Why should we use 'Connection' to help walls, beams and columns avoid overlaps.

[Anonymous]

I find that in Revit, walls will not avoid columns and beam automatically. So I have to connect them manually. And related dynamo scripts cannot automate this easily because many of these scripts need us to choose model elements. Both methods are frustrating. 

And I used Archicad. Walls automatically avoid beams and columns once they are created. 

Why does Revit add an automatic connection for every wall, beam and column?

[barthbradley]

Are you talking about JOINING?  As in removing the visual edges between them?  

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/EN...

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/EN...

[Anonymous]

Yes, it is the 'Joining'. But I mean why doesn't Revit automatically join these elements to avoid overlapping. 

It wastes a lot of time to join elements in a large project. And a project without elements joining brings some calculating mistakes in budget calculation indeed. It's annoying. 

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

Use a column that automatically joins to wall.  

[Anonymous]

Thank you. Yeah, I forget this option. Unfortunately, this option is far less robust than the same function of Archicad. It often fails. And I have to draw a void form to activate this function. 

[RobDraw]

Comparing Revit to other platforms is only going to lead to frustration.