Column Generator builds photorealistic classical columns and pillars inside Blender: a Greek Doric column from the Parthenon, an Ionic column with carved volutes, a Corinthian capital wrapped in acanthus leaves, an Egyptian papyrus column, a twisted Solomonic column or a modern square pillar. Pick one of 35 designs, then change anything. Every part is a number, a choice or a switch, and the column rebuilds live as you drag.

Proportions follow the classical orders. Every size is measured in lower diameters, as Vitruvius and Vignola did, so heights, capitals, bases and entablatures stay right when you change the size. Switch Classical Proportions off to set any height in meters.

One column becomes a building in one click. Colonnades, porticoes, peristyle temples, round tholos temples and hypostyle halls come with stylobate steps, podiums, pedestals, entablatures with triglyphs or dentils, and pediments.

Age is one slider. It weathers the stone, chips edges, cracks drums and breaks columns into ruins with rubble on the ground. Damage is carved into the mesh, so it looks right in close-ups and in the silhouette.

Stone is real. Scanned marble, limestone, travertine and sandstone textures sit beside veined Carrara, Statuario, Nero and Rosso marbles and speckled granite, with dirt in the hollows, rain streaks, moss and polish. Carvings can be gilded or bronze.

35 column designs
Greek and Roman Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, Egyptian, Solomonic, Byzantine, Gothic, Art Deco and modern. Pick one, then change anything.

Whole buildings in one click
Temple fronts, porticoes, round tholos temples, colonnades, loggias, hypostyle halls and ruins, with steps, entablatures and pediments.

Age it, break it
From fresh-cut stone to weathered, chipped, cracked and broken, with rubble on the ground. The damage is carved into the mesh.

16 real stones
Carrara, Statuario, Pentelic, travertine, Nero, Verde Antico, Rosso and granite, with dirt, rain streaks, moss and polish.

Features

• 35 designs: Greek and Roman Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Scamozzi, Corinthian, Composite, Pantheon, Egyptian, Solomonic, Romanesque, Byzantine, Gothic, Art Deco and modern
• 9 shaft sections and 5 fluting styles, with entasis, taper, twist, drums and bands
• 8 bases and 14 capitals with volutes, acanthus leaves, helices, egg-and-dart and rosettes
• Colonnades, porticoes, peristyles, tholos temples, hypostyle halls, walls and engaged columns
• Pedestals, steps, podiums, entablatures, friezes and pediments
• Age slider: weathering, chips, cracks, broken columns and rubble
• 16 stones with real textures, plus gold leaf, bronze and white paint for carvings
• Picture sidebar with six tabs, Surprise and Variation buttons, Shift+A menu and Convert to Mesh
• Works in Cycles and EEVEE

Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.