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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

• Staircase Specification Dialog • Stair Landing Specification Dialog
• Ramp Specification Dialog

Stair and Ramp Defaults
Default settings for stairs and ramps are considered Interior while those drawn
determine the initial attributes of these outside of a structure are considered Exterior.
objects when they are first created. Access Landings do not have a defaults dialog.
the defaults by selecting Edit> Default Instead, they get their initial attributes from
Settings, then clicking the + beside Stairs the stairs or ramps that they are connected to.
and Ramps. Select an item and click the
Edit button to open the defaults dialog
associated with your selection. See “Default Structural Defaults
Settings vs Preferences” on page 86. The purpose of interior stairs is to provide

The Stair and Ramp Defaults dialogs can passage from one floor platform to another,
also be accessed by double-clicking the Stair so the attributes that influence floor heights -
including ceiling heights, floor platform
Tools parent button or any child tool thicknesses, and floor finish materials - also
aside from the Landing tool. influence the structure of stairs. When
considering a staircase’s structure, bear in
mind that riser height is directly dependent
on the distance from one floor platform to
another.
When Automatic Heights are used, stairs
are built so that they rest on the top of the
floor structure of the floor where they are
drawn, and build up to the top of the floor
Both interior and exterior stairs have default structure on the floor above. Risers are
definitions for size, style, materials and much measured to the floor finish surfaces on both
more. In fact, the default dialogs for stairs floors. See “Floor and Ceiling Platform
and ramps are similar to the Staircase and Definitions” on page 428.
Ramp Specification dialogs. See “Staircase
Specification Dialog” on page 753 and Ramps are built in a similar manner: interior
“Ramp Specification Dialog” on page 766. ramps bear on the floor structure, and when
Automatic Heights are used, the top surface
Interior and Exterior stairs are drawn using of both interior and exterior ramps locates
the same tools: stairs created inside of a room
floor finish surfaces.

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