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02-17-2014, 02:31 PM #1Registered User Promoted
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Porch step problems
I have a 28' wide porch that is 14" above the ground across the front. I have 5 post going up to a beam spaced evenly across. I want to add a step across the entire front. when I place the stair and start to increase it's width the stair start screwing my post placement. How does one handle this? The stairs keeps trying to install a doorway all the way across the front of the porch thus changing the post placement. Am I missing a setting somewhere? Would I just be better off using p-solids for the step and move on? I like using the stairs encase I fudge around with the terrain later.
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02-17-2014, 02:40 PM #2
Use slabs for the steps. They will adjust with the terrain and they are appropriate in terms of Layer, Material, etc.
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02-17-2014, 02:50 PM #3Registered User Promoted
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Joe.....So what you're telling me is that this is a flaw in the way the stairs work, which isn't really a problem. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
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02-17-2014, 02:58 PM #4Registered User Promoted
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Larry, there is a setting for whether or not stairs cut a rail opening. I can't access CA right now, but the setting is there somewhere.
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02-17-2014, 03:06 PM #5Joseph P. Carrick, Architect - AIA
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