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title: "Adding a Side Bracket Turnaround to a Stair Tower"
slug: "adding-a-side-bracket-turnaround-to-a-stair-tower"
updated: 2026-04-21T09:02:40Z
published: 2026-04-21T09:02:40Z
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# Adding a Side Bracket Turnaround to a Stair Tower

In addition to the stock StairTower types available with Avontus Designer, you can easily create StairTowers with side bracket Turnaround bays.

To add a side bracket turnaround to a StairTower:

1. In the **Structures** tab, [create a Stair Tower](https://avontus.document360.io/v1/docs/en/adding-and-editing-a-stair-tower). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-IGNJJN1R.png)
2. Click the left **Turnaround** **Bay** (to select it), and click **To** **Connector Bay.** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-CJUTO3FK.png) A dialog appears.
3. Click **Yes**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/591a6f32-028d-4a22-8b11-3c2f5c56cdfe.png) Avontus Designer converts the Turnaround Bays into a Connector Bay.
4. Drag the upper corner of the Connector Bay to the inner corner. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/7b937649-7f0d-4f28-93e2-0a5b7f534060.png)
5. Repeat the above step for the lower corner. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/8e31f6a8-715d-4764-981f-610a7aa20df8.png) This results in a two-dimensional Bay that you can use to anchor the side bracket turaround Bays. The two-dimensional Bays will NOT show up in the BOM parts list. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/985c86b3-c5cd-47ae-886b-325a27d18ac4.png)
6. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 for the right Turnaround Bay. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/046488b3-7071-40a8-8615-66a71c8c991c.png)
7. Click where athe arrow is pointing to select that bay ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-7E9Y8REV.png)
8. Click the **Side Settings** dropdown, click the **L** item in the **Cantilevers/Brackets** group ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-DLFGW99W.png)
9. Click **OK** **![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/fc06e0d4-6489-4cec-95a4-5c5aaf5f9f21.png)**
10. Click the right 2-dimensional Connector Bay (to select it). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/651f6dda-66ea-44d6-9d0b-8e9c3b2739ad.png)
11. In the **Side Settings** section, click the **R** item in the **Cantilevers/Brackets** group ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-UQOWK77X.png)
12. Click OK ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/d833f369-05c9-49e6-9a37-8d86b01f271f.png)
13. Click the bottom side bracket in the Conceptual View. This selects the side bracket. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/421128f9-3905-413c-b6de-58f4712867e2.png)
14. Click **Delete Bay**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-ARQTJC7K.png) This deletes the Bay. The result looks like this: **![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a72ff529-7dd0-4590-9d17-3be365129545.png)** In the 3D View it will look like this: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/ff91deea-62f9-4ba3-add4-793739a4673d.png)