Access platforms, Stairs and Ladders (ASL)

The new application for Access platforms, Stairs and Ladders (ASL), released in 12.0, is being improved to provide an excellent tool for stairs (single flight in the first release), ladders and handrailing. The functionality to create platforms with the application is being removed and platforms will be created using standard Beams & Columns and Panels & Plates functionality, possibly in conjunction with the Standard Model Library utility.

The new application will, therefore, be known as Stairs, Ladders and Handrailing (SLH).

Until the new application is released the 12.0 ASL application is kept in the product as is .

The old Access platforms, Stairs and Ladders application (from Hull and Outfitting 11.6) is still available, though it will be removed at a future release. It is available, hidden, at Hull and Outfitting 12 and can be reactivated by a simple edit to the PML file PDMSUI/des/addins/access. This file is all commented out; activate all the code lines after the header and ensure that the application is shown on the menu: