Profile Builder 4 Creating Simple Deck Railings

I’m trying the 30 day free trial. I can get the rail with pickets I created, but I really want the pickets to be centered between each post at a fixed spacing.

Should I create the pickets as a component or a span?

I know I can choose a fixed dimension to start and end the pickets from the post, but really I want that spacing to vary from each post and start/end pickets, with the spacing between each picket to be fixed.

It’s not the best explanation I know

I think the posts would be a component. Then you can set minimum, maximum or ?? and the span fills in between. I sometimes go back to the tutorials to remember techniques. They were created for an earlier version but still apply. Also if you havent found them yet there are files on the 3d warehouse or the Profile Builder website you can use as examples then modify.

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I’m rusty with it now, but I think that’s a span thing. I did Feeney Design Rail with it so as to decide whether to add a center stiffener at certain spans between posts. I had to have such stiffeners hiding inside the posts, so I’m not sure if that method might end up with a picket partly embedded in the post depending on spacing.