This build focused on distilling the geometry down to one or a number of solids. This was accomplished by building two rail curves that Revit could essentially sweep. The saddle area was approximated by extending a portion of the upper rail down along its curvature. This second (actually third or fourth) build is also parameter driven. Proportions are maintained in the module by using the height of the square corner brackets as a module for building curves.

When brought into a project environment, I was disappointed to find out that the geometry produced by the rail sweep, although being closed and 'solid' has been generated as a mesh rather than as a mass. Without being generated as a mass, the point of building the component natively in Revit is lost because it might as well be an imported .SAT mesh. Neither can be utilized for volume calculation via reporting parameter or solar analysis via Vasari. However, the advantage does stand that this component can be manipulated through shared parameters.