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    herrschnitzel
    last edited by 5 Jun 2016, 16:51

    Hi is there a plugin which creates stairs out of surfaces or planes by a given angle?stair.JPG

    I think it wouldn't be possible for this example but for a component or group maybe?
    But again if I define direction and lowest and highest point it could be possible for a solid model...

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      utiler
      last edited by 5 Jun 2016, 23:10

      Not that I know of mate. I'd just create two solids and subtract one from the other....

      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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        pilou
        last edited by 6 Jun 2016, 00:02

        Seems FredoScale can make that in a wink?
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          herrschnitzel
          last edited by 6 Jun 2016, 11:51

          wouldn't it be nice to have a plugin for it ๐Ÿ˜„

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            Dave R
            last edited by 6 Jun 2016, 12:06

            @herrschnitzel said:

            wouldn't it be nice to have a plugin for it ๐Ÿ˜„

            You should write one.

            Although you would need to manually create the stair step profile, you could use TIG's Extrude Edges by Rails to get the faces.
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            Making the stair step profile is trivial.

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              Jean Lemire
              last edited by 8 Jun 2016, 14:48

              Hi folks.

              I think the simplest way is, as Utiler wrote it, to use two separate shapes and do an intersection and then some clean-up.

              Click in sequence on the Scenes tabs of this SU file for ideas.


              Stairs from an inclined plane.skp

              Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                JQL
                last edited by 8 Jun 2016, 14:52

                @utiler said:

                Not that I know of mate. I'd just create two solids and subtract one from the other....

                This is right!

                If you don't have a Pro version you can do the same with "intersect faces with..." from the right click context menu.

                I prefer using it most of the time as most of the time I have no solids.

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