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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

4. The steps nearest the wall corner adjust
It is often easiest to create the staircase their shapes and extend into the corner
configuration in an open space, away after the stair is changed to a winder.
from walls, then move it into position in a wall
corner before specifying it as Winders.
Winders must be in a room with valid
2. Select the staircase and click the Open room definition. You cannot create
winders in an area composed of only 2 corner
Object edit button to open the walls. If this configuration is needed, enclose
Staircase Specification dialog. the area in with Invisible walls so that a room
area is defined.
3. On the GENERAL panel, place a check in
the Winders checkbox and click OK.
The Winders attribute directs the stair section
to expand or contract to meet nearby walls,
and can also be used to create a partial
railing. See “Partial Railings” on page 748.

Winders sometimes have treads that are too
narrow at the inside curve. The Ignore
Subsection Boundaries option can address
Winders extend to nearby walls this issue. See “Ignore Subsection
Boundaries” on page 740.

Wrapped Stairs

Check Allow Wrap on the STYLE panel of To wrap stairs around a deck
the Staircase Specification dialog and the
selected stairs can be wrapped around the 1. Begin by drawing a deck. See “Decks”
corner of a deck or landing. Curved stairs on page 424.
and stairs with multiple subsections cannot 2. Use the Straight Stairs tool to place
be wrapped. See “Style Panel” on page 757.
a stair section on each side of the corner
Stair sections that wrap around a corner to around which you want them to wrap.
meet one another must have identical 3. Move the stair sections toward the cor-
attributes. As a result, edits made to one ner of the deck. When the two sections
wrapped stair section apply to all adjacent, are sufficiently close to the corner, they
wrapped sections. will merge to form wrapped steps.

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