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AC 12 Stairs

Anonymous
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Is there a way to have only one single rail on one side only with AC 12's Stair-maker ?
(not 2 rails and not with posts etc.)

Thanks,
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Erika Epstein
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Despite the inaccurate graphics, to have a railing only on the inside, choose the right-most tab and then select the railing of your choice from the available selection.
Erika
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Karl Ottenstein
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...and to fill in the missing step in Erika's screenshot... when the third button is selected, it means that each edge of the stair can be assigned a different railing.

You'll see a little railing icon when you hover over any of the black edges. Click to make that edge red (active). Then select the type of railing.

In your case, "No Railing" is what you want for all edges except for the one of interest. Easiest way to get 'no railing' everywhere initially is to first select the first button ('all rails'), select No Railing to apply to all edges, then select the third button to customize the edges of interest.

You'll only see the little rail icon when you select the middle or right button. With the first button (all rail) all edges/rails are selected and will be made identical. With the second, you can assign different properties to the inside and outside (or left / right) rails. With the third, you can customize properties for each segment. Been this way for years...

Cheers,
Karl
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Erika Epstein
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And another not-so obvious option is to click on a corner which allows you to chamfer or fillet as shown.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
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"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Erika Epstein
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and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Anonymous
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but why do i read some posts which people don't like the stair maker so much?

why? what is its weak points?
Mats_Knutsson
Advisor
Erika wrote:
and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely
wow... Alice in wonderland!
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Anonymous
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thanks all.... However, I still do not see the option for the only one rail handrail...Am I missing it someplace or is that not possible..even against a solid wall...?
__archiben
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Erika wrote:
and yes, you to can have a stair this lovely
a feast for the eyes this friday morning . . . !
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Karl Ottenstein
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atelier wrote:
thanks all.... However, I still do not see the option for the only one rail handrail...Am I missing it someplace or is that not possible..even against a solid wall...?
Do Erika's posts not make sense to you, or have you missed the railing option called "Simple Bar"?

Cheers,
Karl
One of the forum moderators
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