Creating stairs with landings and holes
Create a new stair type and a floor opening.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
Step-by-step guide
Create a new stair type and a floor opening.
Open the file Modify Stairs_001.rvt. It opens in the 3D view Entrance Lobby.
- In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Level 1.
- In the Architecture tab > Work Plane panel, click Ref Plane.
- Draw two reference planes and use temporary dimensions to move them into place. (Dimensions for information only.)
- In the Architecture tab > Circulation panel, click Stair.
- In Properties, review the default values.
- In the Options Bar, set the Location Line to Run: Right, the Offset to 0'-0", and the Actual Run Width to 4'-0". Verify that Automatic Landing is selected.
- Pick the start of the stair along the vertical reference plane.
- Drag to place 8 risers, and then click to finish the run.
- Pick the start of the next run of the stair along the horizontal reference plane and place the rest of the risers. The landing is automatically created.
- Click Finish Edit Mode. The stairs are created.
- Switch to the Entrance Lobby 3D view to see where the stair opening needs to be created.
- In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Level 2.
The stairs display only in part in this Hidden Line view.
- In the View Control Bar, expand Visual Style and select Wireframe.
The stairs display through the floor.
- In the Architecture tab > Opening panel, click Vertical.
- Select the edge of the floor.
- In the Draw panel, click Pick Lines and select the elements that define the edge of the stairs and the third riser up.
- In the Modify panel, click Trim/Extend to Corner.
- Clean up the corners of the sketch.
- Click Finish Edit Mode and the opening is created.