Cladding around a structural column

[AidanHawkins]

Hello

I want to add cladding around a strucutral column.

Is drawing a wall around the column the best practice?

Here is an image with the cad linked

[barthbradley]

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@AidanHawkins wrote:

Hello

I want to add cladding around a strucutral column.

Is drawing a wall around the column the best practice?

Here is an image with the cad linked

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Wall is acceptable practice. There is no "best practice".  Depends on you and your requirements. In the real world, how will the cladding be applied to the Columns?  

NOTE: You can use architectural columns to model column box-outs around structural columns.

[barthbradley]

https://blogs.rand.com/architectural/2009/12/revit-architectural-columns-vs-revit-structural-columns...

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

Use Architectural column.  You can nest a shared architectural column in the structural column and associate parameters.  And don't get scared away by someone saying you shouldn't do it.

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

I wouldn't nest a two-level family into another two-level family.  

But if you want to do it this way, then check out this video:  

Revit 2012 & Nested Structural Columns Workarounds - YouTube