Railing on a wall (sloping)

[Joef]

In reality a wall can host a railing (beside a stair for instance). Does Revit allow this ? I am having my doubts, but in the "model it as you would build it" philosophy of Revit I am hoping this is possible. So far I have been unable to select a wall as a host for a railing, but I could be doing something wrong.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

Generally you wouldn't want the wall to host the railing because it is the floor, ramp or stair that you want the railing to relate to. Draw the railing line and offset it the appropriate distance from the wall so it leaves a space between the wall and the railing

[Joef]

The railing sits on top of the wall, but I cannot get the wall to host the railing. Even when I set the railing to be hosted by the stair it still does not slope. Very frustrating. I created a sloping workplane but that is not allowed in railing creation.

[Roger Evans]

Try a Ramp
Delete Railing One Side
Trim Ramp to wall width & embed place inside wall

Might work

[Wes Macaulay]

One answer to this is to use a floor object with a slope on it -- define a floor object to be the cap on your wall. Use "Set Host" in the railing tool and you're good to go.

[Joef]

I was hoping that such a common architectural feature would not require an awkward work around solution.

[Joef]

I've been trying the ramp method. How do you get the ramp to be the same slope as the stair? There doesn't seem to be a way to give an exact slope figure to the ramp. Only a maximum. If I want the ramp to slope 9" in 12" what figure do I plug into the type? The type asks for 1/x. .75 doesn't work and neither does 9.

[Roger Evans]

I think you'd be better off with Wes's suggestion for floor hosting the railing & you'd have more control
You could also make ramp/ floor totally transparent for wall capping

[beegee]

1 in 1.3333. ( 12/9 )

[Joef]

Thanks, the floor worked just fine. I still wonder why the ramp was so difficult to control.

[David Conant]

Here is a powerpoint slide I produced to explain this trick for a tips and tricks seminar.

[sbrown]

Wheres the file?

[David Conant]

I guess the forum won't accept ppt files. Trying again as a pdf.

[Roger Evans]

Um.........

[Joef]

Thanks for the pdf. I have been unable to get the wall to attach to the floor however. I get a "cannot keep wall and target joined " message. Since the wall is angled using the "edit profile", will it really "attach" to the floor or do I instead edit the profile to match the floor?

[bclarch]

Restore the wall to it's original profile then attach it to the floor.

[mark.68887]

Sorry to jump in so late, but if there is a stair involved NEXT TO the sloped wall that you want the rail on.

Why not use the stair to host the rail (andthe sketch on top of it) then in your rail properties change the offset for the rails and balusters to be enough to put it on top of the wall.

Thats what we;ve done for all our homes with walls on the sides of stairs....i find it works well and I don't have to play with ramps/sloped floors/roofs to cap the wall.

Hopefully makes sense and helps you out. :D