Curved Stairs

[winterdd]

Hey guys, CA curved stair tool is too much of a radius. How do you guys get something more subtle like this? Almost like it is straight from the top and then it curves the last 1/4 part at the bottom. I tried to manipulate the curved stair tool but it's too sensitive and just won't take shape. I even tried a straight stair and adding a break towards the bottom to curve but that created two sets of stairs. Thanks in advance.

 

[JKEdmo]

It is possible to break the curved stair into multiple segments and have different radii for each segment:

 

 

 

 

[mtldesigns]

1 hour ago, winterdd said:

I tried to manipulate the curved stair tool but it's too sensitive and just won't take shape

I thank God I have not had to do one of these.  Take plenty of notes Rob, might hit you up some say.  This is why home with stairs always get a surcharge.. that's where I pretty much start most projects.

[DBCooper]

A normal curved stair in Chief can only be a simple arc with one radius.  If you need a J-shaped stair, you will need to have multiple sections with different radius.  Might want to start with cad lines for the centerline just to figure out the correct path and radius to use.  Good luck.

 

[winterdd]

Thanks guys, I will give segments a try. 

[winterdd]

Would winders help? It looks like in the pic the treads are tapered.

[DBCooper]

Probably not but "flared" stairs might work good enough.

 

 

[winterdd]

1 hour ago, DBCooper said:

Probably not but "flared" stairs might work good enough.

 

 

I think the client is getting too confused on visuals. The actual built stairs and the stairs shown on the plans (below). 

 

 

 

[JKEdmo]

30 minutes ago, winterdd said:

I think the client is getting too confused on visuals. The actual built stairs and the stairs shown on the plans (below). 

 

 

 

Yes, it might be an optical illusion.  The stair does looks like it might have different radii, but the coffered ceiling directly above looks like it could be circular.

[winterdd]

Too bad we can’t draw a spline or arc and have the stairs follow the contour. Guess that would be in suggestions

[JKEdmo]

19 minutes ago, winterdd said:

Too bad we can’t draw a spline or arc and have the stairs follow the contour. Guess that would be in suggestions

Have you seen this?  Just tried for first time.  Neat.

 

[winterdd]

Pretty cool JKE. End result below. I watched this tutorial https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/388/drawing-curved-stairs.html and used a part of it to get it more J shaped. I cannot believe how long I messed around with this. Needs a little cleaning up but nothing bad.