How to set up stairs
Steps
- Click the stairs. The window opens on the right.
- Change the fields. You can drag the stairs with the mouse.
The window
| Field | What it sets |
|---|---|
| Straight, L-shaped or spiral | |
| Which way the L-shaped stairs turn or the spiral stairs wind | |
| Where there is no wall, or no railing | |
| The width of straight and L-shaped stairs, or the radius of spiral stairs | |
| Angle on the plan. The buttons next to it rotate by 90° | |
| Up to the floor above, or a number | |
| A number of centimeters. Available when the height is set as a number: podium, porch | |
| The level at which the stairs start | |
| Number of risers | |
| Calculated automatically: the rise height divided by the number of steps | |
| Calculated by the step formula. Can be set as a number. The icon next to it restores the calculation | |
| How much space the stairs take up on the plan | |
| With the tread flush with the upper floor, or with the riser | |
| How much wider the opening in the floor slab is than the stairs | |
| Deletes the stairs |
Good to know
- If you change the floor height, the number of steps stays the same and the riser changes.
- The window shows violations in red with numbers. Fit to the nearest valid values corrects the number of steps, Fit to the room adjusts the steps up to the wall if the flight runs into it.
- Default rules: riser from 15 to 19.5 cm, tread from 24 cm, step two risers plus tread from 61 to 63.5 cm. These are commonly accepted limits, Russian standards are not built in separately.
- You set your own rules in , in the Stair rules section: riser, tread, flight width, step 2h+b. If Flight from is 0, the width is not checked. Defaults restores the commonly accepted limits.