topic Re: Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED in Libraries & objects

Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:09:35 GMT

i have picked out a nice normal banister from the archicad library with wooden hand rail.
But I need a curved version around a curved corner?
any idea if this exists ??

Thanks.
Ian

Re: Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:11:01 GMT

plan view

Re: Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:29:24 GMT

Most of Railings in AC15 have a settings to be curved in plan.

Re: Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:46:27 GMT

i didnt find any option to make them bend, so i selected a corner already bent piece, it works but now i need to cut it it back like in the photo.
Any ideas guys ?

thanks.
Ian

Re: Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Barry Kelly — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:55:41 GMT

What object are you using?
It should have a parameter for the radius arc angle.
Or you could just grab one of the stretchy hotspots at the end (the centre one) and you could simply stretch it in plan (use the "move node" option of the pet palette.
Barry.