Railing wall for opening in deck

[winterdd]

Hey guys, how would you work around this? I need the rim joists to supersede the railing walls at the opening. They wanna keep the stairs under the roof.

 

[winterdd]

I did try this but there is still two problems.

 

a) the opening perimeter is a tad taller than the existing rim joists.

b) the treated lumber texture is rotated the wrong way. I know if I "adjust material def" its just gonna screw it up the opposite way.

 

[PitMan71]

A few things I was able to do on my end.... Might help you get somewhere on this issue.

1. Under the Walls DBX >> Structure >> Under "Platform Intersections" Try turning off the radio box "Invisible Walls and Railings - Generate Between Platforms"

2. Also, I created a small invisible wall on the inside edge of the railing so that the bordering wall of the hole is not the exterior railing.
3. Another thing I noticed is that the higher exterior boards are being generated by the floor depth of the particular floor, check that on the room definition of the hole.

4. Last thing I tried is just cutting a hole in the deck with a poly line and adding the stairs. 

 

A combination of these things might get you moving in a better direction. Good luck.

[winterdd]

2 hours ago, PitMan71 said:

A few things I was able to do on my end.... Might help you get somewhere on this issue.

1. Under the Walls DBX >> Structure >> Under "Platform Intersections" Try turning off the radio box "Invisible Walls and Railings - Generate Between Platforms"

2. Also, I created a small invisible wall on the inside edge of the railing so that the bordering wall of the hole is not the exterior railing.
3. Another thing I noticed is that the higher exterior boards are being generated by the floor depth of the particular floor, check that on the room definition of the hole.

4. Last thing I tried is just cutting a hole in the deck with a poly line and adding the stairs. 

 

A combination of these things might get you moving in a better direction. Good luck.

Thanks, I had the porch -3 1/2" so I had to compensate in structure tab to subtract that from the taller "walls".

[richoffan]

Sometimes it's just easier to set the limit on the decking with the straight deck edge and build the rest. Once you make the pieces, copy / paste and the exact placement tools make it fairly simple. You can adjust the grain in plan materials - copy>edit>rename. Change the angle to what you need in pattern And texture.