Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Why, when I turn on 'Show top tread' in the stair tool, does it show the top tread dashed in plan view? I want to see solid lines showing start and stop of tread. 3d views show the top tread as I would expect, showing start and stop of concrete. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 @Chad Hamilton HAarchs Check you 2D settings, look at "break line elevation". Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) also, see attached example and this setting: Display Stair "Plain no break" is the stair on the left in my example file. Hope it helps 🙂 stair example.vwx stair example v2019.vwx Edited April 22, 2021 by jeff prince Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Thanks - good idea, but doesn't have any effect - the original view was set to 'Plain - no break' - I reset to 'below break only' (actually I tried all the settings) - no change. I also toggled the 'Show outlines at break', which I originally had checked, also to no effect. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) @Chad Hamilton HAarchs upload a copy of the stair and I'll take a look. Did you look at the sample stairs I uploaded? Edited April 22, 2021 by jeff prince Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 One difference with the stair example you sent - I have 'Show top tread' checked - your example has it un-checked, at least when I opened it in 2021. When I un-check show top tread in mine, the dash goes away - I'm just trying to include that band in my model, for BIM consistency. Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Yes, I did - here is the stair by itself, pasted into one of our template sheets - thanks - 210421 Stair test.vwx Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 @Chad Hamilton HAarchs sorry, can't open past 2020. Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Here's a version exported to 2020 - thanks - 210421 Stair test v2020.vwx Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 @Chad Hamilton HAarchs Looks like the 2021 stair is not compatible with 2020 😞 I was able to open the file, but due to changes in the stair tool, I can't edit it or investigate what settings are creating the problem. Hopefully someone with 2021 will help you out. Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, jeff prince said: @Chad Hamilton HAarchs Looks like the 2021 stair is not compatible with 2020 😞 I was able to open the file, but due to changes in the stair tool, I can't edit it or investigate what settings are creating the problem. Hopefully someone with 2021 will help you out. Thanks so much anyway - much appreciated! Edited April 22, 2021 by Chad Hamilton HAarchs Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 @Chad Hamilton HAarchs Sorry I wasn't able to help you out. On my end, changing the Display Stair to "plain (no break)" does the trick. If I change it to "break/dashed above) I get the graphics you have. Odd... Quote Link to comment
drelARCH Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I think it has to do with Graphic Attributes: 2D top tread > tread > solid line. Try to change it there and see if it helps. 2 Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, drelARCH said: I think it has to do with Graphic Attributes: 2D top tread > tread > solid line. Try to change it there and see if it helps. 👆🏼 Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) I hope there will be a way to make the Stair look in 2D as you want. But I think the dashed line would be correct. With a solid line it would look like there is another tread and elevation difference, like for the real treads. So I think it is ok that it looks different. I will never get used to that you in US draw the walk line in wrong direction 😃 Edited April 22, 2021 by zoomer Quote Link to comment
Chad Hamilton HAArchs Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Thanks to those who said Graphic Attibutes > 2d top tread > solid line - that's exactly it - if it had been a snake! Thanks again! Another tweak to embed in the standard template - 1 Quote Link to comment
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