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SBme

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I am trying to build a two-run stair. The default stair has a railing going all around the landing. Regardless of the application, there is no need to extend the handrail around the landing - guardrail yes, but not handrail. I have been trying to figure out a way to accomplish this, and that's where I'm running into problems.

- If I try to split the railing, it doesn't work as it's still all only 1 railing type.

- If I try o trim the railing, I can't get the new railing to host to the stair (I can't select the stair to tell it to host).

- If I try to sketch a freestanding railing outside of the stair, I can't host it to the stair, so it becomes a dumb object (very un-Revit like). And that's not talking about having to figure out to do the sloped railing on the second leg of the stair.

So, did I miss the proper option? So far all the searches that I've done resulted in nothing usefull. It's as if this is not a problem. Am I the only one?

Thanks for your help

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System: Revit 2014 (update release 2) on Quad-Core Thinkpad w/ 64-bit Win7 & 8Gb Ram.

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WWHub

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1. Edit the railing family
2. Copy the entire sketch to clipboard
3. Now delete all of the sketch except your first run
4. Finish that railing
5. Copy that railing in the same place
6. Now edit this railing
7. Delete the sketched line, paste in your copy/clipped sketch
8. Delete all of the sketch except your second run.
9. Finish.

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SBme

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That worked, thanks. Rather convoluted way of solving something that should be very simple. Then again, at least we have sketchy lines in 2015... :/

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