Slanted Columns in Revit LT

Slanted Columns in Revit LT

BigPicture045
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Slanted Columns in Revit LT

BigPicture045
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Do columns have the ability to be slanted in Revit LT? I am reading this Revit LT documentation about slanted columns, however, I cannot find the slanted setting. 

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-lt/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2020/ENU/Revi...

 

Trying to replicate these columns:

 

 

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Jamhmer_Oc
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barthbradley
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Do you have in-place modeling in LT?  If not, you could always model them in a Family Template.  Be easy enough. 

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slacy
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If you know anyone who works with Revit (full version) have them make you a slanted column and send it to you in a project (not as a family).  Revit LT recognizes these once they are in an LT project and lets you modify all the parameters as needed.  But you can't save it out as a family.  I have tried but haven't been successful.  I was fortunate to have had projects with slanted columns before I made the switch to LT (to save money) and I copy them from those previous projects as needed.  Duh, as I think of it, I should just add one to my main project template (LOL).

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ToanDN
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One could easily use structural framing for slanted columns.  Now tell me Revit LT can't do structural framing either.

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wisedrawing
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Totally doable just pick a beam framing element and make it the size you want then offset the start height and voila!

Works where you don't need the integrated column actions (like officially) for me it works fine

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wisedrawing
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I just use beams and angle them in LT it works really well - essentially in your eave example it could be argued its a beam anyway, the lower ones will still work. just pick the beam and size, place it and then offset the start or finish height, easy as

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