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Arch Stairs
Menu location
Arch → Stairs
Workbenches
Arch
Default shortcut
S R
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

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.

How to use

Press the Stairs button, or press S, R keys

Properties

Data

Arch

• DataAlign: the lignment of these stairs on their baseline, if applicable
• DataBase: Edit (not yet implemented)
• DataHeight: the total height of these stairs
• DataLength: the total length of these stairs if no baseline is defined
• DataWidth: the width of these stairs

Base

• DataLabel: user name of the object (UTF8)
• DataPlacement:

Steps

• DataNosing: the size of the nosing
• DataNumber of risers: numbers od 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

• 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)

Limitation

See Arch Stairs.