Staircase

One of the Additionals that you can plan from the room elements link is staircase.

Creating a Staircase

The two projections Perspective and Top (or alternatively Orthographic) are suitable for creating staircases:

	1.Change over to the Room Elements group, Start tab, and open the menu. 2.Now click on Staircase. 3.Go into the viewport and click to establish the start point for the staircase (see image on the left). The drawing begins at the lower end of the staircase. 4.Move the mouse to set the alignment of the staircase as well as its width. Set both values by a click on the mouse or by confirming with Enter. 5.By dragging and clicking or by entering values on the keyboard, you can determine how long the staircase is to be. 6.Now move the mouse again to set the height of the staircase. As an alternative, enter a value and confirm by pressing Enter. To insert yet another staircase, simply press the F2 function key.

Note: If you start the drawing process at the lower edge of a wall, the staricase will be drawn from its highest point (at this wall) to its first step. You can change the drawing direction by pressing Ctrl during the process of drawing a staircase. The final direction is set by confirming the heigth of the staircase.

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Editing a Staircase

When you have selected a staircase, you can edit its properties. The Properties Editor, interactors or entering dimensions on the object are the methods used. After the image there is a table showing how you can adapt the various features of staircases and their landings.

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Staircase properties	Description	Can be edited by means of
Definition	Definition of height either by total height or by height of single stairs	Properties Editor
Height	Height of Staircase without regard to Handrails	Dimension figure on the object, Properties Editor
Depth	Length of Staircase, horizontal projection	Dimension figure on the object, Properties Editor
Width	Width of Staircase	Dimension figure on the object
Step Count	Number of steps	Properties Editor
Handrails	Option allowing of insertion of Handrails	Properties Editor, Interactor
Handrail Type	Type of the handrail
Name	It is possible to give a Name to any Staircase	Properties Editor
Step properties	Description	Can be edited by means of
Type	Form of the single stairs	Properties Editor
Thread thickness	Thickness of the treads	Properties Editor
Riser	Form of the risers	Properties Editor
Nosing	Profile of the stair edges	Properties Editor
Nosing Length	Length of the profile	Properties Editor
Nosing Thickness	Thickness of the profile	Properties Editor
Base properties	Description	Can be edited by means of
Type	Type of stair base	Properties Editor
Position	Stair base located under middle or on both sides of staircase	Properties Editor
Landing properties	Description	Can be edited by means of
Type	Option of adding a landing at top of Staircase	Properties Editor
Height	Thickness of landing floor	Properties Editor
Width	Width of the landing	Properties Editor
Depth	Length of landing	Properties Editor
Railing Lateral	Option for adding lateral railings (left, right or both)	Properties Editor, Interactor
Railing Face Side	Option for adding railings (front and/or back railing)	Properties Editor, Interactor

Program help

Staircase