To Add a Custom Profile to a Railing Style

Use this procedure to add a custom profile to a railing style in the Plan display representation. You can replace one or more railing components with a custom profile, or you can assign different custom profiles to different railing components.

You can use a profile to replace a component on the Components tab of the railing style in the Style Manager, or you can use a profile to represent additional railing components in the display of railings. You add a profile to the display properties of a style; a component that you replace on the Components tab is already a part of the display properties.

Assigning a profile to a baluster in a railing

1. Create a profile to represent the component to add to the railing. Create the profile in the XY plane.
2. Select a railing.
3. Click Railing tabGeneral panelEdit Style drop-downRailing Styles.
4. Select the style you want to edit.
5. Click the Display Properties tab.
6. Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
   Note: You can add a custom profile to a railing only in Plan-based display representations.
7. If necessary, click .
8. Click the Other tab.
9. Under Custom Profile Display, click Add.
10. In the Custom Profile dialog box, click Select Profile.
11. Select the profile, and click OK.
12. Specify the scale of the custom profile:

    If you want to…	Then…
    use the profile at its drawn size	clear all options under Scale to Fit.
    scale the custom profile to the width of the object to which it is attached	select Width.
    scale the custom profile to the depth of the object to which it is attached	select Depth.
    scale the custom profile to the height of the object to which it is attached	select Height.
    lock the XY shape of the object	select Lock Ratio. If the object is scaled in one direction to fit another criterion for Scale to Fit, the entire custom profile is scaled equally.
    add the selected profile to the railings between the selected components	select Between Comp. Baluster, Fixed Post, and Dynamic Posts are the only valid component selections.

13. Specify the Mirror In direction, if necessary:

    If you want to…	Then…
    create a mirror of the component in the X direction, along the length of the railing	select Mirror X.
    create a mirror of the component in the Y direction, across the width of the railing	select Mirror Y.

14. Specify the angle to rotate the component in the Z direction, if necessary.
15. Specify the location of the insertion point in relation to the object:

    If you want to…	Then…
    specify the location of the X insertion point	select Left, Center, or Right for X.
    specify the location of the Y insertion point	select Front, Center, or Back for Y.

    Specify the post orientation relative to the up and down directions on a stair run in plan view as shown in the following illustration:

    

    Specify the post orientation relative to the up and down directions on a stair run in elevation view as shown in the following illustration:

    

16. Specify the insertion offset for the component in the X and Y directions.
17. Specify the type of railing component that the profile represents:

    If you want to…	Then…
    represent balusters with the selected profile	select Baluster for Component.
    represent fixed posts with the selected profile	select Fixed Post for Component.
    represent dynamic posts with the selected profile	select Dynamic Post for Component.
    replace the current baluster, fixed post, or dynamic post with the selected profile	select Replace.
    add a guardrail to the selected profile	select Guardrail for Component.
    add a handrail to the selected profile	select Handrail for Component.
    add a bottom rail to the selected profile	select Bottomrail for Component.

    The two groups of components are mutually exclusive, so selecting an object from one column makes the other unavailable. You can select more than one object in each column, and apply the profile to each selected component. For example, you can use the same profile for the fixed posts and dynamic posts.

18. Specify where the profile is applied to the components:

    If you want to…	Then…
    apply the profile to all instances of the selected components	select All for Attach to.
    apply the profile to the first instance of the selected component, based on the direction the railing was drawn	select First for Attach to.
    apply the profile to the last instance of the selected component, based on the direction the railing was drawn	select Last for Attach to.
    apply the profile to a selected number of components	select Selection for Attach to. The components are numbered in the order the railing was drawn.

19. Click OK twice.