Joint box visibility

[alexborodulin2]

How to make joint box visible? I copied the stair flight, need to edit or delete Stair anchor base plate joint which is not appearing on the screen. Another question: how to delete stair or beam or column?

Thank you, 

Alex Borodulin

www.nyacad.com

[mick-CNF]

Use all visible to get the copied joint boxes to appear.

[alexborodulin2]

Did it, it doesn't help.

[Rob_Merriman]

Hi @alexborodulin2 

Is the joint box layer frozen or set to off? Could you upload the model for us to look at?

The base plate maco for the stair is a sperate macro so wouldnt copy with the main flight.

[mick-CNF]

If you have always been on the "standard" layer and used "joint copy" the joint box should be on the joint box layer.

It could be on another layer that is off, if all your layers are on it could be hidden, if all your hidden items have been switched back on then it probably has been deleted.

[alexborodulin2]

model attached

[mick-CNF]

There is no joint there just features.

If it is supposed to be like the stairs below as @Rob_Merriman said those joints will not copy with the stair, you will have to joint copy them from the lower stair.

[Rob_Merriman]

Hi @alexborodulin2 

So when I opened up your model the joint box was already there, see screenshot below

The end plate isnt missing but when you joint copy the stair it wont copy the end plate connection as its a seperate joint.

The features will have copied so you need to delete the features then joint copy the end plate connection from the lower flight.

[alexborodulin2 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your help.

To be clear: when you copy the stair you also have to select separate joints, correct? 

[Rob_Merriman · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexborodulin2 

It does depend what you want to do, for the staircase if you use joint copy it will just copy the staircase macro, its very useful if you have multiple flights at different angles etc you can set up one flight then copy to all the other ones.

If the setting out of the stair is identical (rise & going) then you could use Transform elements (Advance copy in some countries) this way you can select the main joint box, the base detail joint box, the railings, and anything else and it would copy everyhting.