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Creating a U-Shaped Stair with User-Specified Settings Use this procedure to add a U-shaped stair with settings that you specify. U-shaped stairs have two equal-length runs joined by a half-landing. The justification setting controls where the points that define the stair fall within its width. When drawing the stair, the flights are shown with lines for each tread. Flat landings have no tread lines, while turn-type landings show tread lines through the entire turn. For turn-type stairs, these temporary lines do not necessarily represent the actual locations of tread lines in the final stair. Creating a U-shaped stair TIP To ensure that the Properties palette is displayed before you select a tool, right-click in the drawing area, and click Properties. 1 Open the tool palette that you want to use, and select a stair tool. If necessary, scroll to display the tool that you want to use. 2 On the Properties palette, expand Basic, and expand General. 3 Select a style. 4 In Shape, select U-shaped. 5 Specify the turn type: If you want to... Then... create a flat landing where the stair run turns back in the opposite direction select 1/2 landing for Turn type. create stairs where the stair run turns back in the opposite direction with treads throughout the run select 1/2 turn for Turn type. 6 Specify the horizontal orientation of the stair: If you want to... Then... draw the U-shaped stair so that the right is the outer edge of select Counterclockwise for Horizontal Orientation. the stair and left is the inner edge draw the U-shaped stair so that the left is the outer edge of select Clockwise for Horizontal Orientation. the stair and right is the inner edge 1144 | Chapter 25 Stairs