Stairs

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• Creating a Stairwell for your Staircase

  Once you have created your staircase, Home Designer can automatically generate a stairwell for you, opening the floor platform to the next floor.

• Moving or Deleting a Stairwell

  An automatically generated stairwell can easily be edited to the size you need or even deleted if you need to modify your staircase.

• Placing a Spiral Staircase and Stairwell

  Curved stairs can be created with the stair tools in Home Designer, but for a true spiral stair, you will want to use the symbols located in the Library Browser.

• Using Open Below Rooms to Define an Opening to a Lower Floor

  When you need to create a loft area or a grand entry, you can use an Open Below room type on the floor above to remove the floor platform from that area.

• Creating Staircases Connected by Landings

  When you have a staircase with multiple segments connected by landings, Home Designer can create the needed landings for you with a single click.

• Creating a Room Under a Staircase in Home Designer

  Once you have placed stairs in your plan, you can create a usable room below using interior walls.

• Creating a T-Shaped Staircase

  If you need to model a stair system that has three stair segments that all meet at a common landing, Home Designer can easily accomplish this.

• Creating a Split Level Entry with a Landing

  Create a staircase with a landing on the foundation level to create a split-entry for your structure.

• Creating a Curved Staircase in Home Designer

  Curved staircases can be created in Home Designer using the Curve to Left and Curve to Right stair tools. In addition to these tools, straight staircases can be curved by holding down the Alt or Option key on your keyboard.

• Creating a Staircase

  The stair tools in Home Designer allow you to easily create a staircase that can automatically adjust it's height to reach the next floor.

• Changing the Riser Height of Stairs

  Change the riser height of stairs by either adjusting the number of treads used in the staircase, or by unchecking Automatic Heights in Home Designer Pro.

• Creating Stair Winders

  With Home Designer products, you have the ability to create more complex stair systems such as Winder Stairs.

• Creating Stairs in Sloping Terrain

  Exterior stairs can be created with many Home Designer products on a sloping terrain using a combination of stairs and landings.

• Adding Flares or Curves to Stairs

  Some of the advanced stair editing tools in Home Designer Pro and Architectural will allow you to create curved and flared stairs.

• Creating a Masonry Staircase

  You can utilize the stair tools to create a masonry staircase in Home Designer programs.

• Drawing Stairs Connected to a Deck or Porch

  Drawing stairs that go down from a deck or porch to ground level is automatic with a single click of the Straight Stairs tool.

• Making Stairs Transparent in Floor Plan

  If you have items below a stair that you would like to be visible in plan view, you can make the stairs transparent by changing the fill style.

• Drawing Curved Walls Under Curved Stairs

  After you create a curved staircase, you can use the Curved Wall tools to create walls that follow the arc of the curved staircase with all Home Designer titles.

• Creating a Landing Between Two Sets of Stairs

  A landing can be created between two separate stair segments within Chief Architect.

• Customizing Stair Landings

  Once you have placed a landing for your stairs, the shape of the landing can be edited with curves and breaks to whatever shape you need.

• Message: Only one stair section can connect to a single landing edge.

  This Information message will display when a stair section is connected to a landing along an edge that is not the same width as the stairs or requires a break point.

• Using the Auto Stairwell Tool

  The Auto Stairwell tool is a quick and easy way to create a stairwell for a set of stairs.

• Creating a Stone Stair

  You can create a stone stair by sloping the terrain and then add stepping stones.

• Creating a Stair Rake Wall

  Stair rake walls can easily be created in X11 and newer program versions by specifying a railing to be a pony wall and having it follow the slope of the stairs.

• Customizing Stair Stringers

  Stair stringers can be customized by opening the Staircase Specification dialog or the Stair Defaults dialog and accessing the Stringers panel.