Stair Width & Alternate Landing Width

[M!chelle]

Friday I was in a crunch.  I had stairs at 3' 6" wide and needed them to terminate with a 5' x 5' landing.  For the life of me I could not get the style to override or find the appropriate setting to make this happen.  The landing extension in the stair styles did nothing no matter what I changed.  I ended up having to explode my 3' 6" stairs and mash an exploded 5' x 5' landing to it.  Any ideas what I was doing wrong?

[leothebuilder]

Have you tried creating the stair and landing from linework?

[M!chelle]

I don't understand. Old fashioned 2D linework, or even 3D linework?  I need it in a modeled form... which I'm able to create a plain static set on my own but I desire the dynamics of the stair functionality.

[M!chelle]

Here is why the settings I was adjusting wouldn't work.  It was a not a multi use landing as the note states.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-architecture/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2...

[leothebuilder]

Draw your stairs and landing in plain 2d linework. (plan view)

Then right click on the stair tool (tool palette) and select "apply to linework".

[M!chelle]

I cannot get this method to include the landing. It either cuts off before the landing or says "All treads must intersect or cross both sides."

[KathyMoffa]

The "apply to line work" does work for this stair.  Make sure that you draw a continuous polyline that includes the landing "jog" for each side, i.e., draw a polyline from the start of the stairs to the end of the stairs, then over 9" then up the length of the landing).  You also need to draw the last step of the stairway (first step of the landing) as a 42" line, and the last step of the landing as a 60" line.   When prompted, select the left and right polylines, accept all the defaults until the prompt to select first tread then remaining treads. 

[dbroad · Accepted solution]

Have you just tried projecting the stair edge to a polyline? See screencast.  If this doesn't apply, post a drawing with a problem stair.

[M!chelle]

Thank you for this!  I was able to project the stairs on both sides to center the 5x5 landing.  Exactly what I needed!