Modifying railing types

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It would be good if we could extend the handrail on and also return it back to the wall.

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So whilst it's still selected,

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we'll go over to the properties pallette and

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click edit type to access those type properties.

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We actually need to edit the hand row one family.

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So we're in the hand row, one panel here on the type parameter.

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We'll click the pipe wall mount here

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and then from the ellipses button, we'll open up the type properties of that family.

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Now looking down the type parameters,

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we can see we have extension beginning and bottom and also extension end and top.

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So we'll set the length of the extension for both of these to be six inches.

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And we also have the extension star parameter.

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So we'll click on none.

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And then from the drop down, we'll choose wall

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and then we'll repeat this for the end top of the handrail.

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So now we'll click, OK, to save those changes

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straight away,

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we can see that's been applied in the view behind the type properties here.

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So we'll click OK again,

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to complete the changes

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we can see now that that extends on by six inches and returns

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back to the ball at both the top and bottom of the handrail.

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It's not quite on the wall yet. So

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we'll swap back to the level two floor plan view

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and we can see now that it's

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returning back to the edge of this port where we drew the line

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and looking at the properties panel,

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we can see we have an offset from path parameter.

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So I set this to be two inches.

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And then when this is applied,

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we can see that hand rail move back so that it returns to the wall.

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So we'll swap back to the crop stairs view to see that in 3d.

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And then we can see it returning back to the wall as we want it.

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Now we swap back to the entrance lobby, 3D view

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and we can see those railings on the stairs

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and returning back around the stairwell as well.

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So finally, we just need to place the railing along the edge of the balcony here.

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And to do this, we'll go to the level two plan view,

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we'll just zoom out so we can see the edge of the balcony here.

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And now from the architecture ribbon tab on the circulation panel,

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we'll click the rail in tool.

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Looking at the type selector,

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we change this to be the glass panel, bottom field type.

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And now looking at the sketch tools on the draw panel, we have the line tool selected

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on the options bar just beneath that here, we'll set an offset of six inches.

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And now if we go into the view and we snap

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to the intersection here between the floor and the wall,

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as we start to draw the line,

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we can see that that's set six inches back from the edge of the railing.

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So we'll just get across and snap to the wall at the other end.

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And now we can click, finish edit mode

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and that rain will be created

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let swap back to the entrance lobby, 3d view.

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And now we can see that we've got the

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railings created on the stairs and around the stairwell

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and also across the balcony.

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And that completes the railings that we need to add to this model.