Creating balconies

[amontri]

To create balconies, do I just extend the floor out to the balcony area and then add railings?  Or is there a more appropirate way to do it?  Thanks!

[AJA14]

Hi,

Yes. and simply sketch the railings. However, if they have different finishes, you're better off (in my opinion) in creating the structural floors separate) and then adding the architectural finishes later.

Regards,

[L.Maas]

I would say it depends on what you need to do with it (tags, scheduling).

In my workflow I usually do not have to anything else with the balcony then show it in the drawings.

Further I do not work with many level buildings (usually 1 or 2). In most cases I would have only 1 or 2 balconies. In those cases I do indeed just extend the floor slab. If I would work on a building with many (different) balconies I would consider to make a balcony a separate object so it can be easily copied and moved around.

Further you could consider how it would be constucted in reality.

[amontri]

Thanks, guys!

It's for a multiple storey building.  I have both balconies and terraces.  For now, the intention is to run energy simulations and heating/cooling loads analysis.  So, probably creating a family of balconies and terraces, then?

Thanks!