patricks
2010-10-27, 03:43 PM
I'm trying to determine the side of the railing sketch line the actual railing goes on.
I know for walls, the exterior side of the wall always defaults to the exterior side of a clockwise loop (top for left to right, right for top to bottom, etc). The flip arrow also shows up on the exterior side of the wall.
My preliminary testing seems to indicate railings act the same way. If you draw your initial sketch line from left to right, and your rails have a positive offset, the rail will go up-screen from your sketch line, or down-screen if your rails have a negative offset. It seems that the direction of the stairs or ramp you're drawing the rail for do not matter.
I also notice that if you draw stairs with a railing type already defined, a negative rail offset will put both rails outside the stair edge boundary, or a positive offset will put them inside the stair boundary.
Can anyone confirm that this is indeed how railing sketches work?
I know for walls, the exterior side of the wall always defaults to the exterior side of a clockwise loop (top for left to right, right for top to bottom, etc). The flip arrow also shows up on the exterior side of the wall.
My preliminary testing seems to indicate railings act the same way. If you draw your initial sketch line from left to right, and your rails have a positive offset, the rail will go up-screen from your sketch line, or down-screen if your rails have a negative offset. It seems that the direction of the stairs or ramp you're drawing the rail for do not matter.
I also notice that if you draw stairs with a railing type already defined, a negative rail offset will put both rails outside the stair edge boundary, or a positive offset will put them inside the stair boundary.
Can anyone confirm that this is indeed how railing sketches work?