[Ruth Crump]

I am trying to create a stairwell for a renovation which involves a change between floors. Is there a way to create an opening in a floor space to add in a stair?

[Logan Butler]

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[Chris Setlock]

I did a kitchen last year that had a prominent stairwell going down, though the relevant space was all on one level.  Still, it needed to look right.

What worked for me was to set the floor to transparent, then make a new floor using the surface tool, being careful to leave the rectangle of the stairwell open.  Once that was done, I placed a set of stairs below floor level, with the top lined up to the edge of the opening.  It wasn’t 100%, but it looked close enough to pass muster.

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[Jordyn P]

Also can help to put a surface under the stairwell too, so it looks like there’s a room down there.

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