how to draw straight line/steps

[RetroDesire]

how do you draw the steps in this image? any ideas?

[Dan C]

Hi RetroDesire, which application are you using to work on this? If you have it Designer is ideal.

There are probably a million ways to achieve this look in designer, but personally I would create the entire near side of the stairs using the pen tool and fill it with a gradient that's not quite aligned with the stairs from bottom right to top left, then add a darker outline to the shape.

For the steps themselves I'd probably do one of the vertical faces and one horizontal face in the same way as above. With both selected you can use ctrl-j to duplicate the steps and then drag them roughly into position then hit ctrl-j a few more times and it will duplicate again and again using the same offset until you have a wonky set of stairs that you can just use the node tool to pull into place. (if you really want it tidy you can use the snapping tools to ensure each step is touching perfectly.

If you want to recreate it almost exactly, you can place this image on top of all other layers and reduce it's opacity to give you a guide to work from.

Hope this helps!

Lee

[Old Bruce]

Much like you would build a set of stairs, start with the stringer and then put the Treads and risers on. Use the Grid Manager to select the Cube and then use the isometric panel to move the various parts onto their planes. Treads go on Top, Stringers on Front and Risers on Side.

[v_kyr]

See:

• How to draw stairs 1
• How to draw stairs 2

[NotMyFault]

The stairs in the OP image are quite irregular in shape and position of the gradient transition, with a certain perspective distortion. If you want to replicate the style, you would need to draw every single step by hand, instead of relying on a grid (which is "too perfect" and won't match the artistic style).

If you want to exactly copy that stair, copy the image into a new document. lock it, make it 50% transparent. Then draw all curves below that image, and always start from Botton to top.