Will Settlers Use Elevators?

Settlers will get into the elevator if you command them to using the settlement interface but won't operate it. Companions will react to them like any other elevator. They will ignore them until you get into the elevator and then they will try to get into it as well.

Can you build elevators in Fallout 4?

Appearances. The elevator is a world object in Fallout 4, and a settlement object in the add-on Contraptions Workshop.

How do you activate the elevator in Slocum Joe's basement?

The exit is an elevator in the basement of a Slocum's Joe, a pre-War doughnut shop west from Super Duper Mart. Entry can be gained either by hacking a master locked terminal oneself at any time or by having Deacon do it during the Tradecraft quest.