How to add a corner that's different from the wall?

[hugo_mpt_almeida]

Hey!

I'm new to Revit and 1) I'm trying to create someting like the above image, where the corner is a different color from its wall. What's the best way to do it? Should I just duplicate the wall type and change its color?

2) What if I wanted that corner to have more depth on the outside? In other words, it would extrude out.

Thanks!

[ToanDN]

You can add vertical wall sweep, an architectural column (then paint surfaces), a model in place component....

[vitorbortoncello]

I would model using walls and columns, with customized material surface patterns or even just using the paint tool

[hugo_mpt_almeida]

Could you explain better the walls with customised material surface patterns? Thanks!

[hugo_mpt_almeida]

With the vertical wall sweep there's a gap between the two perpendicular walls; I couldn't really work with the columns; the model in place doesn't move if I do chances to the model but seems to be the one that works the best assuming I don't change my project m

[vitorbortoncello]

Yes. I'm referring to the Material Manager, where you can assign a surface pattern to your materials and then apply them to walls and columns. You can see "material" parameter when you select one of them, then choose the previous edited material. 🙂

[hugo_mpt_almeida · Accepted solution]

For whoever lands here in the future,

As suggested above, I ended up addin a column. However, I had to make my own costum column family. It looks like this (floor view):

I then changed its material to the desired one.

To make your own column family go to File > New > Family > Metric Column.

You then add an extrusion and do it the way you desire.

This is how the final product looks:

[vitorbortoncello]

That is actually a beam beneath a column. The classification (open BIM) would be incorrect. I am glad you got what you needed but i would model them separately.

[hugo_mpt_almeida]

What do you mean by a beam beneath a column and modelling them separately?

[vitorbortoncello]

Never mind. After a closer look, it seems like it's a thin wall, possibly painted or something similar. However, I still wouldn't use just a single column.