Creating a Column Wrap

[Sahay_R]

A question - what would be the most advisable option to add wraps to columns? Here are the specs for the wraps - 

1) created on 1 5'8" stud + 5'8" GWB one side

2) New Construction, going around 81 existing columns

3) all the same height

Options to create - pick the best (to my mind they are in order of advisability) -

1) generic model family, with symbolic lines to show the wall structure in plan

2) model the walls, group and copy them

3) option 2 with the group exported out to an RVT and linked in

[cbcarch · Accepted solution]

#2, for many reasons:

-Prefer to "model as it will be built" with walls vs GM

-Ability to edit Wall types -- Level constraints, etc. vs GM

-Ability to Tag Wall Types 

-Groups are preferred over Links, especially for situations like this

-If columns/grids change, edit the Group live inside the Arch model

[Sahay_R]

Thank you, @cbcarch! Much appreciated.

[ToanDN]

Another option is create a slightly larger architectural column family and place it over the existing columns.

[Alfredo_Medina]

• Option # 2, always.
• Try to stay away from that # 1.
• Option # 3 is weird. 🙂

[Alfredo_Medina]

Correction, in my previous reply, I vote for # 2, but as walls, yes,  as Cliff said, not as generic models.

[jason_watkin_pei]

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