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mylogs
2010-11-09, 03:08 AM
Hello,

I need to place a series of cages on a (slight) slope). I modeled the cage with a series of different railling. Now I need to place some of these cages on a slope. I was expecting to be able to use the floor based family for this, but apparently you can copy railling inside a family.

I don't think using a ramp will help as I need the post/ balusters to be perpendicular to the ramp.

Any ideas?

Many thanks,

Alfredo Medina
2010-11-09, 05:14 AM
One possible solution is this:

New generic model, face based family. Model the cage with sweeps or extrusions, etc...
Load into project. In "placement" select "Place on Face"; from a 3D view select the face of the sloped floor or ramp. The cage will align to that plane, and its balusters will be perpendicular to that plane.