jmhanby Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 How should I model an exterior concrete stair and landing where the concrete goes all the way down to the ground? I modeled the stair using the stair feature however it angles the bottom of the stair like a stringer. I thought about modeling it with the push/pull feature but am not sure how to do the sloped railing. Quote Link to comment
Jeff Prince Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 1 hour ago, jmhanby said: How should I model an exterior concrete stair and landing where the concrete goes all the way down to the ground? I modeled the stair using the stair feature however it angles the bottom of the stair like a stringer. I thought about modeling it with the push/pull feature but am not sure how to do the sloped railing. You have a few options. Configure the stair to look the way you want inside the Stair's options. If that doesn't work, but you like the handrail, you can ungroup the Stair object to harvest the handrail. You can then use that to compliment your push/pull stairs. Worst case, you don't like any of it and need to form your own handrail. This can be done by drawing the handrail in side elevation, which will then be used as the path for the ever popular and well understood "extrude along path" or EAP tool. Here is an example of using the stair tool to get what you want on fairly simple stairs. Note the use of both wood and concrete stairs, these are separate stair objects. The purple footings are walls, not part of the stairs. 3 Quote Link to comment
Guest Frank Brault Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 The Simple Stair object, defaults to just this type. It is available in the Building Shell toolset in my workspace, but the location in your configuration depends on the product you are running. If the stair does not insert as desired, use the object Info Palette to set the Style parameter to Masonry. You can configure a lot of details that you may need, such as hand rail(s) and specific number of treads and riser height, either by double-clicking the tool icon before inserting or in the Object Info palette once the stair object is inserted in the drawing. Quote Link to comment
Benson Shaw Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Oh snap! - you guys got here early! @jmhanby Here is image of a couple modes of the Simple Stair with OIP of the Standard Style. Or model it. -B 1 Quote Link to comment
jmhanby Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 Thank you all for the responses! I am using version 2021 and I don't see where I am able to change the style of the stair. I have looked at all the settings. Quote Link to comment
michaelk Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 It's a different stair tool. There are 3 (maybe more?) stair tools: Stairs, Custom Stairs, and Simple Stairs. If you don't see it in your tool set (Usually in Building Shell) you can add it with the workspace editor. 1 Quote Link to comment
jmhanby Posted May 6, 2022 Author Share Posted May 6, 2022 Thank you for the response! I was just using the Architect workspace and found the different stair tools under the Architect/BIM workspace. I was able to make the stairs correctly however now I can't edit the handrail! Always something. 🙂 What is the difference between the workspaces and why wouldn't the handrail edit like in the other stair mode? So much to learn! Quote Link to comment
digitalcarbon Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 it all depends on how much detail you want to harvest from 3d model. Stairs Wood.vwx Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 The difference is that each stair tool was written by a different person/group who had different needs when they wrote the specification for the tool at very different times in the development of VW. You don't get the best of all possible worlds, so pick the tool that give you closest to what you want and then modify the results from there to meet your needs. 2 Quote Link to comment
DBrown Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 (edited) There is another stair the Stair tool can't model (mild shock), I'll have to model it by hand and waste a ton of time... sigh We really need a more parametric Stair tool.. Edited May 14, 2022 by DBrown grammar 1 Quote Link to comment
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