Unwanted lines showing in elevation view

[TMKDrafting]

I have an existing condition where the stair railings are framed walls with gyp board finish. In Plan View, all works out right. When I elevate the view I have these lines showing where the balcony rail overlaps into the railing that follows the stairs. Is there a way to join these so they are showing properly?
I'm also trying to figure out how to clip that point off the top of the railing intersection as well as not have the flat portion of 3" extension past the lower nosing (the angle should continue past the nosing).

[robdyck]

If you're using a solid railing wall that follows the stairs, you cannot alter those top / bottom conditions. You would need to revert the wall back to a normal wall and then manually drag the wall polyline into place. You can still add a wall cap to a normal wall for the top finish.

[TMKDrafting]

Okay. That makes sense.

If I made those actual walls, would the joint at the top of the stairs disappear? I've tried every possible solution I could think of but nothing seems to work in getting those rail panels to join neatly.

[robdyck]

You might get something like this...

And in my project, I needed to use a solid railing wall at the bottom to get the sloped top.

[TMKDrafting]

Yeah, I can see how there would be issues using the conventional method. So in your case, you created a wall and shaped it, added a cap and all was good?

I guess in that sense, I could use a cad line on to connect nosings to get the angle (used as a guide line), then move it up to where it needs to be in order to get the proper wall angle that the top should be and adjust the wall shape to that cad line?

What's your plan for the missing cap in the corner at the top of the stairs?

 

[robdyck]

So, when you add a cap, it's not just 'all good' because Chief won't keep it's size correct. The profile gets skewed when on an angle. Perfect control requires using a molding polyline...which is what I would do if I need to show proper sections and renderings. Not all jobs require that much accuracy, right?

 

Yes, cad line, transform / replicate using a copy vertically 36" or your preferred dimension.

 

Top of the stairs...in that project no one will ever see it...you can't tell in the section views so it will remain unfinished!

[TMKDrafting]

This is true. In this project, we're pulling the wall panel railing out and changing to an iron railing. Will be interesting to see what this will do when I get to that stage. A before and after shot might be called on me to show so I'll work through these and see how it all pans out. As for elevations and sections... I do very rarely have to cut through them and show anything so I definitely get what you mean by that.

 

Good to know I'm thinking ahead in how to get the wall shape correct. Some days I feel like Chief wants to beat me up lol.