Stair Design
Enhancing StairDesigner models with ProgeCad
Here’s the third video in my using Progecad with StairDesigner series. StairDesigner does a very good job of calculating and technically drawing the stair and you get all parts and working documents…
Free stair design tool and download
Serge is a subscriber to our email list and had no previous experience in stair building. He has built himself a stair using only StairDesigner, our free stair design tool, and resources…
How to Design Curved Strings and Handrails using StairDesigner and Progecad 3D
Some people have been asking me how to build solid curved parts using StairDesigner. To answer I have made a short video that shows how to use StairDesigner DXF files and a…
How to build a 3D stair project with StairDesigner and ProgeCAD
This is a short video to show how I use the StairDesigner DXF export functions to use Progecad or Autocad to build a complete 3D project with the rendering tools supplied in…
Farm house stair building
Following last week’s article on curved strings and handrail here’s a short example of a wreathed string built with laminates, that I’m actually building in the workshop. This stair is being built…
How to build curved stairs and handrails
People often ask me how I make curved parts for stairs. These parts have such strange shapes that are far from the usual shapes worked by the average wood worker that they…
Building mezzanines and platforms with StairDesigner
How to use StairDesigner to build a platform and horizontal railing Several people have asked me how to draw platforms and mezzanines with StairDesigner. In reality StairDesigner is not really made to…
How to make curved stairs with a central cut string
This is an article that is not really about stair software but a visitor on my blog asked about making curved stairs. I have developed several techniques for different types of curved…