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Railing 221
Width—
Sets the width of the top rail.
Height—Sets the height of the top r ail. During
creation, you can drag the top rail to the height
you want using the m ouse 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, width, and spacing
between the lower rails. You specify how many
lower rails you want using the Lower Rail Spacing
button.
A railing with the rails defined by their p rofile, depth, and width
as planks.
Prof ile—Sets the cross-sec tion shape of the lower
rails.
Depth—Sets the depth of the lower rails.
Width—Sets the width of the lower rails.
Lower Ra il 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 1–455).
Genera te Ma pping Coords—Assigns mapping
coordinates (page 3–967) 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 Coordinates for primitives
containing mapped materials at render t ime.
Real-World Map Size—Controls the scaling method
used for texture mapped materials that are applied
totheobject. Thescalingvaluesarecontrolled
by the Use Real-World Scale settings found in
the applied material’s Coordinates rollout (page
2–1625).Default=off.
Posts rollout
Controlstheprofile,depth,width,extension,and
spacing between the posts. You specify how many
posts you want using the Post Spacing button.
Profile—Sets the cross-sec tion shape of the posts:
none, Square, or Round.
Depth—Sets the depth of the posts.
Width—Sets the width of the p osts.
Ex tensi on—Sets the amount the posts extend above
the bottom of the top railing.
Post S pacing—Sets the spacing of the posts.
When you click this button, the Post Spacing
dialog displays. Specif y the number of posts
you want using the Count option. For more
information on spacing options in this dialog, see
Spacing Tool (page 1–455).