Staircase, Railing and Newel Curved Details


ElizabethS
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I don't know of any way to get Chief to generate that spiral railing (or volute) automatically.  Your best bet is to find a symbol for it and then manually place it and the balusters under it.  You might be able to get Chief to generate the curved steps but this can also be tricky so you might need to give up and just model them with landings or maybe even polyline solids.  The curved and sloped wainscotting can also be a bit tricky if you are trying to model it exactly as shown in the lower picture.

 

BTW, there is a bonus library with some stair parts here:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/3d-library/index.php?r=site/detail/1296

 

This stair video might help some but I think it really only covers some of the basics:

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/videos/watch/271/adding-stair-fittings.html

 

And last thing to try is a search on this forum for "volute" which should show you some old posts that might still have some valuable tips.

 

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