More Railing inconsistencies in Revit
The (not so) new capabilities for adding ‘Handrails’ and ‘Top Rails’ to railings can be very useful, but the UI is riddled with weird settings and inconsistencies – this one relates to their Height Properties.
- Handrail has height property built into handrail family type
- Top
rail has height property in the railing family type (not built into top rail family type)
- The Handrail height is displayed in the railing property dialog box, but is greyed out
- Top
rail height is controlled directly in railing property (much better)
What this means is that you can have one Top Rail family type that can be used at varying heights.
- Meanwhile, if you want to change the Handrail height, you have to click on the hidden button to the right of the Type name – this opens the Handrail type properties for the selected handrail.
- The height can be changed here – but of course it will affect all railings that use that particular handrail type, so you…