The FASTEST Way to Create Stairs in SketchUp! (Plus - Making a Rail!)

In this video, learn the fastest way to quickly create stairs in SketchUp!

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:15 - Setting up your stairs to model in SketchUp
1:35 - The Fastest way to create stairs
2:55 - Making the base of the stair sloped instead of solid
3:15 - A fast way to add pipe rails to your stair
5:38 - Learn SketchUp in the course!

[Thesketchupessentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about modeling stairs in SketchUp in the comments below! :)

[siobhanrogers]

Doing a project that requires these skills and you happen to recently post this! Thank you so much ☺️

[jean-francoisblouin]

Thanks for this short clip on stairs. Very helpful.

[zackd]

For intermediate rails, I like to copy/move the first vertical rail up to the top, as you did, and then use the slash (e.g. /4) to equally distribute the copied rails along the span. Also, I personally prefer to use a diameter that's a bit thinner than the main rail to avoid any ugly intersection.
One last thing: for making the emptied out space under the stairs, I much prefer to follow the rise and run of the stairs, rather than just eyeballing that angle. I'll usually draw a line down a foot or so from the back of a step, then do the same for the next step, then connect the two with a line and extend it out to run below the other steps.

[thomaaz]

find it much easier to draw a vertical line the total height of the stairs you need, divide it into the number of steps you want and than push pull every thread you layed out on the ground to the reference points you made with the vertical line. That way you eliminate all error.

[abdthegreat]

this was so straight to the point ! thank you !

[cassidykenneth]

Bro, your video really helpful and easy to job

[janatakoonlinetelivision]

Thanks, Very inportant all video, I am from watching Nepal

[adilmushtaq]

Thank you justin you are our mentor
Keep making these awesome vids

[bradsmith]

Great vid thanks have you done one similar for sketchup for ipad?

[nareshvijh]

Make rectangle first step>copy this rectangle as next step >to this second rectangle give a height say 1 inch> multiple copy the next step to the desired number of steps required > select all steps now scale in z axis to the landing g level. Fastest method.
I do this in blender. Same workfliw Can be used in sketchup as well.

[roninichiban]

Thanks Justin. Much better than the method I used.
I have a question, but it isn't about stairs, it's about animation. How would you animate the motion of a coffee table top that uses "lift hinges". As the table top opens, it moves in 2 axes simultaneously and it's giving me brain fry. Hope there's a reasonably simple solution. Thanks again and keep the great videos coming!

[arayahomes]

Hey Justin! A bit confused by the video. The making the stairs part doesn't take into account a real world scenario of having to figure out first the correct riser height divided into the total stair height, you just have it setup to show it without having to figure it out in your video with your 6" riser heights, but every user of sketchup making stairs to be accurate would have to first figure this out (the riser height and calculations)... With a plugin you can click 3 times from the moment the user is ready and the stairs are made to the correct riser height and are to code with parameters specified and the stairs are I feel like that's much faster than the tutorial you have here, maybe I am missing something

[shannonluciano]

This is exactly how I've been making stairs every step for years lol

[johnjlopez]

Solid old school techniques. Is there a plugin or preferrably a DC that will calculate the proper rise and run for you (hopefully using the ADA standards for legal compliance or something similar ).Every plugin or DC I've seen only does the math manually or never lines up the overall height without making you fuss with the details to make it work.

[hellya]

How do you do a rail for a spiral staircase, WITHOUT extensions. Thanks!

[aprintojoss]

how can we choose correct of 3 axis as destination when we need to move object ?

I need to move cube, select base corner. How can I select destination easily...
Many times i should find green or blue or red axis...

[dewmesiahsayang]

how did you multiply the steps to 17? I cant do it in my sketchup what did u enter to make it possible.

[gral]

i have problem with sketchup/layout. my building is in angle to axes. and when i want to make a drawing in Layout with the floor (view from top) i cant set the view so the floor is perpendicular to sheet because standard views are rotating everything to axes. please help

[MLTHEARCHITECT]

how did you do that? You know the number of risers in a particular stairs?