attachment Justification: Minimum Intersection

Attachment Style: Cut Target Attachment Justification: Maximum Intersection

Attachment Style: Cut Target Attachment Justification: Minimum Intersection Offset from Attachment: On

Attachment Style: Cut Target Attachment Justification: Intersect Column Midline

Detaching Columns
1. In the drawing area, select the column you want to detach. You can select multiple columns. 2. Click Modify Columns tab Top/Base. Modify Column panel Detach

3. Click the target you want to detach the column from. If the column is attached to the target by its top and bottom, click Detach All on the Options Bar to detach the top and bottom of the column from the target.

Coarse-Scale Cut Patterns


If you join a wall and an architectural column, and the wall has a coarse-scale fill pattern defined, the joined column assumes that pattern. See Wall Type Properties. This behavior is evident in coarse-scale plan and section views. The section view plane must cut through the joined face of the 2 elements. Wall and column joined (column assumes the fill pattern of the wall)

NoteStructural columns do not assume the walls fill pattern, even when joined.

Changing Column Types


When you activate the Column tool to place columns, you can select different types of columns in the Type Selector.

Moving a Column
You can move the column by selecting the column and dragging it to the new location.

Moving a Column
You can move the column by selecting the column and dragging it to the new location.

Architectural Column Instance Properties


To modify an instance property of an architectural column, you change the value of the corresponding parameter, as described under Modifying Instance Properties. Common instance properties for architectural columns are described below.

Name
Constraints Base Level

Description

Specifies the level on which the base of the column rests. The default is Level 1. Specifies distance from the base level. The default is 0. Specifies the level that the top of the column reaches. The default is 1. Specifies distance from the top level. The

Base Offset

Top Level

Top Offset

default is 0. Moves With Grids Room Bounding Top is Attached Columns move when grid lines are moved.

Determines whether the column is roombounding. Read-only parameter specifying that the top of the column is attached to a structural floor or roof. See Attaching Columns. When the column is attached to a surface, sets the top justification for the condition. Choices are: Minimum Intersection, Intersect Column Midline, Maximum Intersection.

Attachment Justification At Top

Offset From When the column is attached to a surface, Attachment At specifies an offset value for cut target/column Top conditions. Base is Attached Read-only parameter specifying that the base of the column is attached to a surface. See Attaching Columns. When the column is attached to a surface, sets the base justification for the condition. Choices are: Minimum Intersection, Intersect Column Midline, Maximum Intersection.

Attachment Justification At Base

Offset From When the column is attached to a surface, Attachment At specifies an offset value for cut target/column Base conditions. Identity Data Comments Mark Specific comments for the column instance. Applies a tag to any column for reference purposes. This value must be unique for each column in a project. Revit Structure warns you if the number is already used but allows you to continue using it. (You can see the warning using the Review Warnings tool. See Reviewing Warning Messages.)

Phasing Phase Created Phase Demolished The phase when the column was created.

The phase when the column was demolished.

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