Stair Design

How to calculate stringers outside the stair well

Zoran from Belgium has asked how to draw the strings outside the stair well. To draw  the strings outside the well  click on “String board param” in the StairWell Param tool box:…

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Using stair templates video

This is a quick video that shows how to download and modify a stair model template and edit it to fit your stair dimensions. Your can read the step by step instructions…

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Stair blueprints, templates and videos

Using a stair template The quickest way of designing a stair is to just take an existing stair design and edit it to fit your project. You can see examples of stair…

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Using AutoCad with a stair design calculator

Stair caculator software and AutoCAD StairDesigner can calculate and build and draw stairs very fast and efficiently but as with all parametric software whether it is stair software or not, it doesn’t…

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Spiral Staircase and Landing Design

Here we are going to explore spiral stairs design using the StairDesigner software solution. I wrote this article to answer a question from a subscriber to our mailing list who asks if…

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Stair software to modify stair plans

As with all architectural projects, very common annoyances in professional stair building are modifications. This post contains 2 short videos showing how to modify a simple straight flight of stairs to make…

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StairDesigner – The Free Design Stair Calculator

Is free stair CAD software any good? Is the demo version of StairDesigner a useful free stair design calculator? What can you really do with the free demo version of StairDesigner? You…

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