Painting a portion of a face of a beam or column

[virajvoditel]

Is there any way to paint a portion of a face of a beam or column? By this, I mean something like what is possible using the split face command on walls.

I know this is odd, but for eg. if there is a very wide column common to two different rooms, half of the transverse edges may be required in two different materials.

[L.Maas]

It is possible for Architectural columns, but not for structural columns.

So you can use an architectural column or otherwise "encase" the structural column in a architectural column.

[virajvoditel]

What about beams? That's a larger concern..

[L.Maas]

For beams it is the same as structural column. Painting is not possible. Therefore you would have to look at different options.

You could modify the beam family and add a layer to the beam family. This layer you can control with parameters.

You could create a new family that you would lay over the beam. 

[MRefaat00]

can you be more specific with details please!

[aamata]

For architectural columns, what's the steps to be able to paint the face of columns?

[arjay.eco]

Hello @aamata

Just command Split Face (SF)>Select Face of your ARCH column or Beam)>Create a Layout/design etc. you wanted to have a different paints>Paint with your Desire materials

[aamata]

@arjay.ecoThank you for the swift response. Works like a charm.