Symbolic Representation for Stairs

Control the display of stair model and annotation objects by project or by view.

Several model subcategories, such as Cut Marks, Riser Lines, and Supports, as well as several annotation subcategories, such as Stair Paths and Stair Run Tags, provide more precise control over the visual representation of stairs.

Video: Modifying Stair Representation

Consider these strategies:

Examples of Stair Representation in Plan View

The following image illustrates some of the options for visual representation in a plan view. (For illustration purposes, the "Up" text annotation has been removed from the images.) See the table that follows for descriptions of the numbered visual representation options illustrated below.
Image # Cut Mark Type Properties Stair Path Type Properties Stair Subcategory Visibility
1
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: Curve
  • Line Shape at Landing Corner: Straight
  • Stair Path annotation manually moved closer to run boundary
<Above> Supports model subcategory: not visible
2
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: None
Line Shape at Landing Corner: Curved <Above> Supports model subcategory: not visible
3
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: Zigzag
  • Arrowhead Type: Arrow Filled 30 Degree
  • Line Shape at Landing Corner: Straight
<Above> Supports model subcategory: visible
4
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: None
  • Arrowhead Type: Open
  • Full Step Arrow: Selected
  • Draw for Each Run: Selected
<Above> Supports model subcategory: not visible
5
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: None
  • Arrowhead Type: Open
  • Start Extension: value specified
  • <Above> Supports, <Above> Nosing Lines, and <Above> Riser Lines model subcategories: not visible
  • <Above> Up Arrows annotation subcategory: not visible
6
  • Cut Line: Double Line
  • Cut Mark Symbol: Zigzag
  • Arrowhead Type: Open
  • Start Symbol Type: Dot Open
  • Start Extension: value specified
  • Distance to Cut Mark: value modified
  • All <Above> model subcategories: not visible
  • Stairs model category: Projection/Surface Pattern and color override specified