Chapter 16

Stairs and Railings

Creating stairs and railings in Revit can be challenging. Iterating and resolving your design idea is a lot like working in a spreadsheet, and designing in a spreadsheet without some graphical feedback can be frustrating. In addition, stairs and railings are often sculptural as well as functional, and there's just so much sculpture you can get to with the out-of-the-box functionality.

There's a lot that the Stairs and Railing tools in Revit can accomplish that even advanced users don't always realize, but often it's the exceptions that trip people up. In this chapter, we'll cover some common scenarios of stairs and railings by using the tools in the usual ways and then also using them a bit creatively.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

• Understand the key components of stairs and railings
• Design beautiful custom stairs with default toolset
• Create elegant exceptions to the Stairs and Railing tools
• Implement best practices