Adzm Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Am I missing something? Is it not possible to do continuous stairs across multiple storeys? How do people work around this if you want a continuous handrail? Using 2018. Cheers. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I generally use this set up but may vary it a little depending on how many floors there are and how consistent or inconsistent flights are going up the building: Ground Floor = 1 Stair Object 2D Graphic settings: Lower Floor = Break, Dashed Above Upper Floor (1st floor) = Above Break Only 1st Floor = 1 Stair Object 2D Graphic settings: Lower Floor = Below Break Only Upper Floor (2nd floor) = Above Break Only 2nd Floor = 1 Stair Object 2D Graphic settings: Lower Floor = Below Break Only Upper Floor (Top floor) = Plain (no break) OR Break, Dashed Below OR Above Break Only Top Floor = No Stair Object Controlled by floor below Quote Link to comment
Adzm Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Thanks for the reply Christiaan however I really need to model it accurately in 3d as our fire engineers are modelling within the fire stair. Its also over 6 Storeys for this project, on another it is over 13. I just thought they maybe a simple way to make the stair objects 'aware' of other stairs or adjust the railing to simulate a continuous handrail. I've just ended up creating a handrail in the "draw handrail" tool that appears to give the correct effect but obviously this will not adjust with the stairs if they change. Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Don't you have a landing at each stair, with a break in the handrail? Christian's method is what everyone I know uses - if you need to run the rail continuously through the landing, you could model that single piece of railing as a separate element and use it on as many levels as you need. Quote Link to comment
Adzm Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Thanks Chad, With our fire stairs in a multi storey building generally the handrail is continuous in a fire stair to aid in "fall protection" even across the landings. I ended up modelling a group that appeared continuous and duplicated it up the building basically as you said. Cheers Quote Link to comment
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