Configure railings

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in this video,

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you'll learn how to configure railing types that can be

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used on stairs or in other areas in a building,

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you'll see how to configure the railing structure and ballast er placement.

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You will also see how to add top rails and handrails.

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As you can see

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there are multiple railing configurations that you can create.

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I'll begin by selecting one of the railings

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and then clicking edit type to open the type properties dialog

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here.

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You can see all of the type parameters available to define a railing type.

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Additionally,

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you can click preview as you are creating or modifying a railing type to

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help you understand what is going on with the railing type that you are creating

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in the three D view,

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you can orbit around here in the preview and

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you can also change the preview view type.

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You can change it from a three D view to an elevation view,

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multiple orientations there to help you see what you are creating

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as far as the type parameters,

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you definitely want to pay attention to the rail structure, the ballast er,

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placement and then the other options as you move down

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such as the top rail and the handrail parameters.

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We'll begin by looking at the rail structure and as you can see the parameter is

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called rail structure non continuous and you can click edit to open the edit rails,

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non continuous dialogue.

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For this railing type, there are multiple rails that have been added

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and for each rail that you insert, you can specify a name and then adjust the height,

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which will be the height above the level that the railing is created at.

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And then you can specify an offset

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to offset it to either the left or right of center

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and then you can control the rail profile

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and you can choose one of the available options in the project.

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And then if you wish,

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you can specify a material so that that specific

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rail has a material or you can just leave

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it to by category and whatever is set for railings will be set for that rail as well

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when you as you can see here,

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when you select one of the rows that rail will highlight in the preview.

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That way you can see exactly what you are working with.

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You can insert

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rails, you can even duplicate them.

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So once you get one specified, just like you want it, you can duplicate it.

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You can delete rails and then move them up or down

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as needed.

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I'll click OK

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to close each of the dialogues

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and then I'll select another railing and click

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edit type and then I'll click edit next

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to rail structure and for this type you can see that there are not any rails.

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So you can add several rails or you not any

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at all depending on the type that you are creating.

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I'll go back to that previous one

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and go back to its type properties

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and next I'll click edit next to ballast replacement

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and in this dialogue this is where you can control

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the ballast er placement and the spacing

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and there's quite a bit going on in this dialogue

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but essentially you are going to control the spacing of the

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main pattern and that's done here in the main pattern area

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and then at the bottom you can control the posts,

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the start post, corner posts and in post.

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So let's begin here in the main pattern area,

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you can specify a name and then you can control the ballast er family.

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When you click in that field and expand the drop down,

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you can choose one of the available options that has been created in the project.

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Then you can control the base and then add any base offset

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and the base can either be the host or it can

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be one of the non continuous rails or the top rail element

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and similarly you can control the top and that once again

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can be the host or one of the non continuous rails

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or the top rail element and then you can specify an

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offset if you want to offset the top of that ballast er

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and then you can control the spacing

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essentially the distance from the previous ballast er

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and then add any offset as needed.

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You can also duplicate the ballast er if you want to get a little more complex,

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you can adjust the ballast replacement for any duplicate balas tres that you add.

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You can also move them up or down in the list

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and delete them as needed.

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There are also some additional options here in the main pattern area,

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you can choose to break the pattern and you

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can choose depending on what option you choose.

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There can be some additional options there.

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You can control the justification,

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whether you're gonna justify from the beginning, the end,

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the center or the spread the pattern to fit

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and then there's also an excess length fill option.

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You can choose to truncate the pattern or you can add a specific ballast

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er family and adjust the spacing or just leave it set to none.

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So once again,

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several options there to control the balas tres

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and then the spacing of those balas tres

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and then as stated before you can control the start post,

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the corner post and the in post

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and you can choose a ballast er family

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and then once again controlled the base and the top and the space here.

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I'll click ok to close this dialog

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and then I'm going to switch to the glass panel, bottom fill

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railing type and then I'll click edit next to ballast er placement

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and here you can see

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under the main pattern

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that there are

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two balas tres that are added.

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We have the

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steel flat upright

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as well as the glass panel

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and and then they are both spaced and offset a little bit differently there.

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And so that's how you can get a little more complex

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and create a railing like this with the glass panels.

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I'll click OK to close the dialog and now we'll take a look at a few other options here.

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Um you can see there are several more parameters under construction

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and then you can add a top rail by simply enabling used top

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rail and then you can specify the height and then control the type.

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When you click in the type field,

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you can click the more button to open the

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type properties dialog for the top rail type.

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And then you can select a specific type or you can even duplicate it and

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then adjust any of the parameters here to create a new top rail type.

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I'll click OK to close the dialog and then similarly under handrails.

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If I and actually I'll switch to another type that actually has one

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and I'll scroll down here.

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So for handrail one and handrail two, you can select the type.

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Once again click in that type field and click the

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more button and then you can select a type.

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These are handrail types and once again you can select an option or duplicate an

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existing type to create a new type and

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then several parameters here to define those handrails

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and then the lateral offset and height parameters.

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Those will be filled in automatically based on the type

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and then you can set the position to either none

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or left or right

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or you can also choose left and right in order to add it to both sides.

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So for example, when I click, apply,

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then we can look at the preview here and see that it's added to both the left and right.

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Or once again, if we if we just select these options,

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you can scroll through here and just simply click,

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apply and look at how those handrails work.

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I'll click Okay.

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And once again,

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there are several parameters available to help you configure railings

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to model exactly what you need for your project.