Modeling Horizontal Cable Railing ?

[Marc H]

I have need of a 'see-through' terrace railing with horizontal cable runs in the 'panel' section.  It would likely be a metal or wood/like top rail with metal posts holding the cables.   (The attached screenshot is roughly the type of design I am looking to produce.)  I've been exploring the default Balustrade and Panel sections in the Railing tool, but do not see any OOTB solutions.  One posted video utilized a texture in a panel for a similar appearance for mesh, but that is in a frame with fixings.  I was hoping to have a bit more accurate design visualization rather than just calling out 'see details'.

At this point, I am considering custom profiles of cables and then working them into the rail design as horizontal balustrades or something like that, but before I expend quite some time to do so (with no guarantee of success), I thought I would ask if anyone here if they have suggestions or recent experiences with this architectural design.

Operating system used: Mac Intel-based Sonoma, Current Build

 

[Lingwisyer]

Remember to save it to your favourites. Save yourself the effort of spacing the wires again next time.

[Marc H]

Thank you, Ling.  Will do.  Coincidentally, one of the problems I was having in creating this rail was removing the prior railing settings (used the tool to create a sloped trench drain via a custom profile).  After much ado, I just selected one of my commercial stair railing favorites and then modified it with AllanP and Barry’s detailed settings to create the cable design.

[Lingwisyer]

One of the favourites in my template is an empty railing. Trying to delete multiple elements, especially when you have elements below zero is such a pain...