Adding A Column; Attaching Columns - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

Architectural columns inherit the material of other elements to which they are joined. Compound layers
in walls wrap at architectural columns. This does not apply to structural columns.

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
2 On the Options Bar, select Room Bounding to designate the column as room-bounding before
3 Click in the drawing area to place the column.
TIP Typically, 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
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.
Build panel
you place it.
NOTE You can also change the room-bounding property of a column after placement. See
Architectural Column Properties
Column.
on page 764.
Edit panel Align, and select the columns to align. In the middle
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