How to Build Stairs in Revit (w/Paul Aubin)

Yup, you read the title correctly... On episode 90 I will be joined by the one and only Paul Aubin to take on one of the more challenging aspects of Revit... Stairs! Learning how to build stairs correctly in Revit can be a daunting and frustrating task for many... Not anymore! Whether you are just learning Autodesk Revit or have been using it as long as Paul Aubin has, you'll find something useful in this livestream!

So sit back, relax, and let's geek out!

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TimeStamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:40 Join the BIM After Dark Community
05:00 Welcome Paul Aubin
06:00 Multi-Level Fire Stair in Revit Example
09:00 Setting Expectations for Stairs in Revit
16:44 How Detailed Should your Revit Stair Models be?
22:00 Breaking Down Paul's Revit Stair and Railing Settings
29:00 Using Supports instead of Balusters for Revit Stair Railings (PRO TIP!)
40:00 Building a Multi-Level Stair in Revit from Scratch
48:00 The Railing Support Family Paul Uses for Balusters
57:30 The Benefits of Keeping the Stairs "Components" in Revit
59:00 "Respect the Run"
01:00:00 Custom Monumental Stair from Scratch in Revit
01:17:00 Paul's Adaptive Escalator in Revit
01:20:00 Outro

Here are some links to all of the hardware and software I use:

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Thanks for watching " How to Build Stairs in Revit (w/Paul Aubin) " !!

[AussieBIMGuru]

The bravery required for live demo on stair and railings is no joke!

A good overview, and glad you didn't skirt around the limitations and issues with the tool whilst still taking constructive angles on ways to wrestle with it.

[arismanuelcahuana]

I really admire Paul Aubin! He is a real master Revit! Cheers, Jeff!

[mahmutbedir]

Paul Aubin.It very nice to see him here.The man I've learned Revit from

[ronalddean]

@TheRevitKid this is excellent, as highly recommended by my CAD instructor. I have a better understanding on how to pay more attention to how the cursor is moving and what it creates. I completed some correctly finished basic drawings (no environment). I noticed this and it created a question that I asked while working on a live project. Why does Revit not stack or align the bottom of the stringer with the top of the skirting, and why does the skirting not follow the profile of the rise and the tread? No one would build a staircase like that in the field. I was warned not to get so involved in the details (hard not to do) since I am not an architect nor am I building the stairs. But, it just looks so wrong to me. Is there a way to change it somehow so it correctly executes it, or is a quick fix to fix it after drawing them? Thanks!

[peuma_AI]

very interesting for all the people fighting against this family category that i think it is one of the most complicated ones. I would really want to participate some day here and show a few tricks to the mep community because i have get out of the box in revit connectors a few times

[RSarge]

For some reason I have been missing your live video notifications and man I wish I had caught this when it was live

[livingthedream]

Interesting, I am in the process of developing a stair and railing course, but even in the Revit arch courses I run or in the conversation of Revit... I do say one could probably do fairly okay as a contractor that specialises in nothing but the stair and railing tool haha. Good content as always!

[LegitArchitecture]

I'm pretty good at stairs, but there was one guy who was a bit too next-level, even for me. He suggested building a monolithic stair for the concrete stair structure (neck etc.), then pasted the same stair again ON TOP OF IT and changed that to a non-monolithic stair (you may have to move it in front of the stair, to the thickness of your riser finish panel), only without the concrete base. So he essentially separated the concrete structure of the stair and the riser and tread panels of the stair. That way, you can accurately do a concrete set-out plan in Revit and hide the non-monolithic stair on top of it when you need the concrete plan. It's the same concept as splitting your walls into structural/cladding/lining/partitions, and joining your concrete floors to your finish 'floors'.

I still like the detail at scales below 1:20 rule. But it was a good idea for accurate concrete drawings.

Thks Paul, this is amazing. Is there a way to get this amazing escalator model shared somwhere i find this very useful video and example. Cheers!

[vinayck]

Hii, can u pls explain, In Baluster placement(Railling), why that start pattern and end patterns are N/A & distance from previous is only editable in end pattern why cant in start pattern, ,if possible how to activate that distance from previous in start pattern

[ericguizzetti]

Yeah, basically the Stair tool sucks! But you guys have it easy. I work with 3D Laser Scanning and the creation of as-built stairs. Try using these tools when stairs aren't uniform, they don't follow code, and they don't even have rhyme or reason. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[brianwisner]

Hey Jeff! Great video as always and super helpful. I just ordered a BimBox laptop and was wondering what kind of laptop stand you use for yours? I want to make sure I’m buying something solid to support the big purchase.

Thanks!

[ahmedmostafa-kxxe]

out of context, your face is so close to MO Salah 🙂

[youssefibrahim]

Your tips are amazing, thank you. Would it be possible to change the landing and run to mesh flooring?

[Archstyle]

Would it be possible for you or Paul to share the stair system family so we could reverse-engineer all the tricks explained here? Thanks

[MrBondarrr]

Unfortunately, the ladder tool is only an architectural tool, the designer needs to develop everything from scratch for the calculation in the specification. This applies to prefabricated and metal stairs.

[MrObeytok]

Can you share the model? It’s useful to see the settings

[dawn]

Can you do a tutorial for spiral stairs in revit please? and how to make a platform at each level?

[deathblade]

i dont beleive its unreasonable expecations. Its an expensive program you pay tons of money for, programs like Vectorworks does stairs amazing.

[hhhhhh-yzoq]

it baffles the mind how bad stairs and railings are in revit and we are on version 23 with the same problems since version 1