Drawing staircase and handrail components.
Technical guides on how to draw the component parts and set out the stairs.
Including various downloads to drop straight into your drawings.
Before you start.
Are you new to drawing stairs?
We have a menu heading “Basics.” in this stage, we have added the fundamentals of understanding and drawing stairs. This is the best place to get to know the basic principles of how all the individual components work together and have an impact on each other.
Draw introduction.
An introduction to this section.
Find out a bit about what we have in this section and how to use it.
Drawing a Monkey’s tail.
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Component geometry.
Drawing the curtail tread and monkey’s tail.
Centre line is King.
How the handrail layout dictates the stringer and riser positions.
Core rail transitions.
A look at how the core rail is set for mitred handrail.
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Drawing check list.
The information required and the order for drawing the stairs.
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Handrail profiles.
Black and white plate style or coloured image pdf’s.
Handrail natural height at landings.
How the handrail height would naturally flow across landings.
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Imperial timber sizes.
Reference sheet of PAR timber sizes.
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Modelling stairs in Rhinocad.
I show how I model the staircase.
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Newel, Cut string alignment.
How to determine the cut string position on the newel.
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Opening cap, joint angle.
How to calculate the cut angles.
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Quick on the draw – .
Pre drawn parts to drop into your drawings.
Quick on the draw – Handrail profiles.
Cad outlines of different profiles.
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Spindle outlines.
Pre drawn spindle outlines, drop these into your cad package.
Stretch outs.
How the stretch out is done for different stair plans.
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Tangent hadrail in CAD
A look at the tangent handrail system in CAD