Pick the front edge of the floor, as shown in Figure 10.24.. Once you are done, click the Finish Edit Mode button see Figure 10.24.. If you need to flip the railing, select it, and then
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F i g u R e 1 0 2 3 Click the Railing button on the Circulation panel of the
Home tab.
4 On the Draw panel, make sure the Pick Lines icon is selected.
5 Change the Offset to 8 1/2” on the Options bar.
6 Pick the front edge of the floor, as shown in Figure 10.24 The sketch
line should now be set back from the edge of the landing with an 8 1/2″ clearance
7 The magenta line is going to be way too long Select it and drag the
grip down to the point shown in Figure 10.24
8 At the bottom of the railing, select the grip and drag it out of the wall
as well Once you are done, click the Finish Edit Mode button (see Figure 10.24)
N O T E You can only have one continuous railing at a time If there are gaps in the railing, it won’t work For example, the second floor is going to need three separate railings
9 In the Properties dialog, click the Edit Type button.
10 Click Duplicate.
11 Call the new railing Landing Handrail.
12 Click OK.
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13 In the Baluster Placement row, click the Edit button.
14 In the Posts field, change the Start and End Post to None (as shown
in Figure 10.25)
15 Also, just above the Posts field, change the Justify option to Center
(again, see Figure 10.25)
16 Click OK twice.
F i g u R e 1 0 2 5 Configuring the railing for the landing
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Your railing needs to be centered on the reference plane It may or may not be
If it is not, select the railing You will see a blue flip grip (double-arrow grip) in the middle of the railing Pick it, and your railing will flip (see Figure 10.26)
F i g u R e 1 0 2 6 The railing centered on the reference plane
The next step is to create a railing between the two stair sections This can be
a tad tricky, but once you get the progression, I think you will see why it needs
to be done in the following manner:
1 On the Home tab, click the Railing button.
2 In the Properties dialog, make sure Type is set to Landing Handrail,
and click OK
3 Using the same 8 1/2″ offset, draw the sketch of the railing as shown
in Figure 10.27
4 Click Finish Edit Mode.
5 If you need to flip the railing, select it, and then click the blue flip
grip that appears in the middle of the railing (see Figure 10.28)
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F i g u R e 1 0 2 8 The finished railing
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Now that the two railings are in place, you can use basic editing commands to create an occurrence of the railing on the other side of the stairs You can either mirror the railing on your own, or if you wish, you can follow along with these steps:
1 Select the south railing, as shown in Figure 10.29.
2 Click the Mirror - Pick Axis button on the Modify | Railings tab.
3 For the reference, pick the center reference plane.
4 Make sure the railing is abutting the north wall.
F i g u R e 1 0 2 9 Mirroring the railing to the north side of the stairs
5 Select the north railing, as shown in Figure 10.30.
6 On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Edit Path button.
7 Draw a connecting piece, as shown in Figure 10.30.
8 Once the railing is sketched in, click the Finish Edit Mode button on
the Mode panel to the right
At this point, it is a good idea to check out your railing in 3D because we are about to copy it to the levels above
It the railing is
back-ward after you finish
the sketch, you can
select the flip arrow
after you select the
railing.
to mirror an item,
you can also select
the object you wish
to mirror, then type
MM at the keyboard
this will start the
Mirror command;
however, you will
have to always pick
the mirror axis when
doing this.
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al i g n i n g t h e ra i l i n g
If you are having trouble aligning the railing to the correct point of the stair
railing, click the Thin Lines icon on the View tab as shown in this image:
It’s copy time! The next objective is to copy these three railings up to the next
three levels You can proceed on your own and use Copy/Paste Aligned, or you
can follow along with this procedure:
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan.
2 Select the three railings you added to Level 2.
3 On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Copy To Clipboard button on
the Clipboard panel
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4 Click Paste ➢ Aligned To Selected Levels
5 Select Levels 3, 4, and 5, and then click OK.
6 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 5 floor plan.
7 Delete the bottom (south) railing.
8 Select the smaller, middle railing, as shown in Figure 10.31.
9 On the Modify | Railings tab, click the Edit Path button.
10 Extend the line down to the south wall, as shown in Figure 10.31.
F i g u R e 1 0 3 1 Extending the railing to complete Level 5
11 On the Mode panel, click Finish Edit Mode.
12 Save the model.
13 Check out the model in 3D (see Figure 10.32).
Phew! We have built a set of stairs The good thing is that it’s one sweet stair-case The bad thing is we used all the default layouts and materials It’s time to get into some more complicated shapes and styles
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creating a Winding staircase
Before we get started here, you should know that this staircase will be created
using the separate stair components You can try to do a winding staircase using
the Run function similar to the one we did earlier, but in many cases (especially
when you run into an existing staircase in either a renovation project or an
addi-tion), you may just need to draft the stairs, then model over the top of the
draft-ing lines What? Draftdraft-ing in Revit? Of course How else can you expect to get
anything done?
The first thing we will need to do is make modifications to the floor in a specific
area to create a landing, as follows:
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 2 floor plan.
2 Zoom in on the area between the corridor and the east wing, as
shown in Figure 10.33
3 Select the Level 2 floor in the east wing.
4 Once the floor is selected, click the Edit Boundary button on the
Mode panel of the Modify | Floors tab
O remember, if you want to get the front radial wall out of the way, you can right-click it, and choose hide In View ➢ hide element this com-mand will hide the wall in this view Just remember that when you need it turned back on, you must unhide the element.
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5 Sketch a landing that is 8′–0″ long × 7′–10″ wide, as shown in Figure 10.33
F i g u R e 1 0 3 3 Creating a landing We will add a door in a moment.
6 Once the landing is added in, click Finish Edit Mode on the Mode
panel If you are asked to attach the walls to the bottom of the floor, click Yes
With the landing in place, we can now copy a door up to this level To do this,
we will go to the first floor and copy the door that resides there You can do this
on your own, or you can follow along with the procedure:
1 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 floor plan.
2 Select the door that is there (see Figure 10.34).
3 Copy the door to the clipboard (click Copy To Clipboard on the
Clipboard panel)
4 Choose Paste ➢ Aligned To Selected Levels
5 Select Level 2 and click OK.
6 In the Project Browser, go back to Level 2 The door and the landing
are now in place
You may have to pick
a window around the
entire area, and then
click the Filter
but-ton on the ribbon
From there, you can
select only Floors.
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to Level 2
With the landing and the door in place, we can now create a winding set of
stairs The first task is to simply lay out the shape in the plan, using simple
draft-ing lines The second step is to model over the lines we added usdraft-ing various stair
tools, as follows:
1 Select the Annotate tab.
2 Click the Detail Line button, as shown in Figure 10.35.
3 On the Draw panel, click the Start - End - Radius Arc button, as
shown near the top of Figure 10.36
F i g u R e 1 0 3 5 Click the Detail Line button on the Annotate tab.