Configure stairs

Configure stair runs, landings, and supports to

meet the needs of your projects. Then configure
multi-story stairs to expedite the process of
creating stairs for multi-story buildings.

o Modeling

Learning objectives:

• Configure stair types.

• Configure multi-story stairs.

The completed exercise

1. Open the exercise file stairs.rvt.

Figure 1. The opened stairs.rvt file

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2. Select the stair on the left and click
Edit Type in the Properties palette.

Figure 2. Edit Type tooltip with a stair

selected

3. In the Type Properties dialog, click in

the Run Type field and click the More
button.

Figure 3. Type Properties dialog with

cursor over More button in Run Type field

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4. In the Type Properties dialog for the
run, click Duplicate and Name the new
type 2ʺ Tread 1ʺ Nosing. Then click OK.

Figure 4. Type Properties dialog with new

run type being created

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5. Deselect the Riser option and then
click OK.

Figure 5. Type Properties dialog for a run

6. Back in the Type Properties dialog for

the stair, set the Supports parameters
as shown in the image:
a. Right Support: None
b. Left Support: None
c. Middle Supple: Enable
d. Middle Support Type: Carriage –
2ʺ Width
e. Middle Support Number: 2

Figure 6. Supports type parameters for

assembled stairs

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7. Open the exercise file multi-
story_stairs.rvt.

Figure 7. The opened multi-

story_stairs.rvt file

8. Select the stair on level 1 and then click

Select Levels on the contextual ribbon
tab.

Figure 8. Select Levels tooltip

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9. With Connect Levels selected on the
contextual ribbon tab, select levels 3-6
in the drawing area. Then click the
green check mark button to complete
the multi-story stair.

Figure 9. Creating multi-story stairs by

adding levels

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10. Review the multi-story stairs.

Figure 10. Multi-story stairs

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