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Stair railing volutes in AC21?

I have not been able to find in the new AC21 stair tool an equivalent for the AC20 Wood Stair volutes at the bottom newel post. These are very common in U.S. residential construction.

I hope I've just missed these somehow, but I'm guessing I haven't. Any thoughts on the best way to approach these now? Use the older AC20 stair? Use a free-floating library part?
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
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Barry Kelly
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This is far from perfect but it is a start.

Edit the railing so the baseline has the required curve at the end.
Turn the post at the node between the curve and the straight railing to be the same settings as the balusters.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11

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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Can you show an image of what you mean?

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Something like this:
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
Solution
Barry Kelly
Moderator
This is far from perfect but it is a start.

Edit the railing so the baseline has the required curve at the end.
Turn the post at the node between the curve and the straight railing to be the same settings as the balusters.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
Dell XPS- i7-6700 @ 3.4Ghz, 16GB ram, GeForce GTX 960 (2GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Thanks, Barry! This is very helpful.
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
AC26 (since AC6.0), Win10
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