Model a railing without stairs

[matt__w]

I'm doing a presentation/marketing rendering and I need to model some simple railings, but I don't have any stairs... I have a series of stepped slabs (as generic models). How can I model a railing to follow the steps/rises of these generic model stepped slabs? I'm doing this in MEP 2009 for what it's worth.

Thanks in advance.
Matt

[toni.181950]

When creating the rail click on the host option, and the railing should align to what ever you have selected as a host.

I hope this helps.

[jeffh]

When creating the rail click on the host option, and the railing should align to what ever you have selected as a host.

I hope this helps.

Unfortunatly railings only host to floors, ramps, and stairs. You will have to model one of these items (floor) on top of the steped geometry to get a railing attached to it.

[matt__w]

Is it possible to model a stepped floor as a single object? Or would it need to be a series of floors with different elevations? If it's the latter, how do you create a single railing based on the various floor objects? Can you merge railings together to create a single rainling? Sorry for all of the questions; I'm a Revit MEP guy. :\

Thanks again!
Matt

[Munkholm]

IF MEP even have the stair tool ? You could model a quick stair, with the same location, riser and thread properties, pick the stair as the host for the railing, and then just hide the stair...

Or... it could be a ramp, or a sloped floor for that matter :beer:

[Steve_Stafford]

This POST (http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2008/07/railing-over-wall.html) at my blog might help. Describes how to model a railing over a wall where there is no host by editing the sketch lines of the railing.

[matt__w]

This POST (http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2008/07/railing-over-wall.html) at my blog might help. Describes how to model a railing over a wall where there is no host by editing the sketch lines of the railing.
Steve: That's perfect! Just what I needed!

Thanks!!
Matt

[nole]

Great tip, Steve. Thanks a lot. :beer:

[Joef]

Thanks for the excellent tip Steve!