Medeek Wall Plugin
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Version 4.5.1 - 04.22.2026
- Enabled custom components as baluster shoes for vertical and OTP handrails.
- Added the following (L.J. Smith) baluster shoes into the baluster shoe component library: LI_ALFSH01, LI_ALR010, LI_ALRD201, LI_ALSQ301, LI_ALSQPL1, LI_PROCOL.
I took the time today to carefully model a few of these baluster shoes since they are fairly simple geometry and it is always fun to get my hands dirty with some actual modeling and take a small break from the code.
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Wow, very impressive work. The level of detail in your models is something else.
It looks like you have a very diverse workflow, using not just SketchUp but various other design softwares.
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That's awesome! 90% off for those in education. $33 instead of $330 is a huge discount.
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Version 4.5.3 - 05.21.2026
- Added an inset option for in-wall columns.
- Added preview thumbnails into the railing draw and edit menus.
- Added a toggle option for the auto-rotation of corner posts within the draw and edit menus of the railing module.
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Version 4.5.4 - 05.22.2026
- Added an option for a top and a bottom baluster shoe.
- The top baluster shoe can be controlled with the additional "shoe height" parameter, which in turn allows for baluster collars.
- Added the shoerail offset parameter to vertically offset the shoerail.
- Fixed a bug in the railing edit menu with metric units.
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Version 4.5.4b - 05.22.2026
- Fixed a bug in the railing toolbar with metric units.
- Added preview thumbnails into the stair draw and edit menus.
- Added the following L.J. Smith handrail profiles: LJ6203, LJ6400, LJ6601, LJ6701.
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Version 4.5.5 - 05.24.2026
- Enabled presets for railings within the draw and edit menus.
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Version 4.5.6 - 05.25.2026
- Enabled presets for beams.
- Enabled presets for in-wall columns.
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Version 4.5.6b - 05.25.2026
- Enabled presets for stairs.
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Version 4.5.7 - 05.26.2026
- Enabled presets for posts.
- Added the following L.J. Smith handrail profiles: 684, LJ6011, LJ6A10.
For those interested I am pulling all of my handrail geometry from LJ Smith's webpage at the following link:
Handrails — L.J. Smith Stair Systems
Our 33 wooden stair handrails provide plenty of options from which to choose. Many profiles are also available in bending rail for applications requiring curved hand railing.
L.J. Smith Stair Systems (www.ljsmith.com)
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Version 4.5.8 - 05.30.2026
- Added a curved stair option into the stair module.
- Added two new parameters for curved stairs into the draw and edit menus: Inside Radius, Curve Direction.
- Enabled treads, risers and framing (primitive) for curved stairs.
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Version 4.5.9 - 05.31.2026
- Added two new parameters for elliptical curved stairs into the draw and edit menus: Eccentricity, Clocking.
- Enabled treads, risers and framing (primitive) for curved (elliptical) stairs.
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Version 4.5.9b - 05.31.2026
- Fixed a bug with curved stairs.
- Added the curved stair parameters into the Stairs tab of the Global Settings.
- Enabled landing treads for circular and elliptical stairs.
- Enabled thrust blocks for circular and elliptical stairs.
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Tutorial 87 - Curved Stairs (9:20 min.)
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I've been working on close stringers for curved stair cases. The circular variety is pretty much figured out but the elliptical variety still needs an instantaneous adjustment to the stringer depth since the pitch angle of the stairs (slope) is constantly changing. The geometry of a 0.9 eccentric ellipse shows off this distortion quite well. I will hit it again tomorrow and see if I can't figure out a more accurate algorithm for these stringers. Sometimes I enjoy a good challenge, but this one has certainly had me scratching my head a few times already.
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Impressive results. Huge timesaver too for users.
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Medeek Wall: Version 4.6.0 - 06.03.2026
- Added a curved “closed” stair option into the stair module.
- Enabled closed stringers for curved (elliptical and circular) stairs.
- Added a separate layer for stair stringers.
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Tutorial 88 - Curved Closed Stairs (5:55 min.)
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After mucking around with the follow me API call and a few other algorithms I decided to strike out on my own yesterday, and with a little help from ChatGPT and quite a few iterations I was able to finally generate the closed helical stringers. Using the same principle and by rotating the profile I am now able to generate a similar mesh for the handrails. These are high poly but it does look great and we now have eliminated the twisting issue that I had never resolved using other methods. So a major step forward.
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