Stairs and railings layout and design in Revit - Adding and editing railings

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Step-by-step guide

Add a railing to a staircase and modify the railing properties.

Open the file Create Railings.rvt. It opens in the Entrance Lobby 3D view.
In the Project Browser, under 3D Views, open Cropped Stairs.

In the Revit interface, the project for this example open in the 3D view, and in the Project Browser, opening the Cropped Stairs 3D view

In the Architecture tab > Circulation panel, expand Railing and click Place on Stair/Ramp.

The open Cropped Stairs 3D view, and in the Architecture tab, Circulation panel, Railing expanded with Place on Stair/Ramp selected.

In the Modify | Place Railing on Stair/Ramp tab > Position panel, click Treads.
In Properties, in the Type Selector, select Railing: Handrail – Pipe.
In the view, select the stairs.

In the Modify | Place Railing on Stair/Ramp tab, Position panel, Treads selected and highlighted; in the Type Selector, the handrail type selected and highlighted; and in the view, the staircase selected. The railings are placed on both sides of the stairs

Select the railing against the wall.
In the Modify | Railings tab > Clipboard panel, click Copy to Clipboard.

In the view, the railing against the wall selected, and in the Modify | Railings tab, Clipboard panel, Copy to Clipboard selected.

With the railing still selected, in the Modify | Railings tab > Mode panel, click Edit Path. The railing sketch displays.

In the 3D view, the railing sketch displayed as purple lines.

In the Project Browser, open the Level 1 floor plan and zoom in on the sketch.
Select the sketch lines along the wall and to the right.
In the Modify | Railings > Sketch Path tab, Modify panel, click Delete.

In the Level 1 view, the railing sketch lines along the wall and to the right selected, and in the Modify panel, Delete selected and highlighted in red.

Click Finish Edit Mode.
Open the Cropped Stairs 3D view to see the changes. Click Modify.
To paste the original railing back in, on the Modify tab > Clipboard panel, expand Paste and click Aligned to Same Place.

In the 3D view, the railings along the wall and to the right deleted, and on the Modify tab, Clipboard panel, Paste expanded, with Aligned to Same Place selected.

With the pasted railing still selected, in the Modify | Railings tab > Mode panel click Edit Path. The railing sketch displays.
Open the Level 1 view. This time, delete the sketch lines along the wall and to the left.
Click Finish Edit Mode and open the Cropped Stairs 3D view to see the changes.

To extend the railings around the Level 2 stair opening:

Select the railing from the back wall to the top of the stairs, and in the Modify | Railings tab > Mode panel, click Edit Path.

In the Cropped Stairs 3D view, the railing that extends from the wall along the landing selected, and in the Modify | Railings tab, Mode panel, Edit Path selected.

In the Project Browser, open the Level 2 floor plan.
In the Modify | Railings > Sketch Path tab > Draw panel, click Line.
In the Options Bar, select Chain.
Draw the following sketch to extend the railing to the wall. (Dimensions for reference only.)

In the Level 2 view, a sketch drawn to extend the railing to the wall, highlighted in red.

Click Finish Edit Mode.
Switch to the Cropped Stairs 3D view to see the extended railing.

In the Cropped Stairs 3D view, the railing now extended to the wall.

Repeat the process to add railings around 2 remaining sides of the stair opening, using the center railing sketch in the Level 2 view.

In the Level 2 view, a sketch drawn to extend the center railing around the 2 remaining sides of the stair opening.

Open the Cropped Stairs 3D view and rotate it around to see the new railings.

Rotating the Cropped Stairs 3D view to see the new railings around the stair opening.

Adding and editing railings

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