topic Re: Reset manual edits for stairs? in Modeling

Reset manual edits for stairs?

Mike96 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:36:06 GMT

I've done some manual edits to my stair treads in stair edit mode. Is there a button to reset all the changes to default? (while keeping all the settings from Stair Settings Dialog)

Operating system used: Windows 10

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Laszlo Nagy — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 21:27:47 GMT

If you edit the settings of individual Treads/Riser, you will get a yellow Warning icon in the Stair Dialog. Also, a "Reset Custom Treads/Risers" button will appear in the bottom left corner of the Dialog, using which you can undo those changes so all Treads/Riser will have the same settings.

You may also modify the geometry (polygon of Treads or polyline of Risers) of individual Treads/Risers. In that case, you can select a modified Tread/Riser, and use the Pet Palette to Reset the Tread/Riser Geometry.

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Mike96 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 07:30:32 GMT

Thank you, Laszlo. I knew it was somewhere at hand, apparently I just went blind with age.

Somehow, though, the Reset Custom Threads option in the stair dialog didn't show up, but I used the pet palette button.

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:18:03 GMT

I think the Reset Custom Treads/Risers button appears only when you go to Edit Mode, select one or more Treads/Risers, modify some setting just for those Treads/Risers (for example, changing the thickness of the Tread), and then click OK. So, you are not editing their geometry using the Pet Palette, you are changing settings in the Settings Dialog/Info Box. Then the warning icon and the button will appear the next time you go to the Stair Settings Dialog.

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Patrick M — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:52 GMT

TBH, half the time when I've done some kind of custom edit on the stair, its a 50/50 wether the reset will actually give global edit function back (especially with regards to walk line and stair width).

The 2 things I recommend with the stair tool are:

-don't spend more than a couple hours trying to make it work. The stair tool does a lot, but it only does a few things really well. You can spend days trying to get it to work; but it is really only ideal when "good enough/close enough" is your end goal. If you have a highly specific, and highly custom, stair design, you may be better off modeling with slabs, beams, roofs, morphs, etc. The stair tool works well for basic framed stairs or early SD. But any winder stair, spiral stair, or feature stair may be better modeled from scratch.
AND
-don't be afraid to just throw it out and start over. Adjusting and editing a complex stair, especially after making custom edits, can be extremely frustrating.

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Aaron Bourgoin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:32:30 GMT

The Stair Tool might be better served with a Revert/Reset Button. Like the Curtain Wall Tool, incremental progress is better than nothing. Both tools are "iterative" in nature.

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

MendoPermaculture — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:40:01 GMT

Has anyone had an issue where they can't "Reset Custom Turnings"? I have the yellow warning symbol and that button at the bottom of my Stair Selection Settings dialogue, but it doesn't do anything, nor will it go away. Simultaneously, I can't seem to turn the Structure of the stair off, or edit it in any way.

Yes, I did change a section of stair from treads to landing, to create the geometry I want.

Any advice?

Re: Reset manual edits for stairs?

Patrick M — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:47:07 GMT

the reset custom turnings doesnt work more than it does. I routinely find that I throw the stair out and start over... which leads me to avoid it for any truly custom stair