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stair width

Strawbale23
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Hi,

Creating a stair using AC27, and I notice that the stair width is 1cm different at the top of the stairs than at the bottom, what could be causing this???

thanks


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Solution

Can't get any more simple than that.

What does the flight width in the stair settings say it is?

And I assumes you have placed this stair by defining the length of the base line (reference line)?

You haven't edited or stretched it in any way?

 

Is it a rounding issue with the dimensions.

Can you set your dimensions to show more decimal places as a check?

 

Barry.

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Different in the same view?  Or different in views that might have different dimension settings ? 

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Hi Steve, on plan view I have my stairs placed. And when I measure the width of the stairs at the bottom and the width of the stairs at the top. There is a 1 cm difference. This also means that the long edges of the stairs is not parallel. 


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Just one more reason why I have so little to no use for the Stair Tool.  Things like that can go unnoticed for a while and cause all kinds of problems.  At least you found it.  Good luck with it 🙂 

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Can you show an image of the stair in plan?

 

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Hi Barry, here it is:stair mystery.JPG


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Solution

Can't get any more simple than that.

What does the flight width in the stair settings say it is?

And I assumes you have placed this stair by defining the length of the base line (reference line)?

You haven't edited or stretched it in any way?

 

Is it a rounding issue with the dimensions.

Can you set your dimensions to show more decimal places as a check?

 

Barry.

One of the forum moderators.
Versions 6.5 to 27
i7-10700 @ 2.9Ghz, 32GB ram, GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB), Windows 10
Lenovo Thinkpad - i7-1270P 2.20 GHz, 32GB RAM, Nvidia T550, Windows 11
Lingwisyer
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Having dimensions fall on half your dim accuracy is sooo annoying...

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Thanks Barry, you were right, I had accidently stretched it in the cornerby a tiny fraction and had not noticed.

I did not know this was even possible.

 

 


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There is the stair baseline (reference line) that controls the path of the stair.

Usually when you select a stair you see this single baseline.

 

But if you select the stair by the opposite side to the baseline, you will see 2 boundary reference lines.

Stretching these will affect the shape of the stair - make one end wider or curve an edge for example.

 

Barry.

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