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Figure 15.50 shows what you get when it all comes together. The swept blend has been
created in a post template. This post is then loaded into the project environment and associated
with the railing type named Support Baluster that contains the baluster definition with the
support brackets named Custom Baluster. This is also a useful technique if you have to create
walls that need to follow either side of a stair. If the condition exists only once, you may opt to
create this as an in-place component.

Figure 15.50
Finished stair
condition

But if it occurs more than once or might be rotated and relocated (as well as occur on many
levels), we recommend that you create this as part of the stair and railing definition. Then it will
be easier to maintain relationships throughout the project. To investigate this stair, download
the c15-Concentric Stair.rvt file from the Chapter 15 folder on the book’s companion
website.
Now let’s put it all together. When it comes to feature stairs, few stairs are as immediately
recognizable as the glass stairs and walkways that have been designed for Apple by Bohlin
Cywinski Jackson (Figure 15.51). Although these stairs seem incredibly challenging, there’s
very little about the feature stair at Apple’s Fifth Avenue retail store that can’t be modeled out
of the box!

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