Strange effect....could it be fixed?

tibet

hi,
i´ve encountered some strange effect during creating stainless stairs with curviloft plugin.
any ideas?
thanks a lot for passing by
best of luck!

stairs.skp

TIG

Frankly I can't see why you need a plugin at all...

Make a wooden 'tread' component and one metal 'riser' component - hide its mitered ends edges so when it meets the next one it is seamless.
Use Move+Ctrl to copy the preselected treads+riser up/cross, xNN to make multiple copies.
Make the top/bottom metal 'risers' unique and adjust them to suit their location...
Copy the metal 'riser' to both sides of the tread.
Done.

This is a more general and flexible approach.

Dave R

What's the strange effect? I don't see anything to be fixed. I would build the stairs as TIG indicated, though.

jeff hammond

@dave r said:

What's the strange effect? I don't see anything to be fixed.

i imagine the softened edges is what he's talking about (those are tubes.. not pipes)

select the group then go window->soften edges (or right-click the selection and choose soften/smooth edges)
adjust the slider accordingly (default 30º works well)

Vicspa

Take smoothing off, and they will be square.

stairs.skp

pbacot

@tibet said:

hi,
i´ve encountered some strange effect during creating stainless stairs with curviloft plugin.
any ideas?
thanks a lot for passing by
best of luck!

I guess I am curious how curviloft can be of use here?

Dave R

George, I'm curious. If you were building these steps for real, how would you construct the stringers? Would stairs as you show them be structurally sound?

thinking about how they would be constructed in reality can be useful in determining how to draw them in SU.

pbacot

Actually I might find a neat method. I just didn't know. The smoothing was solved pretty easily so.. you may have something useful. Didn't mean to be over-critical.
Follow-me might do it too.

tibet

hi dave,
thanks for your suggestion, you´re right.
i ´ve seen, how the stringers are made, but i need more time with SU to realize it´s power & geniality.
hope to find out with this great forum and you guys soon
regards!

tibet

just getting accustomed with different tools to SU (even i have to face criticism from cad/solid users:-(

tibet

hi jeff and victor,
thank you for the missing piece of my puzzle
Sharing your valuable experiences is very much appreciated
glad to have you around guys !
very best wishes!

tibet

hi,
thanks to all for valuable tips and ideas!
best of luck !

note: the metal riser looks like round one, but it´s actually square.