Create Tower Steel Layout Definition

The Create Tower Steel Layout Definition form is responsible for managing the sizing and positioning of Stair Landing elevations.

A graphical representation or preview in the 3D canvas of the Stair Tower reflecting the information in the form which can be modified by you to suit the layout of the adjacent model data to which the Stair Tower is being defined.

The graphical preview is based on the engineering criteria defined in the 'ASL standards' and these values will be written to the appropriate attributes of the Stair Tower.

To minimize the degree of post creation modification the Stair Tower functionality provides a graphical preview prior to the creation of the detailed representation of the final design, this workflow has been adopted to enable you to modify the Stair Tower as required by changing specific dimensions, directions or selections, and can also include the creation of additional entry or exit points as maybe required by adjacent model data or access requirements.

The form and the graphical preview indicated above shows how the dimensions from the actual engineering criteria defined by the relevant standard have been used to give a realistic geometric preview of the Stair Tower, the graphical representation indicates;

• The Position and orientation of the Stair Tower

• The overall size (Xlength, Ylength and Height) of the Stair Tower

• The number off and elevations of the supporting Beams

The form also demonstrates the concept of 'progressive disclosure' of the information and data that has been applied by both the user and by the system from the current standard to the attributes of the Stair Tower. The tasks associated with the creation and modification of the Stair Tower have been grouped into collapsible 'task' panels to minimize the amount of information visible at any time. The form layout also simplifies the workflow by grouping the tasks by specific actions; the following headings will describe in more detail the function of the task panes.