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Specifying the Materials of a Railing Style
A railing consists of a number of components whose display properties can be determined by the materials assigned
to each component. You assign one material to each physical component of the railing. For example, you assign a
wood material to the balusters of a railing and a stainless steel material to the handrail and bottomrail. You assign
materials to components in each display representation where you want the materials to be used.
If you want to use the display properties of the railing style, instead of using material display properties, you can turn
off the material assignments in the display properties of the railing style.
Material definitions consist of display components that correspond to component types of objects. For example, the
Linework component of a material is used for all linework in plan view. The Surface Hatch component of a material is
used to hatch all object surfaces in three dimensional (3D) model views and in elevations.
Railing Materials and Display Components
The following table identifies the material component that corresponds to each railing component.
Material Component Railing Component
Plan, Plan Screened, Plan High Detail
Linework Posts
Linework Guardrail
Linework Handrail
Linework Bottomrail
Plan Low Detail
Linework Posts
Linework Guardrail
Linework Handrail
Model, Model ByBlock, Model Monochrome
3D Body Baluster
3D Body Posts
3D Body Guardrail
3D Body Handrail
3D Body Bottomrail
Assigning Materials to a Railing Style
Use this procedure to assign materials to the individual components of a railing style. The component uses the display
properties of the material instead of the style display properties.
You can assign a material to any physical component of the railing. Custom components and components that are
only symbolic graphics do not use materials for their display properties.
NOTE If a material assignment does not determine the display properties of a railing component, you can change the display
properties of the railing style as described in
“ Specifying the Display Components of a Railing Style ” on page 1281 .
1 Open a tool palette that has a railing tool.
2 Right-click a railing tool, and click Railing Styles.
3 Select the style you want to edit.
4 Click the Display Properties tab.
5 Select the display representation where you want the changes to appear, and select Style Override.
6 If necessary, click .
7 Click the Layer/Color/Linetype tab.
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