Slanted Column Help

[PhilvK]

I am trying to adjust the top of a slanted column from being 10.5” off of column line 3 (see below) to 1’-6” from line 3. When I move the column by changing the linear dimension at the top, the entire column moves. A video I viewed showed to drag the blue dot control at the column base back to the grid line where you want it, but when I do that, the column gets all askew. Can someone please explain what I need to do to be able to do this correctly. The sketches below hopefully illustrate this. Thank you!

[Alfredo_Medina · Accepted solution]

Draw a slanted column from elevation, and a reference plane for the desired offset. Change the column style parameter to "End Point Driven", and drag the top end point to the intersection of the reference plane and the level. Make the cut styles horizontals.

[PhilvK]

Thank you! I found I had to temporarily hide my grid and floor slab before the column base would drag to my refernce plane.

[PhilvK]

As an aside question, what do you mean by draw a column from elevation? Do mean create a mass?

[chrisplyler]

He means do it while in an elevation view.

[pierokoyama]

Hi, I have a bundle of slanted Round HSS Structural columns. They show a blue line in plan, does anyone know how to remove this blue line?

 

[PhilvK]

I believe they are analytical location lines from a linked structural model.