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Elliptical Staircase

Anonymous
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Hello!

I have 2 questions that i would appreciate very much if someone could help me with:

1) Why archicad doesn't let us make an elliptical stair with more than 360º? Even if i type in the total height and stairs, when i'm drawing it stops at 360º and doesn't let me finish it.

2) As the attached picture shows, i can't seem to get rid of that hatch in section. Why is that? I supose it is due to the fact it is an elliptical stair and since it is a curved surface, archicad have those lines to "show" it. But i wish i could just turn it off.

Thank you in advance!
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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1. Unfortunately, this is a limitation that Stairs cannot overlap themselves, this is why you cannot make it cover more than 360 degrees.
2. I am sorry, I do not have any suggestions how you could get rid of those lines. One workaround would be to cover them with Fills.
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
1. Unfortunately, this is a limitation that Stairs cannot overlap themselves, this is why you cannot make it cover more than 360 degrees.
2. I am sorry, I do not have any suggestions how you could get rid of those lines. One workaround would be to cover them with Fills.
Loving Archicad since 1995 - Find Archicad Tips at x.com/laszlonagy
AMD Ryzen9 5900X CPU, 64 GB RAM 3600 MHz, Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, 500 GB NVMe SSD
2x28" (2560x1440), Windows 10 PRO ENG, Ac20-Ac27
Anonymous
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Ok, thank you so much for your help!
Hmooslechner
Moderator
Maybe something similar is possible:

There is a GDL-Command can make spirals without inner lines in views..
i messed around with it - its not perfect but usable so far..

the stringers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1FG6a7ZiM


the stair itself:


AC23eduAut:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6ef7pk423gd9lo/Ellipsenstiege.pln?dl=0
AC5.5-AC27EduAut, PC-Win10, MacbookAirM1, MacbookM1Max, Win-I7+Nvidia