Columns can be set back and cut back using the Beam/Column Join tool. With the exception of the following rules, columns act as beams in the default setback and cutback settings.
- Columns cut back from beams but not from one another. Beams will frame into a column when joined at the column top.
- You cannot miter between beams to columns.
- When multiple cutback beams share a join with a column, they will frame into the column. However, if the column is cut back, the shortest beam will extend and be framed into by others in the join.
- When a beam is framed into by a column, the symbolic line will extend one cutback distance beyond its endpoint.
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