10 replies to this topic

[Richard Dougjhty]

How do i show the basement stairs on main floor drawing?

 

 

[Wendall Hilty]

Right click the basement stairs and select COPY TO CLIPBOARD. Go to the main floor drawing and at the top select EDIT > PASTE FROM SOFTPLAN CLIPBOARD > HOLD POSITION. To prevent the new stairs from showing up in the 3d model, right click the newly created stairs then EDIT > select the COMMON tab > and uncheck EXTRACT IN MODEL.

[John Jones]

Right Click on Stair > select Show on Floor Above

[Wendall Hilty]

Right Click on Stair > select Show on Floor Above

Is this in Softplan 24? I don't think I have that option in 22.

[Fred Dickson]

New to 24.  Good video on it.  You can only show the stairs either on the floor below or floor above, but not both.  Also, I found that if I stack my model with the site plan between the main floor and foundation, the stairs show on the site plan (floor below) and not the foundation.  Hopefully I can change a setting for that.  Now I just place my site plan at the bottom of the stack.  

[Mark Petri]

A nice feature for 2024. Only works on drawings in the model stack though. So, when doing remodel projects, if you like a separate set of drawings for the as-built structure and another for the proposed it will only work for the drawings in the model stack. I cannot get building options to work well enough for me (yet) to be comfortable with an as-built model being the same as the proposed. It is probably a user limitation as I have not spent enough time dialing in all the settings and methodology for building options.

 

You could also use overlay in 2024 and crop to just the stairs if needed.

[John Penner]

Right Click on Stair > select Show on Floor Above

 

I use softplan + but don't see that. Which tab is it under? 

[David Zawadzki]

Right Click on Stair > select Show on Floor Above

 

I use softplan + but don't see that. Which tab is it under? 

 

It's on the window that opens when you right click on the stairs...  about 2/3 down.

[Mark Petri]

I experienced interesting behavior in one model where we are cutting a stair into an odd spot where walls don't exactly line up between floors. When I do an overlay I can see where the stairs sit on the floor below. But, when I check to show stairs on floor below they move over to the closest wall (which is incorrect) on that lower floor. It is not accurate. I have not messed with different settings to see if that behavior might change, but thought it was odd.

[Verlin Klassen]

I have also had issues with stairs showing at the wrong spot above or below. If you close and reopen the project they will probably be in the correct spot.

[John Penner]

It's on the window that opens when you right click on the stairs...  about 2/3 down.

 

thanks I had never right clicked on a stair. Learn something everyday!