Quickly create and configure Ball post railings in Autodesk® Advance Steel
Ball post railings available in the Railings module in Advance PowerPack for Autodesk® Advance Steel are simple and easy to create. Develop all aspects of ball post railings on straight, curved lines or elements, modify kick rail features, adjust post layouts, and even fine-tune the post connection as required.
Ball post creates a railing system based on industry standards or bespoke configurations. Several supplier's libraries are pre-configured and you can edit, save, and build libraries to suit any configuration for any region.
From the Catalog choose the required ball post system manufacturer or create railing layouts with posts, connections, top and middle railings and even specify the ball sizes, as you work to your own exacting standards.
Precise post set-out enables fast results enabling post layouts to be fine-tuned as required including defining distance from the start/end points. Individual posts can be adjusted independently to suit user-specific situations.
Modify the base plate shape, size and bolts as you choose whether the base plate will be rectangular, round, triangular or welded. Modify base plate parameters, chamfer size, the number of bolts required and the distance between holes.
As with the top handrail, the middle handrail can be positioned at a distance measured from the bottom, middle or top of the post with the option to create several middle handrails and set their spacing distance
Continuous handrails with different orientation on a sloped or horizontal beam are automatically connected with elbows and the weld size and the radius for the top and middle handrails can be adjusted as required.
