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Use these settings to create automatic landings in a stair flight. For example, if a stair flight has 18 treads and you set
the maximum treads to 15, the stair will have two flights with one landing in the middle, keeping under the 15
maximum risers on either side of the landing.
Specifying flight height limits for a stair run
1 Select a stair.
2 On the Properties palette, expand Advanced, and expand Flight Height.
Flight Height with Risers Limit type
3 Specify the constraints for flight length:
Then… If you want to…
select None for Minimum Limit type and None for Maximum
Limit type. specify no limits on the flight
select Risers for Minimum Limit type, and enter a value for
Minimum risers. specify a minimum number of risers per flight
select Height for Minimum Limit type, and enter a value for
Minimum height. specify a minimum height for the flight
select Risers for Maximum Limit type, and enter a value for
Maximum risers. specify a maximum number of risers per flight
select Height for Maximum Limit type, and enter a value for
Maximum height. specify a maximum height for the flight
Anchoring a Stair to a Landing
Use this procedure to anchor a stair or other AEC object to an existing landing.
1 Draw a stair with a landing and draw a second stair to attach to the landing. For more information about
creating stairs, see “
Using Stair Tools to Create Stairs ” on page 1135.
2 Select the stair with a landing, right-click, and click Stair Landing Anchor
➤
Anchor to landing.
3 Select the stair or other AEC object to anchor to the landing.
4 Select a location on the landing to anchor the center of the start of the stair run. The flight will be
perpendicular to the landing edge.
Select the insertion point of the AEC object that you are attaching to the landing. The object will be oriented
parallel to the edge of the landing.
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