Steel staircase

[unclewk]

Hi guys. This is a steel staircase outside my local Tesco. The structure is quite simple so I modeled it during my free time and here I wish to share with you some of the rendering.

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[jo-ke]

brilliant and clean work!

[Slimdog]

Good work man. Looks like you have a good understanding of how steel goes together.

[hellnbak]

Very well done

[congellous]

Why did you model that ?

[solo]

@unknownuser said:

Why did you model that ?

I'd guess for the same reason I model all sorts of stuff when I get the time, to learn and keep skills up, not forgetting SU is fun.

[hellnbak]

@unknownuser said:

Why did you model that ?

Because it was there

[raineysky]

It looks great!!! Could you please tell us which plugins you used.

[mojtabata2001]

elegant and accurate

[gilles]

@unknownuser said:

It looks great!!! Could you please tell us which plugins you used.

It can be done without any plugin.

[chedda]

Excellent modelling (i'm pretty sure he used pipe along path .rb)

[unclewk]

Thanks, jo-ke.

Yes, Slimdog, I'm a civil/structural drafter by profession, I've done quite a lot of steel structure drafting over the years.

Thanks, Steve.

Hi Stanley, your question was answered by Pete and Steve. Thanks. 3D is fun with SU.

Paul, the structure is rather straight forward, it can be done in SU without any plugin, as pointed out by gilles. Thanks.

Mojtaba, thanks.

Hi chedda, thanks. No "pipe along path", only "follow me".

[Howard leslie]

Donald,
Really good model, thanks for showing it.
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Like you, I get involved with modelling steelwork structures.

A couple of plug-ins you may want to try that are VERY useful for such work:

Profile Builder
http://www.smustard.com/script/ProfileBuilder
Invaluable - well worth the £ / $
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StairCaseBuilder
A DC I've written to help model staircases - so you don't have to do everything by hand
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=18545
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Hope this helps

Howard L'

[unclewk]

Thanks, Howard, will check 'em out.

[redfox11]

Great staircase! Are all connections welded?

[unclewk]

Thanks, Alexander.

I'm not too sure about the actual construction sequence as this is not one of my project, but in normal practice, connector plates will be welded to main members in factory and connections on site are preferably bolts and nuts, ie. base plated welded to stanchion in factory and the whole thing bolted to stump on site; and connector plates welded to stanchions in factory so the landing beams could be bolted to stanchion on site.

[pmolson]

@unclewk said:

I modeled it during my free time

Free Time...What is that?

[Cyberdactyl]

@redfox11 said:

Great staircase! Are all connections welded?

That was going to be my question.

I see the handrails appear to be welded to the diamond plate and also there's a solid connection between the building and the staircase by the handrails.

I would also suggest kick plates under the handrails on at least the third level, if not the second.

[congellous]

@unclewk said:

Thanks, jo-ke.

Yes, Slimdog, I'm a civil/structural drafter by profession, I've done quite a lot of steel structure drafting over the years.

Thanks, Steve.

Hi Stanley, your question was answered by Pete and Steve. Thanks. 3D is fun with SU.

Paul, the structure is rather straight forward, it can be done in SU without any plugin, as pointed out by gilles. Thanks.

Mojtaba, thanks.

Hi chedda, thanks. No "pipe along path", only "follow me".

I wasn't being rude, if I was looking at your portfolio, unless you wanted to do the external steel detailing in my office I would wonder what your intention was.

[unclewk]

@unknownuser said:

I wasn't being rude, if I was looking at your portfolio, unless you wanted to do the external steel detailing in my office I would wonder what your intention was.

Thanks for your reminder, Stanley, next time I'll make sure I declare my "intention" prior to posting any image here, I'm sure this is stated in the forum policy somewhere.