Stair rise calcs

Stair rise calcs

glkirk
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Stair rise calcs

glkirk
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Hello all!

Can someone help me change the stair rise calculations to something more understandable like 1/16" instead of 1/256" ?

Thank you very much!

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barthbradley
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Are you talking about the Actual Riser Height reported in the Stair Instance Properties?  

 

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ToanDN
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Why would you care?  Revit calculates the riser height based on the stair rise and the number of steps, so if it needs to be 1/256" then so be it.  If you want to show the riser height in a larger fraction (1/16", 1/8" etc) then edit the label in the stair tag or stair run tag family, format the units to be what you want.

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glkirk
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Well yes, If that was something more practical, I could write it in a note.

Is there a way to change the way it shows in Properties?

Thanks!

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barthbradley
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@glkirk wrote:

Well yes, If that was something more practical, I could write it in a note.

Is there a way to change the way it shows in Properties?

Thanks!


 

I'm not getting you, @glkirk. Riser Height is what it is.  Stair rise divided by number of risers equal uniform riser height.  Are you wanting to know how to make non-uniform riser heights? 

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ToanDN
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@glkirk wrote:

Well yes, If that was something more practical, I could write it in a note.

Is there a way to change the way it shows in Properties?

Thanks!


Tag the run and format the tag label units as I said earlier.

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barthbradley
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@ToanDN wrote:

@glkirk wrote:

Well yes, If that was something more practical, I could write it in a note.

Is there a way to change the way it shows in Properties?

Thanks!


Tag the run and format the tag label units as I said earlier.


 

In the properties of the stairs? 

 

 

@glkirk wrote:

 

Is there a way to change the way it shows in Properties?

 

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glkirk
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It sounds like I should concentrate on working with the tag, verses units or anything else.

Tags is something I have always had a hard time understanding. I don't really know where to go to be able to edit them and I don't know how or where to save them.

Same with Sheets, I don't really know where and how to save them.

I have "Learning something new every day" lined up for many years 🙂

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barthbradley
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Why tag stair riser with the wrong value?  Might as well not draw attention to its height at all.  No information is better than wrong information on construction plans.  Know what I mean?

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glkirk
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I think there is a misunderstanding here.

I only want to show that the riser height dimension is something that a Framer can readily relate to.

Like 7-7/8", or even 7-9/16"

Just not 7-183/256"

 

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barthbradley
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@glkirk wrote:

I think there is a misunderstanding here.

I only want to show that the riser height dimension is something that a Framer can readily relate to.

Like 7-7/8", or even 7-9/16"

Just not 7-183/256"

 


 

There's no misunderstanding here. I get it.  So, for instance, if it's a total of say 18 risers at 7-9/16" each, then the stairs get framed to a total height of 136.125 inches  -- just missing the 138.867 inch target reached by having eighteen 7-183/256" risers.  So, your last riser height is 9 371/500 inches? 

 

Just being silly. Sort of.  

 

😉  

 

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