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How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

smrema — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:02:12 GMT

Hello,

I'm trying to add M-concrete- square -column to my drawing, but first i have to load it, but i can't find it in revit library. How do i get it?

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

mphungDCHNW — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:16:12 GMT

1.)Go into your Revit Project click on column and click load "family".

2.) Select "US"

3.) Select "Structural Column" and select "concrete"

4.) There you will able to select your M_concrete-square-column.

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

smrema — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:19:43 GMT

it work i think, i had to download the us library. thanks alot

The M_Concrete-square-column and concrete square column are the same thing?

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

mphungDCHNW — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:39:22 GMT

Hi,

Yes it should be the same.

If it works could you please except my solution

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

ToanDN — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:45:12 GMT

@smrema wrote:

The M_Concrete-square-column and concrete square column are the same thing?

No they are not the same. Concrete-Square-Column is US Imperial, M_Concrete-Square-Column is US Metric. If you want metric families you should load it in from the US Metric library.

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

mphungDCHNW — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:53:45 GMT

It is the same model object ones M the other is imperial you still can change one from the other in lengths.

Re: How to add M_Concrete-square-column to my revit 2022 drawing?

ToanDN — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:57:36 GMT

@mphungDCHNW wrote:

It is the same model object ones M the other is imperial you still can change one from the other in lengths.

It is a bad practice. They give you Imperial and metric as two separate libraries for a reason. Furthermore, some families some with a type catalog that have predefined dimensions based on local region standards.