Spiral Staircase Shading Macro Idea [CC2/CC3]

[DaltonSpence]

Hmmm...I just tried your most recent...and assuming I pasted it in correctly...I got nothing but black steps. It drew the steps pretty well, but I ended up with a 5' wide black arc after it was done.

Well, it works for me (as you can see above). Are you sure you have all the correct bitmap fills loaded? The ones required are:

1. "Basic Stone 2 Bitmap" for the step surface,
2. "solid 10 bitmap" for the depth shading and
3. "solid 20 bitmap" for the step shadows.

I've made some more changes recently to add a choice between clockwise and counterclockwise shading. You might notice that the "loose spiral" stairs (Sample1a.png and Sample1c.png) above have 21 steps. With 7" risers that's a total floor-to-floor height of 12'3" (assuming one step is at floor level). I'm thinking that the "tight spiral" has the same number of steps with an additional 360° turn hidden from view, which allows for stacked stairs with 6.5' headroom and a 16 square foot landing. I may turn these images into symbols.

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Dalton "who hates going down stairs in the dark" Spence[/list]