Design SuiteJoining railings and fences

Tool

Workspace: Tool set

Railing/Fence Join

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Architect: Furn/Fixtures

Landmark: Building Shell

Spotlight: Event Design

The Railing/Fence Join tool connects horizontal and sloping railings or fences.

This tool allows you to visualize railings and fences for your design, but the objects may not be suitable for production.

 

Mode

Description

Single Railing/Fence Connect

Trims or extends the first selected object to join a second object

Dual Railing/Fence Connect

Trims or extends to join two objects at their endpoints or intersections

Dual Railing/Fence Combine

Trims or extends to join two objects into one object at their endpoints or intersections.

Sloping objects cannot be combined.

Miter Connect

For Dual Railing/Fence Connect mode, miters the objects at the join

Blunt Connect

For Dual Railing/Fence Connect mode, cuts the object ends vertically at the join

Blunt Connect on Both Sides

For Dual Railing/Fence Connect mode, cuts the object ends vertically at the join; both objects are extended or trimmed to the closest intersection point

Fix Sloping Angle

For a sloping object, connects without changing the slope; when disabled, the slope may change to make the tops of the objects flush

Fix Top Rail Height

Connects without changing the top rail height; when disabled, the rail height may change to make the tops of the objects flush

Single railing/fence connect

Mode

Tool

Workspace: Tool set

Single Railing/Fence Connect

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Railing/Fence Join

RailFenceJoin_tool.png

Architect: Furn/Fixtures

Landmark: Building Shell

Spotlight: Event Design

To connect a single horizontal or sloping railing or fence to another one:

Click the tool and mode.

Set the Fix Sloping Angle and Fix Top Rail Height modes as desired to either keep the slope angle and top rail height fixed, or to allow the first object to be modified when connected to the second object.

Click the object to connect, and then click the object to connect it to. The first object is trimmed or extended to join the other object.

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Dual railing/fence connect

Mode

Tool

Workspace: Tool set

Dual Railing/Fence Connect

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Railing/Fence Join

RailFenceJoin_tool.png

Architect: Furn/Fixtures

Landmark: Building Shell

Spotlight: Event Design

To connect two horizontal or sloping railings or fences:

Click the tool and mode.

Set the desired mode for the angles of the connected ends:

Miter Connect: Both ends mitered at the join

Blunt Connect: Both ends cut square at the join

Blunt Connect on Both Sides: Both ends cut square, and joined at the closest intersection point

Set the Fix Sloping Angle and Fix Top Rail Height modes as desired to either keep the slope angle and top rail height fixed, or to allow the first object to be modified when connected to the second object.

Click the object to connect, and then click the object to connect it to. Both objects are extended or trimmed to join each other.

 

Dual railing/fence combine

Mode

Tool

Workspace: Tool set

Dual Railing/Fence Combine

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Railing/Fence Join

RailFenceJoin_tool.png

Architect: Furn/Fixtures

Landmark: Building Shell

Spotlight: Event Design

To combine two horizontal railings or fences into a single object:

Click the tool and mode.

Select the Fix Top Rail Height mode to keep the top rail height fixed, or deselect it to allow the first object to be modified when the objects are combined.

Click the first, and then the second, object to combine. The two objects are trimmed or extended and combined into one object.

If one or both objects are sloping, a message displays that they cannot be combined. Instead, they’re connected as in Dual Railing/Fence Connect mode with a miter join.

 

Creating railings and fences

Editing a railing or fence object

 

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