Modeling Stairs with a Landing

[@mwoliver]

Excellent video Aaron, as usual. Your easy-going style and self-deprecating humor make you such a great teacher. Keep up the great work!

[@LeeL-l7p]

I love watching your videos! Admittedly, I wasn't sure at first that I would need to do any stairs since I'm modeling my single level for remodeling. That line divide was my big take away. What a way for me to see it in action. Keep these videos coming. They are also a great antidote for all the negative stuff online these days.

[@ahmad-murery]

I always enjoy using the walk tool to climb the stairs. Thanks Aaron!

[@medeekdesign]

Yet another excellent video and an equally impressive demonstration of SketchUp at work. After watching this video it got me thinking about stairs with multiple landings, they can be tricky and usually take some amount of planning and additional calculating to get right. With one landing you are usually talking about an L-shaped staircase as you demonstrated in this video. With two landings it is usually a U-shaped staircase, but there can be many other variations. After giving this topic some serious thought I think I have come up with a decent algorithm for creating a typical two landing U-shaped staircase. I'm not going to link the video here but you can find it on KZbin if you search for my tutorials, if you are interested. I'm curious what you might think of my methodology and if you think there may even be a simpler method to deal with these sorts of complex staircases. In a perfect world the creation of such staircases would be completely automated but there are so many permutations that it might be a bit daunting to create a comprehensive and totally flexible tool for this. I am going to give this some further thought and see what I can come up with. Thank-you for getting my gears turning, this was a very helpful video.

[@MickHealey]

Thanks Aaron, I always come away with something from these videos. Since you asked for ideas, something I would like to see in a future video concerns dynamic components. There must be a way to have 2 dynamic components that interact with each other, but I have no idea how to do it. For example, a rack and pinion gear assembly. Let's say the user clicks to make the pinion rotate 15°, the rack should move accordingly, since it is meshed with the pinion. But, how to do it? I can find lots of examples on KZbin to show a single door or window opening, but nothing with 2 or more components interacting with each other. I'm sure it must be possible using native tools, and without too much complexity.

[@AVSMedical1]

Enjoyed this one, definitely learned some new things. I would like to see a longer video that goes into a more detailed stair build. And of course, more woodworking videos!

[@richardhaas1989]

Quick, simple modeling, like this, is just to see if code stairs will even fit in this space. (and will I like it if it does) Sketchup excels at this. NOW, with the treads and risers where they have to go, is the time to draw the stringers and such. My first use for Sketchup is Idea bashing then drawing accurately all the detail I need to MAKE what I am drawing. The more accurately I draw the less problems later...

[@jamesmartinez1799]

I learned something from watching this video. Thanks for the great lesson.

[@SketchUp]

Glad you found it useful!

[@cindycallicratetalley951]

Great video, and very helpful as always. I am designing a curved stair (not a perfect circle)and would love to see a video on how to do that along with the coordinating railing.

[@SketchUp]

As luck would have it, we just made that video!

[@cindycallicratetalley951]

@@SketchUp Looking forward to watching it! Thanks!

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[@OveToranger]

That looked WAY too easy ! Considering all that was included in how to do it...deceptively easy Well done !!!

[@mogaynor]

Hi Aaron! I have enjoyed and learned a lot from watching your videos. I have been looking for information how to "embed" various toolbars into the free space available in SketchUp. I have a Mac and SketchUp 2024.

[@idahonewt3231]

One small quibble…probably better, construction-wise to run the riser-backs to the bottom of each tread so nails or screws (from riser to tread) are in shear, not withdrawal like you modeled (from bottom of tread up into riser). Yes, there will be plenty of construction adhesive to help in either situation.

[@bropitt]

great video, I use the geometry to solve things all the time, I'm old enough to remember using a ruler and rotating to solve stairs it took hours

[@randyvogel2053]

Dividing a line using the context menu…how did I not know about that for so long… Around the 9:12 mark when you are referencing the diagonal off axis line (the pink line), the pink line turns into a thicker/bolder line like when you lock something to the red, green, or blue axis. Is there a way to lock that diagonal inference or am I confused about what is happening? Since I am routinely surprised by the options for a given tool available through context (right click) menus, I humbly request a video about maybe the “Top 10 Context Menu Options You Might Not Be Aware Of”. It wouldn’t have to be confined to a single tool. Maybe the top couple of options for common native tools. Thank you again for all the good content. It is all extremely helpful!

[@AlAmantea]

When the line turns Magenta, hold down the shift key to lock it to that angle. It will remain parallel to that geometry.

[@randyvogel2053]

Thank you! ​@AlAmantea

[@EricSargeant-e7y]

7.5 inch riser! That's what we in the industry call a 'tripper'...jk. Nicely done as always Aaron

[@allanjgray1]

Thanks for this one.

[@ashleyquinn9822]

Hey Aaron what device are you using on sketchup and which package? I’ve been watching your videos I would like some info on how I can start designing things.

[@SketchUp]

Unless otherwise stated, our videos show the most recent version fo SketchUp for Desktop which is available as a part of the SketchUp Pro subscription.

[@ashleyquinn9822]

@@SketchUpcan you use Mac book pro and it have the same tools that a desktop has or is it limited? I use sketchup shop but I don’t see some of the tools on that one that you have?

[@razmiktorosian5016]

Hi I am a contractor and I’m interested to learn how to design with scetchup software

[@daviddickmeyer5231]

Nicely done. Code? We don’t need no stinking code!

[@tanweerchiktay]

Hey