Starting the Accessways, Stairs and Ladders Application (ASL Modeller)

Start the ASL application by selecting Design from the top-level bar menu, Structures from the pull-down menu and ASL Modeller from the first submenu (Design > Structures > ASL Modeller).

Before proceeding further, refer to Set Drawing Representation Levels for guidance on the effects of setting different drawing levels.

The following chapters of this guide explain how to select appropriate combinations of options from the various menus, and how to fill in any associated forms, to enable the user to carry out specific design functions for adding accessways, stairs and/or ladders to the structural model.

The menus and forms have been designed so as to make their use as intuitive as possible. This guide does not, therefore, attempt to explain every command option, only those needed to carry out the principal design tasks.

The contents of some forms change interactively to match the choice of options, so that the selections presented and the input data requested are always directly relevant to the current situation. Because of this, some design functions are easier to use in practice than they are to describe in theory.