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Structural Columns

Use the structural column tools to add vertical load-bearing elements to building models.

  • Structure tabStructure panel (Column)
  • Architecture tabBuild panelColumn drop-down (Structural Column)
Topics in this section
  • About Placing Structural Columns
    Although structural columns share many of the same properties as architectural columns, structural columns have additional properties defined by their configuration and industry standards which provide different behaviors.
  • Place a Vertical Structural Column
    Add columns in plan views and 3D views.
  • Video: Place Columns
    Place architectural columns in the model. Use the architectural columns or grid intersections to place structural columns.
  • About Placing Slanted Structural Columns
    Slanted structural columns are becoming more common in large, high profile structures. Slanted column modeling helps engineers detail a project and allow proper analysis calculations.
  • Place a Slanted Structural Column
    Place a slanted column in a plan view with 2 clicks—one to specify the column start point and one to specify its endpoint.
  • Place Multiple Columns by Grid
    Place multiple columns at the intersection of selected grid lines.
  • Lock Columns to a Grid
    Constrain the current position of vertical columns or the tops and bases of slanted columns to a grid. This state allows you to move the grid and keep columns or ends in their respective orientation to their grid placement.
  • Add a Structural Column Inside a Architectural Column
    Use the At Architectural Columns tool to snap structural columns to the center of architectural columns in a plan view.
  • Structural Column Modification
    You can align, move, copy, and adjust structural columns using common element editing tools. Slanted columns possess unique parameters that affect how they interact with framing elements in a join.
  • Display Splice or Plate Symbols
    Specify a structural column to display moment, shear, or base plate symbols.
  • Structural Column Instance Properties
    Modify structural column instance properties to change level offsets, geometry justification, phasing data, and more.
  • Structural Column Type Properties
    Modify structural column type properties to change flange width, web thickness, identity data, and more.
  • Structural Column Family Properties
    Modify a structural column family to define specific behaviors or Identity Data that apply across all types in that family.
Parent topic: Structures

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