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Specifies the properties for the handrail that you are placing or editing.

 Handrail Properties

Activates the Handrail Properties Dialog. You can use this dialog to specify additional handrail properties, such as rail section and toe plate section, which you cannot set on the ribbon.

 Select Members

Select the members on which to place a handrail.

 Walking Surface

Select the surface on which people will be walking. The software using this point to know on which side of the member to place the handrail and to calculate the toe-plate and railing height.

Convert

Decomposes the handrail symbol to individual structural members for each post and rail. You should convert a handrail when you want to add, edit, or delete the positions of individual posts, rails, or perform some other handrail customization that cannot be done using the handrail symbol properties. The Handrail object will become the system parent of the individual members. Deleting the Handrail object will delete the children members. Handrails that you have converted to member parts cannot be converted back to a handrail symbol. You can place handrails as individual members during initial placement by clicking Convert instead of Finish, or you can select an existing handrail and convert it to member parts.

Finish

Places the handrail in the model.

 Cancel

Clears your selections from the selection set.

 Accept

Confirms your selections as the ones to process.

System

Select the system to which the handrail belongs. You can create new systems in the Systems and Specifications task.

Type

Select the type of handrail to place from the catalog.

Name

Specify the name for the handrail that you are placing. This box is read-only unless you are using the User Defined naming rule.

Beginning Treatment

Specifies a circular (1), rectangular (2), or none (3) end treatment for the beginning of the handrail.

Handrail End Treatment Concept

End Treatment

Specifies a circular (1), rectangular (2), or none (3) end treatment for the end of the handrail.

Handrail End Treatment Concept

Offset Reference

Select how the horizontal offset of the handrail is measured from the member. You can edit the horizontal offset value by editing the Horizontal Path Offset Distance value in the handrail Standard category properties.

Column Clearance

Specifies the distance between the column, if one exists, and the handrail. If a column does not exist, this value is ignored and the End Clearance value is used instead.

Column Clearance

End Clearance

Specifies the distance between the member end and the handrail end. This value is only used when a column does not exist at that member end.