Hi, I’m trying to model a railing for a straight staircase with a flared/curved base. I’m not familiar with the Follow Me tool and don’t know if this application would work with that command as there are different planes of the railing. Would appreciate tips on how to make this work and if I’m missi…

Eneroth’s Upright Extruder can help with this sort of thing, You may need to repair some holes or scale up depending on the design to avoid tiny face issues. But here’s a quick version. I doubled the number of segments in you curved section to make it smoother. [GIF 3-03-2024 10-58-02 AM]

You might be better off trying Eneroth Upright Extruder for the sloping curved part here. [image] FollowMe as expected twists the extrustion round the curve: [image] Upright extruder does a better job but my profile has too many segments and leaves a few holes from the SU small edges issue. […

Take a look at this older thread. It may give some insight on railings. [image] Curved Handrail SketchUp Hi I am trying to draw a handrail for a straight stair with winders at the bottom and top- so the railing is curved as it goes around the corners. I have tried projec…

Thank you! This looks like what I’m looking for. Can you share how you got the rail to be so smooth once extruded? I see you corrected just a small area toward the start of the rail but mine has a TON of face and line issues. I’ve uploaded my file again - the one on the staircase had the rail shape …

If you are not creating the model for 3D printing, then you do not need 50 segments for that curve. 3D model :arrow_right: railing-2.skp (616.8 KB) (change back to the units of measure in which you work, the model is set in the metric system) [rli-02]

Railing for Straight Staircase with Flared Base

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Shep March 3, 2024, 12:26am 4

Take a look at this older thread. It may give some insight on railings.

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Railing for Straight Staircase with Flared Base

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