jorgearaya Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Stairs in U-Shape with a gap in between to allow for a "Solid wall railing" that follows the stairs do not generate the "Solid wall railing" at the landing. Chief generates the railing for the landing disregarding the walls around the stairs telling it to create the walls following the stairs. The walls for the stairs generate but, not, for the landing portion where the "U" is created. Tried several options with that specific wall portion without the desired results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 It may help others follow better if you posted the plan you have above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgearaya Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 I don't have a plan for it, what you see in the pic is it, just drop a u shape stair and create the walls around the stairs, tell them to "Follow Stairs". See what it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgearaya Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Yup, something is going on, I tried raising the railing to have the wall show up, but, it messes up the rail. Here the rail wants to follow the incline, the wall may just be the "railing" for the landing. Chief is not reading the railing on the landing to connect it to the walls, or the "wall" has nothing to reference to (stairs) to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I think stairs are much better than they were years ago but there's still some things about stairs that haven't been perfected yet ... and may never be. In the image below, I have cobbled together what I think is about what you are after ... maybe not. There are probably better ways to come up with a satisfactory result, if you want your camera views to look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey_martin Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 27 minutes ago, CJSpud said: I have cobbled together..... We are way too many versions into a Professional Design Software for that phrase to be mentioned in a thread concerning what is a very, very basic residential design situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Joey: I agree - "cobbled together" was not a good phrase to use ... I have edited my post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgearaya Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Curt, I did get the same result, Chief needs to address this (bug) issue, fix the way wall railings interact with the landing, which I think is causing the problem. The wall recognizes the stairs and does what it needs to do, but, not the landing. The landing here knows it needs a railing and generates a broken up one, the "default" in its settings, not the solid wall railing, independent from the "walls". We keep supporting the software, there are some things that need fixing right away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Gia Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If you break your landing into sections, shouldn't it generate railings wherever you want?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgearaya Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 Michael, Give it a try and see what you get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgearaya Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 I just realized that the "Solid Wall Railing" specified as 36" height, does not meet code! CRCR312.1.2 Exception 2 says: Where the top of the guard serves as a handrail on the open sides of stairs, ... shall be not less than 34 inches and not more than 38 inches as measured vertically from a line connecting the leading edges of the treads. I took a section of my stairs and oh my!! the rail specified at 36 inches is only 29 inches to the top of the handrail. Does this have to do with selecting "Follow Stairs"? And it is measuring from the bottom of the stringer up at a right angle from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJSpud Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Don't know ... I deleted the test I did. You'll have to take a section view and measure and see where the 36" on the bottom side ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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