Horizontal rail on sloped floor

[LyleHardin]

We are designing a small platform with a 1/8" per 12" sloped floor. I was using a handrail hosted to the floor. Worked great.

The project manager wants the handrail to be horizontal.

Can this be done with a hosted (or any) handrail? Should I use a wall or something other than a rail?

The railing is really a 'splash guard' so it's a solid sheet of metal from the floor up to the hand rail. Right now, my rail profile consists of the curved toe plate at the bottom and the 10 GA splash guard. I add a top rail to that. See image showing a section of the railing.

I think my first step is to convince the PM the hand rail should follow the floor... But, just in case, anyone have any ideas?

[ToanDN]

Yes. Edit the rail and set the sketch segments to Flat.

[chrisplyler]

You could put in another strip of floor that IS level...hidden within the main sloping floor...and host the railing to that instead.

But I'm wondering how that will be fabricated along its length if the top rail is horizontal but it's mounted on a sloping floor. Will the height be continuously variable along the length of the railing? Or will a level-topped curb be poured/constructed on top of the sloping floor for the railing to sit on?

[LyleHardin]

Close, but no cigar. (I was hopeful, though.) Since I'm using a tall vertical profile as my railing, it no longer attaches to the floor on the bottom. It would work if I were using typical balusters. See how my toe plate no longer follows the floor? (railing is in blue) 

Basically, I need a wall or a profile of sorts, where the top is horizontal, the bottom follows the floor and the middle is solid from top to bottom.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

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@LyleHardin wrote:

Close, but no cigar. (I was hopeful, though.) Since I'm using a tall vertical profile as my railing, it no longer attaches to the floor on the bottom. It would work if I were using typical balusters. See how my toe plate no longer follows the floor? (railing is in blue) 

Basically, I need a wall or a profile of sorts, where the top is horizontal, the bottom follows the floor and the middle is solid from top to bottom.

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You cannot have a sloped and flat within the same segment.  You may want to create it using an in-place model or a combination of several railing types.

[LyleHardin]

Well the good news is that the PM has decided to keep the railing at a constant height from the floor for the sake of comfort and safety.

Thank goodness!

Thanks for your help and suggestions. At least I learned a few things with this exercise.

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @LyleHardin

If you find posts have solved your problem, please click on 'Accept as solution' to help others with similar questions. - Thank you.

[Sahay_R]

You can add a profile / fascia / section - call it what you may  - add it as a Rail to the bottom of the railing type.