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in this video segment we're going to
cover the process of how to create a set
of stairs for your jack as you can see
in this sample project I have open I
have a wraparound set of stairs I'm
going to cover that process in this
video in this particular sample plan
that I have open you can see that the
stairs are more of a l-shaped stair and
follow down into the terrain these type
of stairs are covered more in the stairs
video itself you can refer to that video
in our video playlist let's go into our
plan view and get started by creating a
set of stairs in this sample plan I have
a deck created right in the center of
the screen and I want to create a set of
stairs that will go from the deck edge
out to the walkway using the stair tool
you can either use the draw stairs or
the straight stairs program is
intelligent that will connect the stairs
from the deck down to the terrain
platform or the walkway is it's the same
process inside the house if you use the
stair tool the stairs will automatically
connect between the platforms in the
case of the deck I can either use the
draw stairs or the straight stair tool
both will work the same way let's go
ahead and use the straight stair tool
and I'm going to come down here very
near the edge of the deck and click and
you can see before I place those stairs
the outline of what type of stair it
will place with three different treads
I'll go ahead and click and place those
stairs and if you go back into the 3d
view you can see that the stairs did
connect from the deck edge down to the
terrain walkway let's go ahead and edit
these stairs and place another set of
stairs off to the side and here the
barbecue unit back over into the plan
view I'm going to come over use the draw
stair tool in this case come over again
near the deck edge and click and place
these stairs same process it joins down
to the terrain and I'm going to go ahead
and resize these stairs so that they
come down to the edge and then when I
click on the set of small stairs on the
back of the deck I'll go ahead and pull
these around
and when you then connect into the edge
notice that it automatically does a rap
for you and the program will take care
of that intelligent rap to go around the
different deck now I've stretched the
stairs to fill the entire deck edge and
when we go back into the 3d view you can
see how the stairs actually form and
connect around the deck automatically
rapping now on this stair segment off to
the left-hand side of my screen I may
want to have a railing on this
particular stair I'll double click to
open the stairs and then on the railing
panel inside the dialog you can turn the
railing on for the left in this case
you'll see the preview update and you
could also turn it on the right if these
stairs were adjacent to a wall you have
the option to include or exclude the
railing at the wall you can change the
balusters you can change the top rail
and on the general panel there are
several settings if you want to make
changes in here make sure you refer to
the stair video the separate stair video
it goes through in more detail how to
control your stairs now that I place
that railing on the left side of the
stair we close the dialogue and you'll
see the railing appear now when you
place your stairs they may come in with
a different material you may have
changed your material for your deck
notice on my railing the railing is
different and I'm going to go ahead and
open up the library and browse out and
find the different materials with the
library browser open I'm going to go
ahead and search for the color black I'm
going to find the particular color that
I'm after and once you find the color
you can then come over and apply that
color onto the railing and make the
particular change by pointing and
clicking you can also use the material
eyedropper if you want to use a specific
color in your plan go ahead and pick up
the color on this case on the deck edge
come over here and I can apply that on
the railing and you can also apply it
onto the balusters and make the change
if your stairs come in with a different
color let's go
clear out the black search you can go
into the library and find different
components for your deck staring you can
also download additional content in this
case I've downloaded the treks library
inside of their catalogue you can come
down find different folder materials and
use that to change the color of your
decking or your stairs in this case all
you have to do is find that material and
then you can point and click to apply
those changes for your deck stairs to
learn more about stairs please refer to
the help file we have support articles
on the home designer software website
and we do have a separate stair video
make sure you watch that to learn more
about stairs and thanks for watching the
video