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Cannot create 360° spiral staircase

eidam655
Contributor

Hi!
I am trying to create a spiral staircase that ends on the same line as it begins (so a full 360° circle).

However, even though my Archicad draws the preview successfully, it doesn't create any geometry. 

Is there no way of doing this as one object? Does Archicad read the same start and end vertex as overlapping?

 

Thanks for any answers!

 

Operating system used: Windows 11 24H2

 

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ArchiCAD 28 | Win 11
i5-12500H | RTX 4060 8GB | 32GB RAM
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runxel
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You'll probably need to fake it, being 359,99°.

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ArchiCAD 28 | Win 11
i5-12500H | RTX 4060 8GB | 32GB RAM

There are some library objects for spiral stairs..

https://bimcomponents.com/GSM/Details/16542

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danielk
Enthusiast

Yeah, this has always been a limitation: the stair tool geometry simply cannot overlap itself in plan. That is just how it was designed. 😕

 

But Architecture doesn't need to suffer for it, only the Architect. Here is how to do it (you practically have to use 2 stairs):
https://support.graphisoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/27687009124881-How-to-create-spiral-Stairs

 

But like @runxel suggested, I would also just make it 359.99 degrees. You will not see the difference really.

and boy, does he suffereth, that is, the architect 

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