If you get a stair working the way you like, it may take a while, but then
you just transfer that stair family into your template and forget about it.
It is very easy the next time around.
"derek.p" wrote in message
news:40346a0e$1_2@newsprd01...
> Nice! That helps! But I still think the stairs sketch command needs some
> work. My students will appreciate this... I'll have to put a list together
> with all my beefs about Revit for you all to tackle!!
>
> "Christopher Zoog" wrote in message
> news:4030e131$1_3@newsprd01...
> > Derek,
> >
> > Check out the stair samples and related families here: (watch for word
> wrap)
> >
> >
>
http://revit.autodesk.com/library/html/Revit%206.0%20Subscription%20Library/
> > Balusters/index.html
> >
> > as of 6.0 what you are asking for can be done right in the railiing
> sketch.
> > Use the special baluster families as a "post" to end the railiing.
> >
> > Z.
> >
> >
> >
> > "derek.p" wrote in message
> > news:40305ff5_1@newsprd01...
> > > I am assuming that that there isn't any way to do a handrail extension
> > that
> > > doesn't connect to the floor - kinda like a rotated u shape that
extends
> > 23"
> > > out from the nosing as per code? I understand that you can do an "edit
> > > sketch" to an existing stair and add a hand railing that has a fluid
> > > attachment but that is hardly the case with stair handrail extensions.
> ADA
> > > requires an extension on one side of the rail on a stair per landing,
it
> > > seems to me that Revit should have this automatically in their stair
> > sketch
> > > command. I should not have to take the time do to a solid sweep to
> create
> > > this.
> > >
> > > Oh, and I have some other beef on how the railings wrap as you go up
> > flights
> > > of stairs. Hand rail height on a stair railing in some cases need to
jog
> > > vertically to meet the guardrail height on the landings. Revit does
this
> > but
> > > there is a better and cleaner way to detail this transition. If anyone
> is
> > > interested I can show them but it doesn't work through Revit.
> > >
> > > -Revit 6.0 no longer shows the verticle jogs??
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
