Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Attaching a wall to a stair

For those of you trying to attach a curved wall to the underside of a stair:
1. Model a stair and a wall (stair hidden below)
2. Model an in-place family of the floor or roof category (shown below)
3. Use extrusions for steps (ex. below). Use a swept blend for a sloping ramp or monolithic stair
4. Attach the top of wall to this in-place family
5. Set the in-place family as temporary (ie. phase created and phase demolished are the same)
 
I'm sure you can imagine many more uses for temporary elements.
 


3 comments:

  1. I dont understand.
    What family are wall connecting with?

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  2. 1. Go to the Architecture Tab... Component... Model In-place
    2. Select the floor category
    3. In the family editor set your workplane as the first tread.
    4. Using the stair as a mold, model each extrusion to "mimic" each stair tread, remembering to set a new workplane for each new tread.
    5. Finish your in-place family and attach the top of wall to the underside of this in-place family.

    Obviously if the stair changes design the the treads of the in-place family will have to be rebuilt.

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  3. Oh. I understand.
    Instead stair we used a floor.
    Thanks a lot.

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