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[GENE GILES]

I need to create a 1/2 wall floating stair. Any great ideas  

 

https://arcways.com/curved-stairs/

[Mark Petri]

Draw the stair and then draw walls (or railings with solids to represent), raking the top and bottom to match the stair rise/run.

[Allen McDonnell]

I would love to see this in SP.  Please share.  I dont think you can do it.

[GENE GILES]

Nice Challenge Allen

[Mark Petri]

Challenge accepted. Down and dirty, but you get the idea....

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[GENE GILES]

I made an attempt and can't figure out how to upload an image.

[GENE GILES]

Ok mine looks horrible

[Allen McDonnell]

Sorry Mark...not your fault but the ceiling on the underside needs added...and that is a big part of it.

[Allen McDonnell]

And just like all cylinders and arches in softplan...it is jagged.  So not realistic.

[Steve and Carla Farnam]

Real life example

[Mark Petri]

It was very down and dirty. Not spending time cleaning things up for perfection (or more accurately - not quite perfect). You can add the ceiling and either make the stair wider to house the bottom of the wall (almost) or change the size and offset of the railing components to mimic the walls. You could also use all sorts of profiles in walls or a single wall material to not get the hollow underneath. Certainly the curvature is going to have the segments, but it is better with some texture and render settings. Then, if you take it into your Lumion program maybe it will be enough to sell the project. If not, the customer is too high maintenance anyway. So count your blessings and move on.

[GENE GILES]

Thanks for the help Mark

[Mark Petri]

Sure thing. Hope you find the right mix of options that work best for how you want to represent it.