Railing Drawings

[motleyt]

No matter which way I rotate the UCS, I always end up with a drawing like this for railing when using (Railing, Top Front) drawing style. I guess it is because the drawing style is set to use object front/top views. What do I change to get a drawing similar to the image on the drawing style dialog for this particular drawing style?

 

[motleyt]

I may have figured it out...I think a horizontal member has to be defined as the main member for the assembly to show up as sloped in the front view and correctly skewed in the top view. 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You can also use the "Define Assembly Detailing Direction" tool in the advance steel tool palette.  It is the last one located on the tools tab.

You will need to orient your UCS to have the z axis pointing toward yourself, and the y axis up.  You can use this tool to change the detailing orientation for any object on Advance Steel.

[motleyt]

That was exactly what I needed, thanks.