Revit Architecture 2013 Essential: Creating Stairs and Railings

Activate 1st Floor Stair 1
This is a callout from the 1st floor plan
Hide the grid lines and sections

Architecture tab > circulation panel > Railing

Type Selector - Railing 900mm Pipe, Edit Type - Duplicate

Name: Hotel Stair and Balcony Handrails
Rail Structure - Edit

Material - Duplicate

Name: Wood - Birch
Shading: 224-178-126
Sketch any railing, click Finish, then delete it

Architecture tab > Circulation panel > Stair

Properties palettes -
Type Selector - Stair: 190mm max riser 250mm going
Base Level: 1st Floor
Base Offset: 0.0
Top Level: 2nd Floor
Top Offset: 0.0
Width: 1220mm

Tool panel > Railing Type

Select Hotel Stair and Balcony Handrails

Work Plane panel > Ref Plane

Draw panel > Pick Line
Sketch the ref planes

Draw panel > Run

Click Finish

Create New Railing

Architecture tab > circulation panel > Railing
Type Selector - Railing 900mm, Edit Type - Duplicate

Name: Hotel Handrail only

Baluster Placement - Edit

Select None for all balusters

Rail Structure - Edit

Zoom in to the stair

Select the outer railing
Type Selector - Railing: Hotel Handrail only

Create a camera view looking from the door

Stair by Boundary

Activate 2nd Floor Plan
Zoom in to the stairwell at lower-left corner
Architecture tab > Circulation panel > Stair

Properties palettes -
Base Level: 2nd Floor
Top Level: 3rd Floor
Multistory Top Level: 8th Floor
Width: 1220
Desired Number of Risers: 20 (This number is small due to Floor Height: 3650)

Work Plane panel > Ref Plane

Options bar - Offset: 1340

Draw panel > Pick Line

Draw panel > Boundary

Sketch the boundary lines
Use Trim Corner to trim the 2 top corners for the columns

Draw panel > Riser

Sketch the 1st riser at the bottom-left corner

Draw panel > Pick Line

Options bar - Offset: 250

Offset 10 risers on the left side

Draw panel > Line

Options bar - Offset: 0.0

Sketch a riser on the top-right corner

Draw panel > Pick Line
Options bar - Offset: 250

Offset the riser until 0 Remaining

Modify panel > Split Element

Split the landing and railing on both ends, click Finish

QAT > Camera

Place the camera near the door

Right blue line parallel to the wall

Select the outer railing
Type Selector - Hotel Handrail only
Rename the view to 2nd Floor Stair 2

Project Browse - Sections (Building Section) - East-West-Section

The Stairs build up to 8th Floor

Modify 2nd ~ 8th Floor for the Stair Openings

Activate 2nd Floor
Architecture tab > Opening panel > Shaft

Properties -
Top Offset: 0.0
Base Offset: -300 (Floor thickness 300)
Base Constraint: 2nd Floor
Top Constraint: Up to level: 8th Floor

Draw panel > Line

Sketch an opening, click Finish

Activate East-West-Section View

Add Stand-alone Railing

Activate 2nd Floor
Architecture tab > Circulation panel > Railing
Tool panel > Pick New Host

Pick the floor facing the curtain wall

Draw panel > Line

Options bar - Offset: 100

Pick the floor edges

Railing path show as magenta lines
Click Finish
Type Selector - Hotel Stair and Balcony Handrails

Zoom in to the outer balconies on the back of building
Add balcony railings by the same parameters