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Creating a Stairwell

defined as Open Below in the Room does not display when the railing is not
Specification dialog, and given a Stairwell selected) should meet the top edge of
room label. This room can be selected and the stairs. See “Wall Types and Rail-
edited like any other room. ings” on page 348.
• If you prefer, you can also go Down
Creating a Stairwell Manually
One Floor and adjust the top edge
Stairwells can also be created manually.
of the staircase to snap it to the surface
of the railing on the floor above.
To create a manual stairwell
6. When the railings are positioned prop-
1. Draw a two-story building. Create the erly, select Tools> Reference Floors>
staircase on the first floor.
Reference Display to turn off the
2. Make the second floor the Current display of the Reference Floor.
Floor and the first floor the Reference 7. Click inside the room using the Select
Floor. See “The Reference Floor” on
page 722. Objects tool to select it, then click
3. Select Tools> Reference Floors> the Open Object edit button.
Reference Display to show the Ref- 8. On the GENERAL panel of the Room
erence Floor, including the stairs. Specification dialog, select “Open
Below” from the Room Type list. Click
4. On the upper floor, use the Railing OK to close the dialog.
tool to create a room around the stairs.
Use the edit handles to position the rail-
ings as needed.

9. Place a Doorway in the railing at the
top step for an opening.

5. Select the railings one at a time and 10. Select the doorway and define a large
move them into position. width in the Door Specification dialog.
If the doorway is specified wider than
• When a railing is selected, its bounding the railing, its width maximizes to fit the
box shows the location of the outer sur- space available.
face of the railing’s drywall layer. For
best results, this outer surface (which

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