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Stair section

Anonymous
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Hi Everyone,
I draw a stair. its treads are stone-granite. when i draw a section along centerline it shows all components as concrete. But in elevation it shows correct view.
what is the problem?

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Anonymous
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from section
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David Maudlin
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Ogabson:

You do not say how you created the stair, so I am guessing that the risers and treads are slabs. Slabs have a material assignment for the surfaces (your stone-granite) and a separate fill assignment for their section cut. Your risers and treads have a concrete fill assigned to the section cut material, you should select the risers and treads and change the section cut fill to a different fill. If this does not work, please post more information about how you created the stair.

HTH

David
David Maudlin / Architect
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Anonymous
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Hi David,
I made it by stair tool of AC. I assigned different materials for risers and treads.
It is a simple stair so i didn't use slab tool.
Should i use slab tool for making stairs?
Then what's the function of stair tool?
I am asking these questions to understand the working method with AC.
ogabson wrote:
I made it by stair tool of AC. I assigned different materials for risers and treads.
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In general, the materials you assign are only applied to the SURFACE of the object. Unfortunately, the stair object seems to have the ability to assign only one material to a section, and it will be applied to the entire stair. You are probably best off using an "empty" fill (or similar) for a section. This is assigned under "Floor Plan and Section" > "Cut surfaces".
Richard
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Richard Morrison, Architect-Interior Designer
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Aussie John
Newcomer
I've just noticed stairs dont show in hidden line 3D - anyone else seeing this? (or not seeing as the case may be).
EDIT: Seems the 3d uses white lines which explains why it is invisible
Cheers John
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Aussie John
Newcomer
First time I have looked at the stair objects. Brave attempt but can only give them 4 out of 10 - thats a fail - GS we need better. Even the vilified stairmaker could control the distance before the flight hits the landing.
As for handrails, here in Australia we are not allowed to build stairs with rails like that.
Cheers John
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019
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Anonymous
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Thanks Richard,
I'll try it. I'll show the result