Structural Walls

[tonkata]

What's the best way to tackle these piers, should I be using a Structural Column or Structural Wall?

[constantin.stroescu]

I prefere Structural Columns because, being Editable Familes , they coud receive parameters and so, they can be easy controled and scheduled and can also be used repeated  in many instances.

Structural Walls I would using only for long elements with no much repetability..

[awes]

In addition to what CS mentioned the choice might depend on the structural code to be applied. The Eurocode states that the width b of a structural column shouldn't exceed 4 x thickness. Otherwise consider it as a structural wall.

[tonkata]

Thanks constantin & awes. In my case it's only a school project so I won't need scheduling, and have decided to just create a 250 wide structural wall and pop those in as you see. I do however have another question, if you look closely at the infill walls, you can see a black line? I've tried join geometry but that didn't work.

[constantin.stroescu]

You must have the same material for the wall and column in order not to see the separation line between them...

It is normal to have a line between two diferent finishes or materials....

[tonkata]

Hmm... I checked that, that's not it. Maybe it's because I split the walls at the edge of those piers?