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Comfortable design of stairs and handrails in SOLIDWORKS

Using the latest version of SolidSteel parametric for SOLIDWORKS stairs and handrails can be designed automatically with comfortable menus instead of and manual design process.

The manual design of stairs and handrails with SOLIDWORKS is a time consuming and exhausting work. Until now SolidSteel parametric for SOLIDWORKS supported the necessary design steps with useful functions like the miter cut.

In the latest version of SolidSteel parametric, stairs and handrails can be designed and added to the assembly automatically and with comfortable menus. The software automatically adds all necessary profiles, creates the cutting features, and places all needed standard parts like stair steps and bolt connections. Of cause all the created parts are native SOLIDWORKS parts and the design is full parametric and follows changes after recalculation.

Design of stairs
You can find industrial stairs in many different designs. Whether they are in classic structural steel design or in plant or mechanical engineering. The design of those industrial stairs gets super easy with SolidSteel parametric for SOLIDWORKS. To create a new stair, just the start and the end point of the stair needs to be selected in the 3D model. In comfortable menus the stair can be configured individually. Therefor comprehensive libraries of profiles and stair steps are available.
In addition stair landing platforms can be added at the start and the endpoint of the stair. Even 180° or 360° staircases can be designed fast and efficient. All created parts are usual SOLIDWORKS parts. So after the design you can go on with all the other functions of SolidSteel parametric like the automated export of shop drawings or the export of bills of material.

Design of handrails
From February 2020 SolidSteel parametric for SOLIDWORKS offers the possibility to add segmented handrails to the design. Therefor just a reference edge and a connecting surface needs to be selected in the 3D model. Now the user gets a preview and can configure the handrail individually. During the configuration the preview is always up-to-date.
In addition to the geometrical settings like offsets, general height of the handrails the exact position the user can select if and where knee rails should be placed, if skirting boards should be placed, how many poles should be placed and many more.

After clicking apply the handrail will be created following the users requirements. All the single parts (Poles, Handrails, skirting boards and bended corner beams and more) will be added to the design as SOLIDWORKS parts. As an option the parts will be part of a sub assembly.




The stairs and handrails functions will be part of the SolidSteel parametric standard module „SolidSteel parametric for SOLIDWORKS - Design Package“ with no extra costs. For questions please contact us or ask your local SOLIDWORKS reseller.