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Rail extension to baluster

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p-jacobs
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Rail extension to baluster

Hi all,

 

I've made a railings family with a top rail and some balusters with a baseplate. I want the toprail to extend back to the balusters. But it seems that it only extends to the bounding box of the baluster.

 

Yes, I know I can do that with tab selecting the top rail and modify the path. But that means that I have to edit the path for every instance of the railing twice (the other side is the same).

Is there a parameter or setting in the family that solves this issue?

 

Or is there something in the baluster family that I can adjust to solve this?

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Edit Rail should get you there.  

 

Edit Rail.png

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p-jacobs
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

I know, but I'll have to do that for every instance of the railing separatly. I don't really feel like doing that.

 

 

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Ok. Gotcha.  

 

Take care.  

 

 

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Actually, post your file here. 

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Perhaps not including the baseplate with your post, and model them as handrail support.

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p-jacobs
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Hereby the example file. There are 3 options in there. 

  1. The way I want to it to be but then with an extended piece of top rail as described above.
  2. The workaround. Using handrail 2 for the middle tube but then I get that cut line at the meeting point of the top rail and handrail which I don't want.
  3. I tried modelling the baseplate and post as separate family's. This works for the regular balusters. I added a post to the main pattern with an 'Dist. from previous' off 0. But this isn't possible for the start and end post.
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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Edit Rail 15-1.png

Edit Rail 15-2.png

Edit Rail 15-3.png

Edit Rail 15-4.png

Edit Rail 15-5.png

 

 

Out of curiosity, how long have you spent trying to find a workaround to using Edit Rail?  

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Lachlan-JWP
als Antwort auf: p-jacobs

Have a look at the attached file. I've built the railing return as part of the start & end balusters. This will allow you to make the change to all railing by changing the type properties and doesn't require editing the top railing.

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p-jacobs
als Antwort auf: barthbradley

I get your point.

But the thing is, it's a standard railing that is used all over the Netherlands by the national railway administration. So it's being used in a lot in projects. And it's definitly worth researching if it can be solved in a different way then using 'edit rail'.

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p-jacobs
als Antwort auf: Lachlan-JWP

Thanks for this solution, I haven't thought of that. 

I'm gonna test this one out.

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