Looking for a good video for creating railings

[CFS_Mike]

I looked around but can't find a good video that shows step-by-step instructions to create a railing from scratch. Everyone seems to be working with railings that already made. Can someone recommend a "from scratch" instructional railing video. 

I attached what I am trying to make and what Archicad spit out when I thought I had all my settings correct. 

I sure Graphisoft fixes the railing tool in the next iteration because this is why too much to go through to create a simple railing. 

[Barry Kelly]

You can always just read the reference guide, that is free.

https://help.graphisoft.com/AC/28/INT/index.htm?rhcsh=1&rhnewwnd=0&rhmapid=#t=_AC28_Help%2F020_Confi...

Barry.

[CFS_Mike]

If that worked, I wouldn't be here asking! I guess I'll keep building stairs and railings the old fashioned way. 

[Barry Kelly]

I was referring to the favourites.

As for railings and stairs, have a look on the Archicad YouTube channel.

The videos from when the tools were released should still be there.

They will show you the basics.

Barry.

[CFS_Mike]

No, they all have railings already made instead of starting from scratch. I hope whoever designed the railing tool died a slow painful death, because I do every time I try to model railing with the railing tool. 

[mthd]

Hi @CFS_Mike, Did you manage to find any useful videos on the railings basics online ?

There are three excellent videos produced by James Badcock from GS. Please search Archicad Tip Railings. These are basic but they helped me quite a bit. Stair railings are more complicated but you should get a few extra free videos when they were given attention in AC22.

[Mats Knutsson]

There are videos but railings are very complex and hard to describe. You kind of need to know the strategy and the minuscule detail in order to create correct railings. I sometime use beams/morphs for the handlebars to get clean look in 3D GS should create a series of railing tuts recreating some actual common railings and describe the strategy and settings used. Jamed B's videos as mentioned before is a good start but only a scratch on the surface. Put in the hard work.

[jl_lt]

this video by Nathan Hildebrandt also contains lots of quality information about stairs and rails.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA03O4zNMng

Also, Graphisoft would do themselves a big favour making those misterious educational videos available to the public.  I dont think anyone has ever paid to see them anyway.