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title: "Skipping a Ladder"
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updated: 2026-03-27T14:43:57Z
published: 2026-03-27T14:43:57Z
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# Skipping a Ladder

Skipping ladders is useful for when you need to add a deck penetration for pillars, posts or other construction objects.

It could also be useful for creating a ladder on the other end of the scaffold.

**To skip a ladder**

In the example below there are ladders on each level of a bay. We could skip levels 1 & 3 and instead move the ladders on levels 1-3 to the other end of the scaffold.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a7543393-6980-47da-b847-50d94a850604.png)

1. Select the **Bay** with the ladders and click **Scaffold** in the toolbar.
2. Select **Ladders**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-3NMJSAA7.png)
3. In the **Ladders** dialog, select to **Skip** **Ladders** on row 1 and 3.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-1LG77NUE.png)
4. Click **OK**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-YLL9S7EA.png)

This will remove ladders on levels 1 and 3. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/1aaada4d-b5a7-4626-82f0-9c1b695755bf.png) We can then add ladders to levels 1 and 3 to the Bay on the other end of the scaffold.
5. Select the opposite scaffold Bay to add the ladders to and in the **Scaffold** tab click **Ladders**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-RM3JSYIG.png)
6. Select to skip ladders 0 and 2.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-4YJ55W8W.png)
7. Click **OK**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-JJKG9995.png)

This will then alternate ladders on each level. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/51de5e35-3a99-4292-9edc-597497c19b5d.png)