Create a Front or Side Exit Ladder

Select the required combination of menu options from the following, depending on the chosen configuration:

• Create > Ladder > Step

• Create > Ladder > Front Exit

• Create > Ladder > Side Exit > Single

• Create > Ladder > Side Exit > Double

To display a ladder creation window similar to this (the precise format depends on the chosen menu selection):

If required, give the new ladder a Name.

Check that the default setting for Clearance is suitable.

This setting defines the stand-off distance between the ladder and any potential obstructions behind it. Change it if necessary.

Enter the coordinates for the origin of the ladder (that is, the midpoint of the lower front extremity) in the Position text boxes, checking that the Wrt entry refers to the correct reference axis system.

Set the Direction (as viewed when facing up the ladder).

Enter the Height or, for a double exit ladder, the Height to top platform and the Height to first platform.

Click OK to create the ladder, complete with appropriate safety hoops and, for a front exit ladder, a top rail.