Stepped Steps in Revit Stairs

I had a question recently about how to create a Revit stair that is stepped in plan?  It is actually not that hard to do but the method is not so intuitive – so here are some instructions:

Tapered Stair

For the record, we’ll start with a tapered stair, to get the methodology – as that is very easy:

  • Create a stair with a straight run

 

  • Select the run (in stair edit mode)
  •  Convert the run to a sketch 

 

  • Select the run and ‘Edit Sketch’

 

  • Adjust the angle of one or both sides

 

  • No need to trim the riser lines (providing the boundary lines up with the end risers
  • Finish the sketch and the stair

Stepped Stair

Follow a similar process as the tapered stair to start with:

  • Create a stair with a straight run
 
  • Select the run (in stair edit mode)
  • Convert the run to a sketch – this stage is not reversible, so you need to be sure about it
 
  • Select the run and ‘Edit Sketch’
  • The sides and back of each step need to be drawn as ‘Boundary Lines’, which show green in the…

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