Stairs, Ramps, and Railings - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 89

Chapter 4

Stairs, ramps, and
railings

Autodesk ® Revit ® Architecture software contains powerful tools
for creating stairs, railings, and ramps. These elements are created and
controlled with separate tools, which we will discuss and utilize in this
chapter. In addition, these separate elements can interact with each other to
form more complex systems, which we will also cover during the exercises in
this chapter.
In this chapter, you'll learn to:

▶ Create and modify railings

▶ Create stairs by component

▶ Create stairs by sketch

▶ Customize stair landings

▶ Create multistory stairs

▶ Create and customize ramps

Creating a Generic railing

Stairs contain numerous parameters, but not all of the parameter controls
are equally important during the design process. Design is often about the
intent of what something is as well as where it is meant to go. Once
the intent is resolved, it's necessary to go back and revise the specifics of
how something will be carefully assembled or to add additional detail when
known.
Because the tools for railings, stairs, and ramps are somewhat separate,
you'll begin the exercises by first creating a simplified railing. This way,
when you create a series of stair configurations, you'll have a new, default
railing to apply to each of them.