04 – How to create floor transition paths

Step by step #

Creating these transitions is important in order to:

  • Providing wayfinding and indications when a route involves several floors.
  • Speed up floor changes if you are using any of the floor change accelerators.

In order to create a floor transition path, these are the steps you must follow the steps described in the following images.

Step 1. Create a node on the escalator, stair or elevator you want to link with another floor
Step 2: Go to the floor menu and select the destination floor
Step 3. Create the linked node on the escalator, stair or elevator on this last floor selected.

Types of floor transitions #

Elevators #

You may want to create a floor transition that represents an elevator. Elevators are bidirectional (two-way) and accessible (suitable for persons with reduced mobility).

Elevator path
Multiple elevator path

First, you must create one node on each floor (in the location where the elevator is). Then, you need to link each node to the nodes on the adjacent floors. For instance, the following image shows how we linked the node on Floor 1 both to the nodes on Floor 0 and 2.

Sample of how to configure an elevator floor transition path

Sometimes, you will have more than one elevator in the same place. In this case, you don’t need a node per elevator: one node for all of them (per floor) is enough.

Stairs #

You may also want to create floor transitions representing stairs. Stairs are bidirectional and not accessible.​

There are two types of stairs:

  • Stairs that connect one floor to another. In this case, you should create one node where the stair starts (in the lower level), another where the stair ends (in the upper level), and link both with a bidirectional link.
  • Stairs that connect several floors. In this case, you should create one node on each floor, linking each node with both the upper and lower level nodes (bidirectional link). Each node would typically be where the stair starts (on each floor).
Stairs that connect one floor to another
Stairs that connect several floors
Sample of how to create a stair’s floor transition path

Escalators #

Escalators are directional and not accessible. There are two categories of escalators:

“Zig-zag” escalators #

“Zig-zag” escalators have a staircase going up and, on the opposite side of the same floor, another staircase going down.

Two pairs of zig-zag escalators
Several zig-zag escalators
Scheme of how to create”zig-zag” escalators paths on Situm Dashboard

To create paths for this kind of escalator on Situm Dashboard, you will need to follow the next steps:

  1. Create one node at the start of the staircase up and another node at the end of the escalator down.​
  2. Then, you have to link both nodes with the respective on the other floors:
  • Escalator up: create a linking node at the end of the escalator on the next floor
  • Escalator down: create a linking node at the start of the escalator on the previous floor

3. Finally, you will have to link floor transition nodes with the appropriate node on each floor.

 

Zig-zag escalators floor transition paths

Bidirectional escalators #

Bidirectional escalators are just like stairs that connect one floor to another. In this case, it is enough to create one node where the escalator starts (in the lower level), another where the stair ends (in the upper level), and link both with a bidirectional link.

Several bidirectional escalators
Two pairs of bidirectional escalators
Schemes of how to create bidirectional escalators paths on Situm Dashboard

To create paths for this kind of escalator on Situm Dashboard, you will need to follow the next steps:

  1. Create only one node at the start of the staircase up and the end of the escalator down.​ If you place it in the middle of both escalators, it will be enough for correct wayfinding.
  2. Finally, you will have to link floor transition nodes with the appropriate node on each floor.
Bidirectional escalators floor transition paths

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