topic Rectangular column with rounded ends in Revit Structure Forum

Rectangular column with rounded ends

Akunkinga — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:43:45 GMT

How do I make 1200x600 concrete columns with rounded edges in revit

Re: Rectangular column with rounded ends

L.Maas — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:13:32 GMT

You have to get familiar with Revit Family Editor. In there you can modify or make new families.

You can open a column family from the library, see how it works, modify it.

If you go to the knowledge autodesk website HERE, you can find documents relating to creating families.

Of course you could also buy books or follow video tutorials

Also on sites like Youtube you will find many videos with explanations how to create (column) families.

Re: Rectangular column with rounded ends

Akunkinga — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:13:58 GMT

I tried editing a structural concrete column, but I cannot get the height to
be changeable, if I have it as extrusion end 2000 when I load into the
project it stays fixed at the height of 2m even though I put top and bottom
levels in which should make it around 4m something to do with parameters??

Keep well

Janette

Re: Rectangular column with rounded ends

L.Maas — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 17:06:37 GMT

When creating families you normally have to constrain the elements (e.g. extrusions) and add parameters to them.

What you have to constrain and add parameters all depends on what you want to try to accomplish.

Above a screenhshot of a structural column family. In an elevation view I constrain (lock) the extrusion to the loverr and upper ref level.

Then in the project I can placve them in the proper location and levels.

But take your time to get familiar with the family editor. It will take time to get to know it and understand how everything works together.

Read up how it all works (see link in previous post).