normal staircase definition

hi there,

i´m looking for a normal staircase definition, not a spiral one, just along a curve.

I divided a curve into points, but i have problems with the vectors. it should be 90 degress from the original line. etc etc...

anyone out there????

I recently created a framework-def. in case anyone wants to swap.. ;)

help is really highly appreciated!

(www.andreaswoyke.wordpress.com)

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Permalink Reply by andreas andreas on July 4, 2011 at 11:09am

nobody?? ok, here is my "creation" one just has to adjust the number of steps according to the lenght of the line. there has to be an easier way though...

Attachments:

Staircase normal.ghx, 273 KB

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on July 4, 2011 at 12:28pm

I'm not sure what a 'normal stair' is given a curved wall but here's something.

Chris

Attachments:

CurvedStair.3dm, 37 KB
CurvedStair.ghx, 352 KB

Permalink Reply by andreas andreas on July 5, 2011 at 10:01am

thanks for the reply and the file. Í´d like to use my defintion but i have one problem.

i´d like to create a set of points 90 degrees from the original curve that defines the staircase with the same slope. unfortunately i have no idee, how to achieve that.

there are some note inside the definition

Attachments:

Staircase normal.ghx, 411 KB

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on July 5, 2011 at 9:36pm

This is already in your definition. I don't really understand what it is you're trying to do.

Chris

Permalink Reply by andreas andreas on July 6, 2011 at 12:36am

well the thing is if you arrange the line not parallel to the axis it doesn´t work. you get the stairs which is fine but the handrails are offset somewhere on your steps and totally misplaced.

sometimes it works sometimes it doesn´t.. so i thought there has to be another way with 90 degrees thing.

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on July 6, 2011 at 6:15am

Ooooh! Look at your first post. How could anyone do anything constructive with that?