AEC rail elevation

[itzhakLFGFA]

Hello to all the experts.
Today I used for the first time the 'RAIL' command to place a railing on a retaining wall.
The railing enters the drawing at elevation 0.
Is it possible and how to set the rail elevation from a profile or surface?
Thanks.

[Udo_Huebner]

RAIL is a command from AutoCAD Architecture. But it is also available in Civil 3D because of the common AEC libraries.

You can anchor the rail to AutoCAD and AutoCAD Architecture objects, but not directly to Civil 3D objects (surfaces, corridors...) If you convert the Civil surface to a SOLID > MASSELEMENT, you should be able to anchor the rail to the resulting Masselement.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-architecture/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2...

[Udo_Huebner · Accepted solution]

The create a Railing use 

Command: Railing

To edit the Railing Style use

Command: RailingStyleEdit

To create a Masselement from 3D Solid use

Command: MassElementConvert

To anchor the Railing to the MassElement use

Command: RailingAnchorToObjects

[itzhakLFGFA]

Thank you for your response.