The Model Display Representation of Railings in AutoCAD® Architecture allow for the addition of custom blocks to create additional display components for the Railing. For example, you can add base plates to the Railing Posts. For this example, I started with the out-of-the-box Guardrail – Pipe Railing Style and renamed it to Guardrail – Pipe with Base Plate.
The first step is to create an AutoCAD Block Definition to represent the base plate. I decided that the base plate should be 5.5″ long, 2″ wide and 1/4″ high, and I wanted to be able to use the same Material Definition that is used for the Railing, so I chose to use a Mass Element for the base plate, and created a Mass Element Style, called Stainless Steel, that had the same Material Definition assigned. In the example file, which can be found in this AutoCAD Architecture forum post, I used the out-of-the-box Metals.Metal Handrails and Railings.Stainless Steel.Satin Material Definition. Using the Stainless Steel Mass…
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