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Changing individual railings to be able to be located

1. In your floor plan, use the Select Objects  tool to select one of the railings which is not being dimensioned.
   
   
   
2. Click on the Open Object edit button to display the Railing or Deck Railing Specification dialog.
   
   
   
3. On the General tab, remove the checkmark next to No Locate, and click OK.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Repeat this procedure for any other exterior railings you want to be able to be located.
   
   
   
5. Finally, select CAD> Dimensions> Auto Exterior Dimension  to regenerate your automatic exterior dimensions based on these changes, and your railings will now be included.

If you know you always want Deck Railings or normal Railings to be dimensioned to, you can change this in your Default Settings so that any future railings you draw will not have this option checked.

Changing your Railing Defaults

1. From the menu, select Edit> Default Settings .
   
   
   
2. Click on the plus + sign next to Walls to expand out this category, then select Deck Railing and click on the Edit button.
   
   
   
3. In the Deck Railing Defaults, remove the checkmark next to No Locate and click OK.
   
   Repeat this process, if desired, for normal Railings as well.
   
   
   
4. Any exterior railings in this plan you create from this point forward will be dimensioned to using the Auto Exterior Dimensions tool.