i'm rendering and things in 2009 are easy to use.....

[ntnik]

i am trying to change the look of the handrails along a ramp....the handrails themselves are easy to change.....the balusters don't seem to have a place to change the look (material).....am i wrong?....do i have to go back to the baluster family?

[hand471037]

do i have to go back to the baluster family?

Yes, you do. If you just scroll down the Project Browser, and then expand out Families, and then Railings, you can get to these Families quickly. But yeah, the materials are set in the Baluster Family directly, because it's then 'hosted' by the Railing. The Handrails are 'made' by the Railing, if you will, from whatever profile you've selected for them to use. The Balusters are actual Families.

Think of it like this. When you want to change the material that a Mullion in a curtain wall is, you don't click on the Wall and go into it's properties, you instead go into the Mullion Family.

I know, it isn't really that consistent and it's a little weird!