Creating 3D Geometry - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 879

FiGuRE 16.59 The support posts in place
Building the Steps
The steps, the step railings, and the posts transition from the ground level to
the top of the deck. In this section, you'll build and move the stairs and create
and then rotate the handrail.
1. Create a new layer named A-DECK-STRS-3DOB and make it current.
2. Zoom in to see the steps clearly; then switch to the 3D Wireframe
visual style.
When you drew the steps in the plan view, the lines defining their
width were trimmed back to the edge of the handrail. In reality, the
steps extend all the way to the outside edges of the handrails.
3. Use the Box tool and Object Snap Tracking or the Apparent Intersection
osnap to draw the four steps. Give each box a height of -1 5 ⁄ 8 ″ (-41 mm).
Switch back to the Conceptual visual style. Your steps should look
like those in Figure 16.60.
4. Move the step furthest from the deck 24 ″ (609 mm) in the negative Z
direction, the second 16 ″ (406 mm), and the third one 8 ″ (203 mm).
The top step remains flush with the top of the deck.