topic Re: Slanted Structural Column on top of Structural Framing Connection Alignment Issue in Revit Architecture Forum

Slanted Structural Column on top of Structural Framing Connection Alignment Issue

p_brianXNTJJ — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 18:13:40 GMT

I am making an as-built model to a point cloud, and I am connecting a structural column (back to back unistrut) to the top of a structural framing (wide flange W10X30) family. However, the unistrut column is tilted, so I'm trying to model it as such. Unfortunately, the slanted column profile/geometry is ignoring it's own location line and trying to orient the column to connect to the center of the wide flange.

Unfortunately, company security is preventing me from posting a screenshot to help me explain my problem

Re: Slanted Structural Column on top of Structural Framing Connection Alignment Issue

Mike.FORM — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:02:30 GMT

Are you using a structural column family or a structural framing family?

If you are using a structural framing family you can go into a section and right click the blue dot grip and disallow join (same as walls).

Structural framing families can be rotated so they are vertical.

Re: Slanted Structural Column on top of Structural Framing Connection Alignment Issue

p_brianXNTJJ — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:29:49 GMT

It is a structural column family. I'm not sure if this is a "good" practice, but basically everything vertical is a structural column while everything horizontal or diagonal is structural framing.

I've messed with all of the built in parameters like "base geometry alignment", "base attachment type", etc. and nothing seems to affect how the profile lines up with the slanted column's location line.