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When I make a stair shaft that spans several levels, I want the inner guardrail to be (or at least appear) continuous through every level. I typically do this by hosting guardrails to the stairs, and then adding a horizontal guardrail to each level that connects both stairs. Whenever I host a guardrail to a stair, Revit starts and stops the guardrail at the top and bottom riser of the stair. Since the top riser is usually at the same level as the top landing, this works out fine when meeting the horizontal rail, but because the bottom riser isn't level with the bottom landing there's a gap (See Image A).
My Question: Is there a simple way to extend the guardrail an extra tread depth to meet the bottom landing at the correct height?
My Current Solution: Currently, what I do is edit the path of the rail and extend it the extra 11" (or tread depth). The problem is, if I do that and nothing else, the railing along the intermediate landing becomes sloped (See Image B). To resolve this, I have to edit the path again, break the path into a couple of segments, and manually assign slope properties to those segments (See Image C). Once I do all of that, I finally get the desired look (See Image D).
The problem with this method is that any kind of modification from this point on (such as changing the stair width, tread layout, railing type, etc.) usually results in the guardrail no longer properly hosting to the stair. I usually end up just deleting the guardrail, hosting a new one and repeating the work-around explained above. This is a little tedious and because we're in DD, there's likely going to be more changes to these stairs in the near future.
My Wish: It would be great if Revit had an "Extension" parameter to its Railing family similar to how it has it for its Top Rail family. In fact, when I make the inner hand rail I simply use a Top Rail with the proper "Extension" parameters and it works beautifully every time. If Revit had a similar parameter that extended the path of the rail and its baluster pattern, I'd be a happy camper.
In the meantime, does anyone have any better solutions for this issue?
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