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Editing Stairs and Ramps

custom text macros. See “Creating User altogether. See “Breakline Panel” on page
Defined Macros” on page 523. 760.

When a staircase is selected in floor plan A breakline can be added to a selected
view, the numbers associated with each of its staircase in either of two ways:
sections and subsections display. Stair
sections are assigned a single number, while • Click the Add Breakline edit button.
subsection numbers have two parts: a section • C h e c k Has Breakline in the Staircase
number and subsection number separated by Specification dialog.
a hyphen.
A breakline’s position along the staircase can
be adjusted using the small, circular Move
Breakline edit handle that displays along the
breakline, as well as in the Staircase
Specification dialog.

Stair section Stair subsection To remove a breakline from a staircase, click
number numbers the Remove Breakline edit button or
uncheck Has Breakline.
To see the center of a stair section curve in
floor plan view, click Show Arc Centers
In 3D Views
and Ends . See “Arc Centers and Ends”
on page 226. Although stairs span between two floors,
they can only belong to one floor. As a result,
Stair Breaklines only multi-floor views show the upper floor
with the platform opening and the lower
In floor plan view, staircases can display a floor with the staircase simultaneously. In
breakline symbol. The portion of the Floor Cameras and Floor Overviews,
staircase located above the breakline can stairwells may appear as an empty spaces.
display as either a dashed outline with See “3D View Tools” on page 1047.
transparency or it can be suppressed

Editing Stairs and Ramps

Staircases and ramps can be selected and Using the Mouse
edited in floor plan view and 3D views. See
“Selecting Objects” on page 213. When a staircase or ramp is selected, its edit
handles display. These edit handles can be
To select a single section of a staircase, hold used to customize the object in many ways.
down the Shift key before clicking on it. See “Editing Objects” on page 207.
When selected in this manner, a stair section • Straight stair sections and ramps are
can be edited independent of any other edited like lines. They have additional
connected stair sections.

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