One of the new features in Revit 2017 that I do not like is the ability to create in-place families with the ‘Stairs’ category. I pleaded with the Autodesk development team not to include this in the software but too many other people wanted it, so I lost out.
Do Not Use it!
Whatever you do, do not be tempted to use this new feature – it is a really bad idea.
Why?
- In-place stairs do not host railings.
You don’t need any more reasons after that! But here are some anyway:
- You cannot use any of the stair features like stair numbers or arrows
- You cannot mix and match in-place with component stairs
- You can create unusual shaped stairs using the component sketch tool
- It was much faster for me to model the staircase shown above using the component sketch tools than it was to model it in-place by creating forms and cutting with voids.
- In-place families are a (necessary) evil in Revit – but they cause so many problems. They should only be used as a last resort when…
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