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Name The name of a specific baluster within the pattern.

Baluster

Family

The style of the baluster or post family. If you select None, no balusters or posts display in that

portion of the pattern.

Base

Specifies where the bottom of the baluster is placed: at the top of the rail, bottom of the rail, or

top of the host. A host can be a level, floor, stair, or ramp.

Base offset The negative or positive vertical distance between the bottom of the baluster and the base.

Top Specifies where the top of the baluster is placed (usually a rail). Values are the same as Base.

Top offset The negative or positive vertical distance between the top of the baluster and the Top.

Dist. from

previous

The distance between the start of the pattern and the first baluster, or for subsequent

balusters, the distance between the previous baluster in the pattern.

Offset The distance to the inside or the outside of the railing path.

Break

Pattern at The point along a railing segment at which the baluster pattern stops.

Angle

A value specifying the angle at which a pattern breaks. This property is available when Angles

Greater Than is selected for Break Pattern At.

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Pattern

Length The sum of all values listed in the Dist. From Previous column.

Justify

Balusters in a pattern are justified along the length of a railing segment.

Beginning starts the pattern at the beginning of the railing segment. If the pattern length isnot an exact multiple of the railing length, then there is excess space between the last

pattern instance and the end of the railing segment.

End starts the pattern from the end of the railing segment. If the pattern length is not anexact multiple of the railing length, then there is excess space between the last pattern

instance and the beginning of the railing segment.

Center places the first baluster pattern at the center of the railing segment and any excessspace appears evenly at the beginning and end of the railing segment.

Spread Pattern to Fit spreads the pattern evenly along the length of the railing segment. Noexcess space occurs, and the actual placement value of the pattern differs from the value

indicated in Pattern Length.

How Revit MEP determines the beginning and end depends on which way you drew the railing,

right to left, or left to right.

Excess

Length Fill

If there is extra space along the railing segment, but it cannot be filled with a pattern, you can

specify how to fill that space. You can specify that a specific baluster family fill the excess space

and set a spacing increment for it. You can specify that the baluster pattern be truncated to fill

the excess length, or you can specify none so that the excess space remains open. This

property is available if Justify is set to Beginning, End, or Center.

Spacing

The distance between balusters that fill any excess length along the railing segment. This

property is available if a baluster or post family is selected for the Excess Length Fill property.