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Landings

As long as a stair or ramp system consists of Stair and ramp sections attached to a locked
a landing connecting only two stair sections, landing no longer relate to one another:
the program can easily set landing heights • Changes to one section do not affect the
and produce consistent a rise angle. If more other.
than two stair sections meet at a landing, the
relationship between them becomes more • The Staircase and Ramp Specification
complex. In this situation, you may want to dialogs show only the selected section
define the exact height of the landing instead and those connected to it by unlocked
of letting the program define it for you. landings, rather than the entire system.
• Locked landings do not move when
Locked Landings attached stair or ramp sections are
moved. Only unlocked landings and the
A locked landing has a specifically defined sections attached to them will move.
height that does not adjust automatically
when there are changes in the attached stairs. Locked landing can be used to break up a
Instead, the stairs adjust to the landing. complex network of stairs and landings into
smaller pieces with known bottom and top
For example, start with the same staircase heights.
used to illustrate unlocked landings, with one
change: the landing height is now defined at To lock a landing
78 inches (1980 mm).
1. Select the landing and click the Open
Locked landings produce Object edit button to open the Stair
independent stair sections Landing Specification dialog. See
“General Panel” on page 770.
2. On the GENERAL panel, uncheck Auto
Adjust Height When Connected to
Stairs.
3. Specify the desired Top Height and
click OK.
4. The landing moves to the specified
height and all stairs that connect to that
landing are redefined.
To unlock a landing, open its specification
dialog, check Auto Adjust Height When
Connected to Stairs, and click OK. The Top
Since the landing height is now closer to the Height will automatically adjust to any stair
upper floor than to the lower floor, the upper or ramp sections attached to it and will try to
stair section has a very shallow riser height produce a staircase with a single riser height.
and the lower section has a tall riser height.

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