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AC21- Railing (GS you can do better)

rob2218
Enthusiast
Come on GS. I"m a fan of you guys...ok, let me start by stating that.

But.....I just a "NEW" 5-1/2 minute video about "railings in AC21" and it spoke about "nodes" for the entire duration of the video?.....come on guys. Please. I've asked and begged for a video describing HOW to use the railing in AC21 and what are all the key features such as segments, rails, posts, top rails...etc... and how to set them up. We need THAT type of tutorial. NOT a 5 minute schpeel on "nodes"....please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDy-yM_uhPI&feature=em-subs_digest
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
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Gerald Hoffman
Enthusiast
I suspect this is just the 1st one in a series on the railing tool. This is a hope as I don't really know but it is how they usually do things, breaking it down into bite size pieces.

It would be nice if Graphisoft could do a full tutorial video on the stairs and railings of an hour or so each. I think most of us can handle more than 5 minutes at a time. They are complex tools to figure out how to use properly and it would save a lot of trial and error on a lot of user's parts.

Cheers,
Gerald Hoffman
“The simplification of anything is always sensational” GKC
Archicad 4.55 - 27-5030 USA
2019 MacBook Pro (64GB w/ AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU)
rob2218
Enthusiast
Well...dunno bout an "hour" long tutorial, who has time for that. I think 5 to 10 minute vid clips are fine. Besides.....I'm just looking for the "railing basics" meaning, what buttons do what and how to activate them? it isn't that hard. I believe AC21 will go down in the anals of BIM history as "the release that should have been released another 18 months later".....I supoose.
Gerald wrote:
I suspect this is just the 1st one in a series on the railing tool. This is a hope as I don't really know but it is how they usually do things, breaking it down into bite size pieces.

It would be nice if Graphisoft could do a full tutorial video on the stairs and railings of an hour or so each. I think most of us can handle more than 5 minutes at a time. They are complex tools to figure out how to use properly and it would save a lot of trial and error on a lot of user's parts.

Cheers,
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Help Menu -> PDF Guides -> ARCHICAD 21 Help

Start reading in page 69 finish in page 73.

Re-read as necessary.

It will not take more than 10 minutes.

Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
AC27 US/INT -> AC08

Macbook Pro M1 Max 64GB ram, OS X 10.XX latest
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rob2218
Enthusiast
fare nuff sir.....will do then. thank you.
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
More Stair and Railing clips are in the pipeline on the YouTube Channel...
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
rob2218
Enthusiast
Can you post railing links tutorials?
laszlonagy wrote:
More Stair and Railing clips are in the pipeline on the YouTube Channel...
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
This is the Railing playlist on YouTube.:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnXY6vLUwlWWfi_uS2BwmRUa5VJkEmrZO

Check back to it regularly so you will see when new clips are uploaded.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
rob2218
Enthusiast
thanks, will continually check back.
I'm looking for when you put out the specific video on all the "railing" parameters. What dialogue box does what, rails, posts, segments, etc...that's the video I'm looking forward to seeing.

thanks,
...Bobby Hollywood live from...
i>u
Edgewater, FL!
SOFTWARE VERSION:
Archicad 22, Archicad 23
Windows7 -OS, MAC Maverick OS
RandyC
Advocate
Still stuck on this tool , I am trying to create 4 ft. glass panels with a top and bottom rail and post between but I am having no luck , the segment pattern distribution stays greyed out
the panel will not break up and stays one long continuous panel. Does anyone have a favorite saved that I can load ? it might help in the understanding.

Thanks, Randy
ArchiCAD 4.5 --- 27 , Win 10 , dual monitors, 64 gb ram,Nvidia GeforceRTX 2080 TI, I-9