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Width—
Sets the w idth of the top rail.
Height—Sets the height of the top rai l. D uring
creation, you can drag the top rail to the height
you want using the mouse in t he viewport. Or you
can enter the height amount from the keyboard
or use the spinners.
Lower Rail(s) group
Controls the profile, depth, w idth, and spacing
between the lower r ails. You specif y how m any
lower rails you want using the Lower Rail Spacing
button.
A railing with the rails defined by their profile, depth, and
width as planks.
Prof ile—Sets the cross-sect ion shape of the lower
rails.
Depth—Sets the depth of the lower rails.
Width—Sets the width of the lower rails.
Lower R ai l S pacing—Sets the spacing of the
lower rails. When you click this button, the Lower
Rail Spacing dialog displays. Specify the number
of lower rails you want using the Count option.
For more information on spacing options in this
dialog, see
Spacing Tool (page 1–440) .
Genera te Ma pping Coords—Assigns mapping
coordinates (page 3–1061)
to the railing object.
Note: If a visible viewport is set to a non-wireframe
or non-bounding-box display, Generate Mapping
Coordinatesisonforallprimitivestowhichyou
apply a material containing a map with Show
Map In Viewport on . If all viewports are set to
wireframe or bounding box, 3ds Max turns on
Generate Mapping Co ordinates for primitives
containing mapped mater ials at render time.
Real-World M ap Size—Cont rols the scaling
method used for texture mapped materials that
areappliedtotheobject.Thescalingvaluesare
controlled by the Use Real-World Scale settings
found in the applied material’s
Coordinates rollout
(page 2–1434)
. Default=off.
Posts rollout
Controlstheprofile,depth,width,extension,and
spacing between the posts. You specify how man y
posts you want using the Post Spacing button.
Profile—Sets the cross-section shape of the posts:
none, Square, or Round.
Depth—Sets the depth of the posts.
Width—Sets the width of the posts.
Ex tensi on—Sets the amount the posts extend above
the bottom of the top railing.
Post S pa cing—Sets the spacing of the posts.
When you click this button, the Post Spacing
dialog displays. Specify the number of posts
you want using the Count option. For more
information on spacing options in this dialog, see
Spacing Tool (page 1–440) .