(Easy One) How to Connect Columns and Footings so they Move Together?

[Anonymous]

I want my columns and isolated footings to automatically attach so when I move the column, the footing moves with it.  How do I do set this up?

Thanks!

[ToanDN]

Use AT Column button and pick the columns to place the footing and they will stick together.

[Anonymous]

Using "At Columns" still doesn't attach them so they move with each other.

[awes]

Lock center of column to center of foundation in both directions;

Start with align (AL), select center line of column , select center line of foundation, lock them.

[ToanDN]

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@blesnau wrote:

Using "At Columns" still doesn't attach them so they move with each other.

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Strange.  See screencast for a demonstration.

Of course, you can always lock them together MANUALLY using Align and Padlock.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/93373e28-b94b-412c-9c2e-f54ba0eb7e48

[Anonymous]

Tinkering around with this a little more, I found the footing will move with the column if I move the column at least the width of the footing... Meaning the column and footing are not connected in the center of the footing.

Is there a way that I can set up the automatic attachment so that the column is connected to the center of the footing at all times? 

[ToanDN]

- Group them
- Use the method of manually locking suggested above
- Place the column at a grid intersection, place the footing at column, move the the grids and both the column and the footing will follow, no matter the distance

[simone.avellini]

is this functionality only on 2020 onwards? I don't have "At Columns" when I insert isolated foundations.

Thanks

[ArmanMargaryan]

Hi,

Which version of Revit are you using?

[alarini.hb]

hey

what if i want to do the opposite? attach columns to the foundation?

i have foundations of different thicknesses and i want them all to have the same base.

so attaching the top of the foundation to the bas of the columns results in different foundation bases.

i hope that wasn't confusing

[Dillon.A.Manning]

This is because you need to move the column past the bounding box of the footing when using place at columns. this behavior is also present in beam to column connections