topic Re: AC 12 Stairs in Modeling

AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Tue, 23 May 2023 16:08:14 GMT

Is there a way to have only one single rail on one side only with AC 12's Stair-maker ?
(not 2 rails and not with posts etc.)

Thanks,

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Erika Epstein — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:27:18 GMT

Despite the inaccurate graphics, to have a railing only on the inside, choose the right-most tab and then select the railing of your choice from the available selection.

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:14:23 GMT

...and to fill in the missing step in Erika's screenshot... when the third button is selected, it means that each edge of the stair can be assigned a different railing.

You'll see a little railing icon when you hover over any of the black edges. Click to make that edge red (active). Then select the type of railing.

In your case, "No Railing" is what you want for all edges except for the one of interest. Easiest way to get 'no railing' everywhere initially is to first select the first button ('all rails'), select No Railing to apply to all edges, then select the third button to customize the edges of interest.

You'll only see the little rail icon when you select the middle or right button. With the first button (all rail) all edges/rails are selected and will be made identical. With the second, you can assign different properties to the inside and outside (or left / right) rails. With the third, you can customize properties for each segment. Been this way for years...

Cheers,
Karl

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Erika Epstein — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:21:13 GMT

And another not-so obvious option is to click on a corner which allows you to chamfer or fillet as shown.

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Erika Epstein — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:22:20 GMT

and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:10:47 GMT

but why do i read some posts which people don't like the stair maker so much?

why? what is its weak points?

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Mats_Knutsson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:43:11 GMT

Erika wrote:
and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely

wow... Alice in wonderland!

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:30:41 GMT

thanks all.... However, I still do not see the option for the only one rail handrail...Am I missing it someplace or is that not possible..even against a solid wall...?

Re: AC 12 Stairs

__archiben — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:04:44 GMT

Erika wrote:
and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely

a feast for the eyes this friday morning . . . !

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Karl Ottenstein — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:38:47 GMT

atelier wrote:
thanks all.... However, I still do not see the option for the only one rail handrail...Am I missing it someplace or is that not possible..even against a solid wall...?

Do Erika's posts not make sense to you, or have you missed the railing option called "Simple Bar"?

Cheers,
Karl

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:22:53 GMT

Thanks but with my copy of AC 12 a stair simple bar has 2 bars, one on top (handrail level) and one4" ? above the nosing and then theses are connected at the ends of the run. This is not what is STANDARD in the USA....as a matter of fact I have never seen this in my personal world travels either.

What is the 40 year practicing architect missing ?
Paul

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Karl Ottenstein — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:42:03 GMT

atelier wrote:
Thanks but with my copy of AC 12 a stair simple bar has 2 bars, one on top (handrail level) and one4" ? above the nosing and then theses are connected at the ends of the run. This is not what is STANDARD in the USA....as a matter of fact I have never seen this in my personal world travels either.

Can you show how you get that? No matter what I do, 'simple bar' produces just a single handrail...

Thanks,
Karl

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Ok, Stairmaker has always been inadequate, so what I have done in the past is to select something that is close and then do an enlarged drawing in 2d only.

I know that's not the AC way, but it worked. Recently, I bought ArchiStair and have just started to play with it only to discover that I now need a dongle in AC12. Email to Cigraph has gone unanswered and even as I work with it in AC 11 I can't seem to easily make a common (in the USA) type of stair.

The generic stair I use most has 1 1/2" square full height posts/balusters (spaced so a 4" sphere cannot pass) with newel posts at the bottom and top of each run and at each corner of the landing (switchback stair). Pretty simple.

I can't seem to do that in Stairmaker or ArchiStair. I've RTFM (mostly).
I'm hoping I'm just so blind that the solution is right before me and someone can point it out to me..............

Thanks,

Don Lee

Re: AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:43:01 GMT