I have a Graphic question - the column has a solid color fill but loses the color once it is next to a wall. How to change the setting to keep the solid color fill of the column? Thanks.
Graphic Setting for Column
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Good advice.
I went ahead to change the column family setting, unchecked "Automatically joins geometry to walls" and problem was solved.
Just to verify, the structural column from the drop down menu of Architecture/Column is for load bearing column, whereas Column: Architectural is used for "fake" column such as the furrout of the column?
@hliS658H wrote:
Just to verify, the structural column from the pull down menu of Architecture/Column is for load bearing column, whereas Column: Architectural is used for "fake" column such as the furrout of the column?
Yes you got it.
Architectural columns that join with walls automatically are very handy in a lot of cases (we use stretchable architectural columns quite extensively for existing wall conditions with of bumps allover the place), but what you show there are definitely structural.
Yes, these are structural columns and I don't think architectural columns are needed here. I can change the base level without any issues now. But I do not see where I can change it graphically, such as solid color fill, as I did for architectural column family.
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@hliS658H wrote:
Yes, these are structural columns and I don't think architectural columns are needed here. I can change the base level without any issues now. But I do not see where I can change it graphically, such as solid color fill, as I did for architectural column family.
@hliS658H wrote:
I saw this thread, looks like no easy solution yet?
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/cut-wall-end-at-an-angle/idi-p/6325434#comments
I am not understanding the difficulty. Is it what you want? Again, Join geometry the structural column and the architectural wall.
Actually, no issue for Structural Column, no need to join structural column and architectural wall; For Architectural Column, if join, then the architectural column will have the same graphics as the wall. So, have to use structural column when they don't meet in a perpendicular way.
Problem after problem, I edit a structural column to have a corner cut off, the new family has the hatch pattern, however it loses the hatch pattern once I upload it into the project model; I haven't changed anything except the shape. Both families are attached here.
In this situation, it doesn't matter the join order; it doesn't work for architectural column. No "join geometry" is needed for structural column. So have to use structural column here.
