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inconsistent stair cut line visibility

jagostinho74
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inconsistent stair cut line visibility

jagostinho74
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Hello all,

 

Finding that the stair cut line visibility is inconsistently produced for a mirrored version of the same stair.

 

It can be fixed via changing the View Range with a Plan Region but  it just seems a bit odd to behave this way so I thought about sharing it with the community.

 

Is this intended behaviour or can it be classified as a bug?

 

Stair cut line visibility.png

 

 

RVT attached.

 

Thank you

Assistant BIM/CAD Manager

Manchester, UK


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mpukas
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I have similar, but different, issues with stair cut lines not being consistent from one run of stairs to the next with the same view settings. I think the issue with your stair is that the cut line is being drawn from the same side of the stair at the same elevation/height, therefore same tread, and it's the direction of the cut line that is altered depending on which tread the cut line generated from. Instead of mirroring the stair, try drawing a new one in the opposite orientation and see how the cut lines behave. Otherwise, using a plan region is the only option I can see, and then stairs graphics can get weird with plan regions. 

barthbradley
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Enter a negative value for the Cut Line Angle. 

 

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jagostinho74
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That will work @barthbradley , but I will loose the consistent orientation of the cut line and will require to duplicate the Stair Type. Both of these are not desirable.

Assistant BIM/CAD Manager

Manchester, UK


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jagostinho74
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That's right, @mpukas . We are currently using Plan Regions to go around this problem. I was just wondering if there was something that I was missing.

Assistant BIM/CAD Manager

Manchester, UK


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barthbradley
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I think I would duplicate the Stair Type.  This way I could identify the mirrored stairs in the Project. That information might come in handy -  especially if I need to troubleshoot other oddities cause by mirroring the stairs - which Autodesk warns us not to do.  

jagostinho74
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That is an interesting point you make, indeed. There is some value on tracking which elements are being modelled with techniques that deviate from Autodesk's recommendations.

Assistant BIM/CAD Manager

Manchester, UK


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raimierygr
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I was having this problem and your recommendation worked for me. This is a townhouses project, where all linked models are the same but I made them making mirrors in the early stage of the project, Everything was fine, a good view range. Thank your for the solution.