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L- and U-Shaped Stairs

this manner is not recommended. Drawing 3. Click and drag to create straight stairs.
downward should only be used to create a When drawing stairs or ramps from a floor
staircase or ramp between a porch or deck platform to the terrain, or vice versa, they
and the terrain when you require the will locate the height of the terrain as long as
direction arrow to say “DN” instead of “UP”.
it is lower than the floor height. You can also
create a landing or “room” outside the
To draw stairs going downward
structure and use it to establish the bottom
height of the stairs or ramp. Then, draw in an
1. Select Build> Stairs> Draw Stairs .
upward direction from the lower platform to
2. Hold down the Alt key or the right the upper platform.
mouse button.

L- and U-Shaped Stairs

The L-Shaped Stairs and U-
Shaped Stairs tools allow you to
place staircases composed of two stair
sections connected by a landing with a single
click.
The staircases created with these tools build
from the current floor to the floor above. If
you need a staircase that builds between
platforms on the same floor level, or in a
downward direction, you will need to draw it Check Only Show This Dialog on
manually. See “Landings” on page 737. 1 Double Click to suppress this dialog

When you select either tool, the New unless the L-Shaped Stairs or U-Shaped
Shaped Staircase dialog opens. Stairs is double-clicked.
• Specify the Default Direction of the
New Shaped Staircase Dialog stairs as they build upward: Clockwise,
or Counterclockwise.
The settings in this dialog retained between
sessions in the software and are global, 2 U Shaped Stairs - Specify the width of
affecting all plans. the Gap between the two stair sections.
When you click OK, a preview outline will
follow the mouse pointer.

You can control the staircase’s orientation
and direction by moving the mouse pointer
towards a wall.

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