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02-09-2014, 08:11 AM #1Registered User Promoted
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Simple stair problem?
I'm building what I thought was a simple stairs, but I'm having a very frustrating time. I "think" I'm doing everything the way I always done it, but I'm not getting the results I'm after. On the second floor I built the floor out into and open below area using railing walls for a "stair landing" to attach the stairs coming up from the first floor. After the stairs were attached to the landing area I got the results shown in the attachment picture. It shows no drywall on one side of the opening, but there is drywall on the other side of the opening. I screwed with this for way to long. What did I do wrong? To eliminate as much back and forth questioning I'm attaching the plan where I'm at at this point. This should not be difficult. Please tell me what the H--- I'm doing wrong! I have to leave the computer for a couple of hours incase someone is wanting to get back to me for a question. Thanks and good luck.
Larry Sweeney
Designer/Builder/Restorations/Period Cabinetmaker since 1972
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02-09-2014, 11:17 AM #2
Here is a link to a short You Tube video of me putzing around with your plan, I hope you find it useful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZO67...ature=youtu.be
Chief Architect Inc software is rather a complicated-sophisticated piece of stuff with plenty of wiggle room for goofy-ness and non-optimum results, so I believe it is usual that when you get unwanted results you merely persist until you get results that you can live with.
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02-09-2014, 11:47 AM #3
Another way to fix this other than DJP's way is to go upstairs, select top of wall at stairs and make it invisible. Have I ever had to do this before? No. Why do I need to do it now? I don't know, but it fixed it. Here is another vid.
http://youtu.be/7Plu4NkpxioD. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
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The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
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02-09-2014, 12:55 PM #4Registered User Promoted
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David & Scott......Thanks for taking the time for the videos. When I came back to the computer, I started playing around again with the problem. I kept telling myself this had to be something simple that I was missing. Earlier, before posting the thread, I had made the wall invisible, but it screwed something else up. I don't remember exactly what right now what it was. It might have been something with the caps---whatever. I play around with trying different things so much I forget what all I tried. WELL, I finally figured out what the problem was. I had the layer reversed to the inside of the railing wall where the "stair doorway" was. Once I changed the layer on that railing wall to the outside the problem went away-----go figure! Sometimes it can be the simplest little thing that can give a person fits with this program. I thought I would let everyone know how I solved the problem incase it would come up in someway for somebody else. Life is great! Hey it's Sunday. I think I'm going to pour a glass of wine and sit down and watch the Olympics. Have a great day.
Larry Sweeney
Designer/Builder/Restorations/Period Cabinetmaker since 1972
Chief X5, AutoCad 2010
Windows 7 Pro
Asus P8P67 Pro
Intel Core i7 2600k
8 GB DDR# 1600mhz
GTX 670
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02-12-2014, 08:33 AM #5D. Scott Hall (The Bridge Troll)
San Diego, Ca.
Chief X-5 w/ Win 7
Asus P6T X58 ATX Core i7
Intel Core i7 920
6GB (3X2) DDR3 1600
NVIDIA GeForce 580 GTX
The videos we watch are not 100% gold, but if we find a gold nugget, the time spent viewing has a value.
We can please some of the people some of the time, but we can't please all the people all of the time..... but I will keep trying.
If you are interested in keeping abreast of any new videos, please subscribe to my channel at YOUTUBE...... channel is ds hall