The Railing Tool lets you create any typical or unique Railing, which is a 3D building element. A Railing can be associative to the following 3D elements: Stairs, Slabs, Walls, Roofs and Meshes.
Railing input is similar to polyline input, and consists of Nodes and Segments. On the Floor Plan, Railing interactions are similar to those of a polyline.
The interactive Pattern Editor helps you assemble a Railing pattern specific to each Segment.
Like the Stair and Curtain Wall, the Railing Tool is a hierarchical element made up of a main scheme plus its components: various posts, rails, and/or panels. These are GDL components that use Building Materials and/or Custom profiles.
Railing Components
•The Toprail sits on top of the Segment.
•The Railing can contain up to two Handrails, each of which can be doubled to the two sides of the Railing. (The two handrails can have different cross sections).
•Rails are general horizontal elements. You can offset them perpendicular to the Railing Segment or set them at any height. Rail cross sections can be different for each.
•All horizontal elements (Toprail, Handrails, Rails) can have Connections and Endings added to either end.
•You can add multiple Inner Posts to the pattern.
•Balusters are a pattern within the pattern
•Panels can fill the area between the Toprail, Rails, Inner Posts or Segment boundaries.
•For Panels and Posts, you can choose not just built-in GDL components, but also custom ones, saved using a predefined Railing subtype.
Model View Options provides three Detail Levels (Full, Simplified and Schematic) to display and output Railings in Sections/Elevations, the 3D and 3D Document windows.
See Railing Options.