Arch Stairs

Arch Stairs
Menu location
Arch → Stairs
Workbenches
Arch
Default shortcut
S R
Introduced in version
0.14
See also
Arch Structure, Arch Equipment

Description

The stairs tool allows you to build automatically several types of stairs. At the moment, only straight stairs (with or without a central landing) are supported. Stairs can be built from scratch, or from a straight line, in which case the stairs follow the line. If the line is not horizontal but has a vertical inclination, the stairs will also follow its slope.

See the Stairs entry in wikipedia for a definition of the different terms used to describe parts of stairs.

On the above image, two stairs were created, one with a massive structure and a landing, and another one with a single stringer.

Options

• Stairs share the common properties and behaviours of all Arch Components

How to use

1. Press the Arch Stairs button, or press S, R keys.
2. Adjust the desired properties. Some parts of the stairs, such as the structure, might not appear immediately, if any of the properties makes it impossible, such as a structure thickness of 0.

Properties

Base

• DataAlign: The alignment of these stairs on their baseline, if applicable.
• DataBase: The baseline of these stairs, if any.
• DataHeight: The total height of these stairs, if not based on a baseline, or the baseline is horizontal.
• DataLength: The total length of these stairs if no baseline is defined.
• DataWidth: The width of these stairs.

Steps

• DataNosing: The size of the nosing.
• DataNumber of Steps: The numbers of steps (risers) in these stairs.
• DataRiser Height: The height of the risers.
• DataTread Depth: The depth of the treads.
• DataTread Thickness: The thickness of the treads.

Structure

• DataLandings: The type of landings.
• DataStringer Offset: The offset between the border of the stairs and the structure.
• DataStringer Width: The width of the stringers.
• DataStructure: The type of structure of these stairs.
• DataStructure Thickness: The thickness of the structure.
• DataWinders: The type of winders.

Scripting

Stairs can be created from python scripts and macros by using the following function:

makeStairs([base], [length], [width], [height], [steps])

• Creates a stairs object with the given attributes.
• Returns the new stairs object.

Example:

import Arch
makeStairs(length=5, width=1.2, height=3, steps=14)

Limitations

• Only straight stairs are available at the moment
• See the forum entry for circle stairs.
• See the forum announcement.

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