topic Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade in Revit Architecture Forum

How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:49:35 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to add a new rail or balustrade. After adding the rail using the Railing tool, I have the option in the Properties drop down menu of choosing several different types that are pre loaded into Revit. However, I wish to change this to other types, but the options available are not linked to the Families folder (that I can see). I'm not sure where they are coming, if I did I could add more options. Refer screenshot. Does anyone know how or where I can add different type of balustrading and fencing, so I can select them once I've drawn the Rail sketch path?

Thanks

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

ennujozlagam — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:38:27 GMT

go to railing > edit type > then duplicate. thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLn5RkdHkHY

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/Revit-Model/files/GUID-135437DA-A8DF-4819-BF0D-C5884431656F-htm.html

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

barthbradley — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:59:17 GMT

Rail???

Drill down into this Link:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-Model/files/GUID-447460EC-DAC6-481B-8F0A-1AED56D51D48-htm.html

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

hmunsell — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:15:46 GMT

railings are system families and are comprised of various the components and profiles. like @barthbradley & @ennujozlagam mention, you can duplicate the railing type and edit the available options. if the options you are looking for are not there, specific Baluster size/shape, Railing, Top Rail, etc... they can be created or loaded. they can be found in the Project Browser > Families > Railings

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:39:59 GMT

Thanks. What I am trying to do is add a fence, using the Railing Sketch path tool as this will follow the topography of my plot of land. Then, instead of using Balustrading, or a rail, I want to be able to add in a picket fence for example. I have many in my library I could use.

I often need to show a boundary fence or brick wall to follow the contours of the land a house is on, and I was told this was the way to do it?

Thanks for your help.

Tim.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

barthbradley — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:02:09 GMT

You mean you can't get the railing to host to the surface of toposurface? This capability was first introduced in 2019 -- I believe.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

ToanDN — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:59:31 GMT

@woodstim wrote:
Thanks. What I am trying to do is add a fence, using the Railing Sketch path tool as this will follow the topography of my plot of land. Then, instead of using Balustrading, or a rail, I want to be able to add in a picket fence for example. I have many in my library I could use.

Railing Library? What is it and where is it?

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

RDAOU — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:23:14 GMT

@woodstim wrote:
….., I want to be able to add in a picket fence for example. I have many in my library I could use.

Thanks for your help.

Tim.

@woodstim

IF when you say Library, you are referring to a separate project where you have railing types you would like to use

Then You can use Transfer Project Standars

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:31:59 GMT

Correct.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:33:59 GMT

Ok, lets put it another way.

How do you add a fence, one that you have as a family from another project, to Topography?

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

RDAOU — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:35:06 GMT

@woodstim

Ok... then use the transfer project standard shown above … bring all your railings to your project then you see them in the drop down type selector

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

barthbradley — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:45:15 GMT

@woodstim wrote:
Ok, lets put it another way.

How do you add a fence, one that you have as a family from another project, to Topography?

What year version of Revit do you have? If 2019 or greater, select railing and click on PICK HOST and then pick the Topo to host the railing.

NOTE: you can sketch the railing on any level first -- then re-host it.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 00:47:59 GMT

I have Revit 2020 LT. I have done that, it works just fine. But I want a fence, not railing.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 01:19:15 GMT

Thanks. I am trying to be able to select my fence family but I ant figure out how to get it into this list. See screenshot below. I have checked the Profiles folder in Families and they are different. I have found them in the Project Browser, but don't know how to add to them?

I have several fences I would like to add to the list so I can select them.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

ToanDN — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 01:23:26 GMT

Just open the Profile family that you want and Load it in Project. Or drag drop it (them) from File Explorer onto your Revit Project Browser.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 01:47:59 GMT

Thanks, dragging and dropping into the Project Browser doesn't work. Therefore I need to locate the corresponding folder location, so I can add my fence family.
When I look in the Families folders, I can not find them. They are not simply in the Profiles folder or the Balustrading folder.

Hence I cannot change or select the fence profile. I cant get it into the drop down menu in the Edit Rails panel. See screenshot.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

ToanDN — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 01:51:30 GMT

Sorry, drag drop the family file onto the Revit drawing window, not project browser. Then the family will show up in the Browser under its family category.

Re: How to add new railing or ballstrade

woodstim — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:59:59 GMT

Thanks, almost there.

See screenshot attached.