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crwinchester

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According to the help menu I should be able to add handrail extensions by tabbing through the elements of the handrail object and then selecting options through the element type properties. However, I don't seem to have it.  I have an assembled stair in 2013 with a railing hosted to it, but I have no options for extensions and cannot tab through the different objects. What am I missing? Where are these tools that I'm supposed to have and is there an order of operations that allows or disallows this?

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Here: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/community/videos/004_Architectural_Modeling/Stairs_and_Railings/Customizing_a_Rail_Extension_(2013)

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crwinchester

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Yeah I already went through that. My issue is that I do not have the ability to select the top rail. The separation of these elements does not exist for some reason. I cannot edit the rail such that the options to add extensions appear. Where is the object that allows this? Shouldn't it be for all rails now?

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crwinchester

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I'm a goon :-P. 

I found in help finally: Little tricksy - in order have top rail editability you apparently have to set it manually - in the type properties you have to choose top rail type and then choose handrail types in order to be able to edit components. It's not part of the handrail by default from what I saw which is I why I couldn't find it just in case someone else goons it too. I guess I figured there would be a default component like the new stair. Thanks revit for the curve ball. I learn something new everytime.

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glenlake

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Hi crwinchester;

Sorry, it is not a reply, but a question.

How did you achieved that your railing (not the Top rail, but the whole railing with balusters) EXCEEDS the bottom riser,

i,e, how the sketched path of the railing is beyond the first riser, but the railing is still aligned with the host?

I use the "Set a new Host" tool in the sketch mode, the slope is "By Host", but can't make the whole railing sloped after i extend the path beyond the lower riser in plan view.

Thank you.

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CDWdavid

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Hope that the post below can give you some idea.

http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=34812

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glenlake

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Hi CDWdavid;

thank you for the very quick reply.

I am starting trying it following the thread you gave me.

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