Transferring Stair Properties

Specific stair parameters can be transferred from one stair to another.

To transfer stair attributes:

1. Click the Stair tool from the Building Shell tool set and select Pick up mode from the Tool bar.

2. Click Preferences from the Tool bar to set the transfer parameters in the Stair Settings dialog box.

The transfer attributes are not available by clicking Settings from the Object Info palette.

3. Click the Transfer tab.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter	Description
Attributes	Select the stair attributes to transfer; selected attributes display with a check mark
All/None	Selects/deselects all the attributes with a single click
Picked up values become stair defaults	When the selected attributes are picked up in Pick up mode, they also become the default parameters for the Stair tool
Accept for all Stairs in Drawing	The most recently picked up, selected attributes, are applied to all stairs in the file

4. Select the attributes to transfer, and select whether the attributes should become Stair tool defaults and/or should also apply to all stairs in the file.

5. Click OK.

6. In Pick up mode, click the stair with the desired attributes.

The cursor changes to an eyedropper, and the source stair is highlighted in red.

7. Move the cursor to the target stair, and click Apply mode from the Tool bar.

Press the Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) key to switch between the Pick up and Apply modes.

8. Click the target stair to transfer the selected attributes.

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Managing Stair Styles

Saving a Stair as a Symbol

Setting Minimum and Maximum Values for Stair Geometry Parameters

Inserting Stairs

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