From the course: Revit 2021: Essential Training for Structure (Metric)
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Adding steel columns to the model - Revit Structure Tutorial
From the course: Revit 2021: Essential Training for Structure (Metric)
Adding steel columns to the model
- With a structural grid in place, adding columns is a snap. The main thing you need to thing about while adding columns is the fact that Revit structure likes to look up. That is, when we add a column, we must specify the height of the columns as we're adding them. To get started, I'm going to open up Structural-05. Go down to level one in the project browser under structural plans. Go to the structure tab, and then click the column button. I don't see the column I want in my model, so I'm going to go over here to load family. Notice that it says columns here, that's the wrong column, that's an architectural column. That doesn't work for us. Scroll down to find structural columns. Go to steel. Let's fine M_HSS-Hollow Structural Section-Column. Click open. You can expand your dialogue by kind of clicking down and dragging it. I want to find HSS152.4X152.4. So, I'll scroll down to HSS152.4X152.4X9.5. Click okay. If…
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