Railing issues

[chris.goonan]

I'm having problem with the bends of this railing, they aren't smooth like they should be. Can anyone take a look at the file and offer some suggestions?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

[patricks]

I see what you're trying to achieve with the end post with rounded top built in, but I don't think there's really any way to get that to work 100% correctly. The problem is the slope of your railing and stair is always dependent on the rise of the stair. I suppose you could make the end post family with a top slope to match the particular instance of railing you're doing, but you'd need a different family for every different height of stair you have.

Now you can shift that end post away from the end of the top rail by setting the Space to around -2.25" (right now it's at +1/2"). But it still won't match up just exactly right.

What I usually do is create an in-place sweep with radiused corners for the path, and let it run up and overlap the actual rail just a bit.