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Trimming wall to circular stairs...

Anonymous
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Hello...
Ive got a problem with trimming the wall to the stairs. I did search the forum for that but found only few suggestion which doesnt solve my situation.I've got a circular stairs and an angle shape wall under it . I dont know if in 8.1 version SEO doesnt work in that case .. i assume so. If anyone could tell me how to at least create a roof with the shape of the stair slab so i Could maybe trim it to the roof. Or maybe there is other way ?? Any Tips? I would be very greatful...
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Fran_ois Chatelain
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Hi Wendy,
you have two options here, either use the roof tool or the "curved ramp" object located in the structural elements folder of the library. Both options would work equally.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
François
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Fabrizio Diodati
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Wendy,

do you mean something like this (look at the attached image)?

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Fabrizio
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Fabrizio Diodati
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... or like this?

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Fabrizio
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Fabrizio Diodati
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Anonymous
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answering the original question:
what about solid element operations & substraction with upwards extrusion?
Anonymous
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Fabrizio wrote:
Wendy,

do you mean something like this (look at the attached image)?

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Fabrizio
Yes, Fabrizio - sort of. It has to sit outside the handrails, and has to be much taller.

I don't see any parameter in the panel section of ArchiStair that will allow this kind of separate control, or allow one to set a height for just the panel.

Wendy
Anonymous
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Fabrizio wrote:
... or like this?

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Fabrizio
I tried, those, and they are getting towards the height question - but the panel has to extend *upwards* from the stair, and has to slope with the stair on both the top and the bottom.

If there were a setting to control the height of the panel, and it could extend above the level of the handrail, that's the closest to what I'm after.

The idea is to create a visual screen for people ascending or descending the stairs.

Wendy
Anonymous
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François wrote:
Hi Wendy,
you have two options here, either use the roof tool or the "curved ramp" object located in the structural elements folder of the library. Both options would work equally.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
François
Thanks, Francois, but how would the roof tool work? This is, after all, a helical object, and it seems like trimming to a roof would chop off everything that was above that level, which I don't want. And I have to create the helix somehow, with a vertical flat plane.

As to the curved ramp, that's an interesting idea, except for the flat plane needing to be perpendicular to the ground plane, not parallel. Or what would I do, set the ramp width to 1/8" of an inch or whatever, and then I assume there's a setting for its depth?

Wendy
Srinivas
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krokoO wrote:
answering the original question:
what about solid element operations & substraction with upwards extrusion?
Yes, this is the perfect solution for the problem.
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