Stair (v.22) that ends with a landing

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to make a stair in version 22 that "ends" with a landing?

It seems to be possible to start a stair with a landing, but so far I have not figured out how to get it at the end/top of the stair.

I am trying to make a simple "low" technical stair with a platform on the top. I would assume it is not something very exotic, so it should be doable. I am trying to create something like this: http://www.industrialmaintenanceplatforms.com/catalog/product/gallery/id/377/image/1029/

Or do I need to model the landing separately?

[Laszlo Nagy · Accepted solution]

It is possible to do.
Create a Stair which has the Landing in it. There will have to be at least one more step above the Landing.
However, after placement, select the Stair, and click the upper end point of the Stair Baseline, and use the "Rearrange Steps" command of the Pet Palette to reduce the number of steps above the Landing to zero (they will appear at the other end of the Stair), thereby converting your Stair to one that ends with a Landing.

[Lingwisyer]

LaszloNagy wrote:
It is possible to do.
Create a Stair which has the Landing in it. There will have to be at least one more step above the Landing.
However, after placement, select the Stair, and click the upper end point of the Stair Baseline, and use the "Rearrange Steps" command of the Pet Palette to reduce the number of steps above the Landing to zero (they will appear at the other end of the Stair), thereby converting your Stair to one that ends with a Landing.

Never noticed this command before... would have saved so much time on one of my past models where the tread divisions kept changing once I had placed the last node...



Ling.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Laszlo, I guess it takes a little practice to master it, but it works!

PS: My problem might have also been that I had selected "End with Riser" instead of "End with Tread". It is of course logical that I could not get a landing at the end, when the stair ends one "riser height" before the top level.

[Laszlo Nagy]

I found an even faster or more straightforward way to do it:

1. In the Info Box, select the "Downward" method so the starting point of the Stair Baseline will be its highest point, the Landing.
2. Click to specify the starting point of the Stair Baseline.
3. In the Pet Palette, switch to "Landing" segment (press "G" key). This way the first segment will be a Landing.
4. Click again the specify the Length of the Landing with the second node of the Stair baseline.
5. In the Pet Palette, switch back to "Flight" segment (press SHIFT+"G" keys). This way the next segment will be a Flight. Finish creating the Stair.