Key Components of Stairs and Railings

Details of what each of the instance and type parameters do and how they affect your railing and stair design have been covered in other books and the Revit user forums. This section is about the parts of the functionality that are important to being able to create interesting stairs and railings.

Components of Railings

image The critical parts of a railing are the profiles, different kinds of balusters, and how they are placed within the definition of a railing.

Profiles You can have as many profiles per railing as you like, but you can't have more than one profile per family (RFA) file. In each of these families, ...

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