Access platforms, Stairs and Ladders User Guide

Stair Tower Assembly

3.1.1 General Attributes

The Create Stair Tower Definition form allows the user to set the general attributes, such
as Name, Description, Function and Area. The form also identifies the tasks associated with
the Stair Tower elements.

3.1.2 Direction and Location

The application assumes that the Stair Tower direction is constrained to a rotation about the
vertical axis for example N45E, W13S and the application will not allow the user to set a non
vertical direction, in that event the application will issue an error message before resetting
the format back to the default direction.
The Pick Position link will activate the Positioning Control mechanism allowing the user to
set the position with respect to any elements in the Design Database.

The positioning control task panel supports both the plant and ship grid (XYZ, ENU and
Marine) co-ordinate system where the default position of the Stair Tower is positioning at the
base elevation in the geometrical centre of the Stair Tower as indicated by the axes
indicator. The default direction or the Stair Tower is north though this can be changed by the
user.

3.1.3 Installation Sense

The installation sense of the Stair Tower allows the rotation of the Stair Flights and Stair
Landing to be rotated in either a Clockwise or Anti-Clockwise sense. When used in
conjunction with Direction it allows the Stair Tower to be manipulated to suit the layout
requirements for managing the various layouts of Flight direction and Landing orientation.

3.1.4 Select Configuration Type

This toggle determines whether or not the application creates supporting steel for the Stair
Tower.

If the Tower Steel Layout Configuration radio button is active, the application will create a
network of beams and columns whose layout and spacing is derived by the layout of the
Stair Flight and Stair Landing centres and the elevations of the Stair Landings Top of Steel or

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