Hi Matteods, thanks for reaching out.
I've broken the rail into sections and changed the height of that section to get the railings to at least be hidden within the stringer board. As you can see I haven't done this with each individual rail which is why there is that strange chunk sticking up into the railing segment above.
I would love to know if there is a better way to edit individual balusters, if not I'll just keep breaking the railing into smaller sections in this one spot.
Hi,
I had a similar case too. What I did is to enter in the railing with edit mode.
Then use the solid operation in this case you can choose element "1" as operator (see pic) and "2" as target. As operation you can choose Subtraction with upward extrusion, then you can exit from the edit mode and it will work fine 🙂
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Laszlo Nagy
You won't need a tutorial if you can use a little imagination.
It's just what it sounds like - modeling with some assemblies of parts that you can efficiently tweak for new situations - faster than you can *almost* get what you need from the Stair Tool. And of course, this will very easily populate Interactive Schedules if you need a materials list for the Stair.
And where do you get the pre-molded assemblies? Other projects of course. Copy, Paste, Adjust. I am always working with multiple instances of ArchiCAD open.
For the sake of a simple example, consider the typical wood Stair in a house which will have a uniform tread and riser at each step. As a Carpenter can tell you, that Stair *framing* can almost always be made using the same size lumber, no matter what the total rise and run are. (2) 2x6 = 11" and a 2x8 - 7.25". These parts can be assembled for whatever number of steps you need in a home constructed using common stud lengths, and floor joists. This is possible because you can adjust the gap below the 2x8 riser it will be hidden by the adjacent tread. That gap (if there is one) is determined by how you cut the stringer. There are other combinations of lumber sizes that can but used to accomplish the same sort of thing. I am just giving one common example. Between changing the number of steps, and the adjustment in that gap, you can *frame* almost any Stair using 2x6 and 2x8. Those treads and risers can be modeled as an assembly of Beams. Add to that the stair covering parts of the tread and riser assembly and you are ready to model almost any stair. Keeping in mind that you can go to another similar project and get the entire Stair, and tweak it for the new Total Rise. Also, keep in mind that the nosing, and finish parts you are probably ordering as pre-manufactured parts that you can model to become part of your Stair - every part of the Stair is something that can be easily edited in groups. Rotate a group of treads and risers to go around the corner, etc.... Same sort of thing goes for almost everything in a Virtual Building Model. Grab the foundation form one project, and stretch it around to fit the new one. Edit the parts for what you need them to be. Same sort of thing for roof and wall framing. The key to success in modeling like this is to choose the appropriate element to model the parts with - entirely for the same of what you may want to do with those parts/elements. The first lesson in using ArchiCAD is to realize that you don't always need to model a Slab as a Slab, Walls as Walls, Rafters as Rafters..... you get the idea I am sure.
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If you can of course, add the data you want to display in the Interactive Schedules.
And in your Details you can use the manufactures ID for the part number if you like. you can always choose not to display any more data than you want.
It a section you would just multiply an assembly or group of them to make your new Stair - after you know how much gap you want.
I don't have time to right now to make a video for your but you probably get the idea with out it.
Still looking?
