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[Sober Dwarf]

 I am having a hell of time trying to get my dwarves to dig up.  I want to make a room at the peak of this mountain but cannot for the life of me figure how to mine up.

 I have tried to {d}esignate {u}pward stair but nothing happens. I was thinking maybe the dwarves couldn't reach the ceiling.  So I built some stairs.  Tried again, nothing. 

 What am I doing wrong?

 

[Patchy]

Dig a matching set of downstairs on the floor right above the upstair.

[FleshForge]

If the space has already been dug out, you have to construct some stairs with a mason, and there has to be a hole above or below (or both) depending on which direction the stairs need to go.

[Urist Imiknorris]

You may wish to {d}esignate your{k}eypresses with different characters.

Dig a matching set of downstairs on the floor right above the upstair.

Or up/down stairs {d - i}.

[petersohn]

You have to build something like this:

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5 ___>___  <-- This is the room you want to build
4 ###X###
3 ###X###  <-- These are the rock layers below
2 ###X###
1 ___<___  <-- this is the floor you are in

# - wall
_ - floor
> - down stair
< - up stair
X - up/down stair
Suppose you are on floor 1. Chose a point where you want to dig up. If there is a natural wall at this point, designate carving an up stair (d-u). If there is a floor, construct one (b-C-u). On floor 2, just above the up stair (there is probably a natural wall there), designate carving an up/down stair (d-i), and repeat this until you reach the top. On the floor where you want to build your room (floor 5 here), designate your room area for digging (d-d), and a down stair (d-j) on the tile above your up/down stairs.

You can designate everything in one step, you don't have to wait to finish one step to be completed.

[Hans Lemurson]

With Up/Down stairs, you can make vertical shafts up or down as far as you want in either direction.

Another thing to try is "Dig Ramp" which carves an upwards-ramp in the level you're on and results in a downwards ramp and empty space in the level above.  Warning though: do not do the latter thing if there is an aquifer layer above you.  That can easily result in more fun than you can handle.