bluesparrowllc Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 I am using HD Pro 2017. I have stairs from the basement to the first floor and stairs from the first floor to the second floor. The stairs are stacked. Is there any easier way to align these two sets of stairs besides turning on the Reference Floor Display and eyeballing it? (I've done a search on the forum but didn't find a solution.) Thanks in advance for any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosscutter55 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Have you tried doing in cross section camera or a backclipped crosssection camera ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesparrowllc Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 No, I have not. I'll see if I can make that work....Thanks for the quick reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Align how? One method I use for aligning things between floors is to draw CAD lines on one floor, copy the CAD lines, move to another floor, Paste Hold Position. You now have a reference to pull dimensions from, do Point to Point moves to etc. You can also copy the stairs on one floor, Paste Hold Position on another floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesparrowllc Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Ah, Paste Hold Position is new to me and works just fine. Thanks! That's going to be very useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosscutter55 Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 follow solver & blues suggestions . Solvers will get you to first base while blues might be more advanced for now . Use the zoom tools !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesparrowllc Posted July 7, 2017 Author Share Posted July 7, 2017 Solver, the Paste Hold Position worked really well and put the stairs (three sections of stairs with two landings) exactly where I wanted them to be. However, when I went back and checked that they reached the next level, I found that they didn't and what happened was the Paste Hold Position had pasted three, separate stairs not connected to each other! I deleted the landings and re-did them and that joined the stairs up and let them reach the next level. But, since my second landing has a curve to it, I ended up copy/pasting a correctly drawn landing on top of it and then matching the curve on my new landing. A bit of a hassle but nothing like trying to line these suckers up using the Reference Floor Display. I just wanted to let others know, if they have the same issue, that some futzing may still be needed using this method but is totally worth it. Thanks again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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