topic Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters in Modeling

Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Tom Krowka — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:49:26 GMT

Any way to subtitute custom baluster in a stair. In railing dialogue, wooden railing type, would like to put in my own style.

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:34:25 GMT

Hi Tom
Not really the answer you'd like I'll suppose, but:
If you convert either an AC or Cadimage stair to a morph, the balusters can be selected individually and edges softened, which they then look round.
Maybe there's more morphed baluster tricks to be explored??

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Tom Krowka — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:58:51 GMT

I appreciate the thought, but there are too many to do individually. That would take a long time, and then I guarantee the client would change baluster styles.

I think the balusters could be custom way back in AC 9 or 10, but I don't have them on my machine any more anyway.

Tom

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:25:02 GMT

Tom wrote:
I appreciate the thought, but there are too many to do individually. That would take a long time, and then I guarantee the client would change baluster styles.

I think the balusters could be custom way back in AC 9 or 10, but I don't have them on my machine any more anyway.

Tom

Your right, it's not a good solution, but when I said "individually", I meant from the rest of the stair parts. ie all the balusters can be group selected and have their edges softened all at once.
Thought it was interesting though, having discovered it by accident.
But I've moved on to C.I. stairs now anyway.
So good bye worst AC tool ever:-)

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Tom Krowka — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:29:50 GMT

Good trick to keep in mind. I used to use CI products, but with multiple machines it got to be a pain in the xxx to upgrade AC and CI constantly. I try to keep it out of the AC box only for simplicity sake. But that does have it's negatives as well.

Tom

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Karl Ottenstein — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:22:03 GMT

ArchiStair (Cigraph ArchiSuite) and Cadimage allow for must more customization than Stairmaker. After years of wishes, it would seem anyone holding their breath for improvements within ArchiCAD itself will die from lock of oxygen. Purchasing one of these add-ons, or faking it - e.g., generate stair with NO balusters, and then create your own and multiply/elevate - is the only reasonable way to move forward.

Re: Stair w/ custom wooden balusters

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:01:26 GMT

But not even C.I. or Cigraphs Stairs will do a residential wood framed double winder stair like it would really be built in the image of one I created a few years back. It was made out of roofs/slabs and beams if I remember correctly.
But now instead of roofs I'd use Objective.
The guardrails I only did in 2D, but now I think they could be done as Morphs.
It even has the 2x spacers alongside the stringers for S.R. and trim skirt.