Create Handrail Form
- Last UpdatedJan 22, 2026
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The Handrail functionality of the ASL application provides the means to create and assess the suitability of particular designs or layouts of Handrail assemblies and is a useful design tool in the initial laying out and detail design phases of a project.
From the main toolbar, select Create > Handrail to display the Create Handrail form.
The Create Handrail form takes you straight into the boundary definition task associated with tracing the path of the Handrail, for the purposes of documentation select the Back to main Handrail tasks to present the Main Handrail Tasks form.
The Create Handrail form allows you to decide which data to use, either the Default representation which is a core based representation requiring no detail geometry or an accurate detail representation which is held in the ASL Application Data World. The advantage of the Default representation is that there is no delay in defining a conceptual layout for Handrailing as there is no catalogue or Assembly data requirements.
The Post data describes the layout and spacing of the Handrail Post elements, this data is part of the standard or engineering criteria that is evaluated when Handrail assemblies are created or modified. The system will not allow these values to fall outside the range of the max/min of the values stored in the standard for that attribute; attempts to change these values beyond the criteria will prompt the system to return an error message reminding the user of the allowable ranges.
The Rail data settings allow you to modify the number of Rails and their spacing using the Spacings grid, this only applies to the default representation as the Detail representation is determined by the ASL standard.
All the graphical feedback is presented on screen using graphical aids so the user can layout the information and have a real time preview of the resultant geometry prior to committing the changes to the database. You can also be certain that the engineering criteria of the graphical preview have been validated by the system.