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Finding a banister element with wooden hand rail CURVED

Anonymous
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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

roundrail.jpg
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Anonymous
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plan view
Anonymous
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Most of Railings in AC15 have a settings to be curved in plan.
Railings_Curved.jpg
Anonymous
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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
Barry Kelly
Moderator
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.
One of the forum moderators.
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