dskogg Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 HI everyone, i tried looking through forum to get this answer and i couldn't find an answer. Is there a simple way to show a knee wall with cap for stair railing. it is a very common way to do a stair railing cost effectively. I am hoping that in x9 they have this figured out? I took a look at videos and they did not help. I want a wall that follows stair with a cap on it. i know i could do polyline solids but that is dumb. Any help would be appreciated Cheers. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javatom Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Open the stair DBX - railing - set to panels. Newels/balusters - set spacing to 300 or vary large number to avoid newels. Set panel thickness to 3.5. Style - set to closed stringer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 One more time DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Thanks guys, that is great. The 3rd stair at top i had to pull wall from above down to fill in opening, but the framing shows thru, is there a way to do this so it does not happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Also stair railing should be continuous, how to do this in ca? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Each railing wall has a dialog box and a Newel and Balluster tab, use them for that purpose. In terms of the exposed framing, just do what you must to handle such things (polyline solid, material region etc), Chief is not perfect so when you see a plan or rendering that looks perfect it is because someone made it so. Got it? DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dskogg Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Thanks David. Is there a way to have railing wall extend down to bottom of stair? The railing wall stops at top of stair and then stair is obviously set in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javatom Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 As David said. Chief is not perfect. You may have to use psolids to eliminate some imperfections. This all shows up more in vector view than standard view. Some of these views are used for client approval and showing the builder the general look. You may have to do a construction detail to show what the 3d is representing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 The stair tool in CA is not very useful...Chief should do a series of videos to show users how to accomplish simple stair task. I think those of us who purchased Chief thought the stair tool would be much more "refined"...alas, it's probably the weakest area in CA. I have attached a simple test plan. I placed a simple rail using "rail follows stair". - Why do the balusters not meet the tread? - The balusters spacing stinks...we need the ability to place a number of balusters per stair tread...and the option to space them. - Also...can someone tell me why at the top of the stairs the newel posts don't connect as they would when you build them in the field? It's clumsy at best... Also, I created a "solid railing"...and selected "rail follows stair". But, this option for this style rail does not seem to work...at least it didn't for me. See attached PIC. Stair Plan.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renerabbitt Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Always happy to help but need to have the .plan file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNestor Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 9/8/2017 at 0:55 PM, javatom said: Open the stair DBX - railing - set to panels. Newels/balusters - set spacing to 300 or vary large number to avoid newels. Set panel thickness to 3.5. Style - set to closed stringer. Just read this post...and realized the railing had to be specified as "panels". It works...but, its finicky to say the least. Move it in or out just a bit too far and it doesn't follow the stair. I was selecting "solid" (not panels)...needless to say, this is confusing. Solid doesn't follow stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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