Stairs and Railing in Archicad: model stairs and railings that resolve and stay to code

The stair tool and the railing tool are two of the deepest tools in Archicad, and most people learn just enough to get by. This course takes you further. You learn to set up and draw stairs, control the parameters that keep a stair to code, edit them with confidence, and build railings that do far more than a standard barrier. Self-paced eLearning you take when it suits you. Assumes you already know the Archicad basics.

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Who it's for

One course covering both tools, for people who already know Archicad and want stairs and railings to stop slowing them down. It assumes you have the basics, so if you are brand new to Archicad, start with Archicad Fundamentals. Pick the situation that sounds like you.

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You fight the stair tool on every project

A stair that will not resolve, settings that fight back and a result that never quite matches the design. The stair tool is genuinely deep, so the course digs into how it is built and the logic it runs on. Understand that, and you stand a far better chance of getting the stair you intended instead of working by trial and error.

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Your railings never quite do what you want

The railing tool feels limited until you know it. You learn to drive it well past a standard barrier, with custom profiles and components, so a railing matches the design rather than the default.

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You model interiors and want both tools to behave

Stairs and railings sit at the heart of interior work. You learn to model both cleanly and consistently, the natural next step after the basics. Modelling interiors more widely? See Archicad: Interiors 1.

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You want stairs that stay to code as the design changes

A stair has to hold to regulations while the design keeps moving. You learn to set the parameters that let the tool keep a stair within code as you adjust it. Training a team? Talk to an advisor about booking together.

What you'll learn

By the end you can model a stair that resolves and holds to code, and a railing you can shape to the design. Here is the scope.

Stairs start with the right setup. You learn to place and draw stairs with the stair tool, work from favourites to move faster and use the drawing techniques that lead to a cleaner result with less trial and error. This is where the everyday struggle with the tool starts to ease.

What people say after the course

Get your stairs and railings right

Enrol on the eLearning course and take it at your own pace, or talk to an advisor about training the team together.

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