topic Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings in Modeling

Railing Tool and Slab Openings

cmartonffy — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:59:47 GMT

Hello ARCHICAD Community,

Are there any good techniques for "closing" rails that are only associated with a slab opening only (i.e. not stairs) so that:

corner mullion

top rail

adjacent panels

appear closed?

See image attached.

Thanks,
Claudio

Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings

runxel — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:04:57 GMT

Until GS fixes this hot mess:
You can overcome this if you make an additional point on one of the sides. It will now close properly, BUT: at the cost of an additional post at this node. (you might be able to delete it in edit mode, but that depends on your design of course)
Also you can't use the magic wand. You have to do the railing by hand (it's still associated tho).

Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings

cmartonffy — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:15:08 GMT

Thanks runxel,

I am really trying to get a profile (see image) to turn corners of a closed polygon ... was having issues with the curtail wall tool so I tried with the rail tool.

I will try to use the curved glass profile as a mullion instead of a panel in the CW tool, but I am having trouble understanding the cutting planes.

This could be a job foe the grasshopper connection, but I was trying to keep the workflow easy for the concept phase;)

Claudio

Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings

runxel — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 23:34:00 GMT

I forgot to mention:
You'll have to start your railing not at the corners, but at the node you added on one of the edges.

Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings

Lingwisyer — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 01:26:49 GMT

You set your rail endings to ZERO, so that they basically butt into each other.

Re: Railing Tool and Slab Openings

cmartonffy — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:49:35 GMT

runxel wrote:
I forgot to mention:
You'll have to start your railing not at the corners, but at the node you added on one of the edges.

Thanks all for your responses.
Claudio