JimStark

Attached is a copy on a customised right isometric of the ramp I am trying to make. It's bottom plane is at the 0"Z, while it's top height is at 1'4"Z height. Hopefully, once I get this working properly, I can more accurately measure the planes, and try to figure out exactly HOW to build this.

Ok, using NURBS, I tried something: I created 2 NURBS polygons, one set at 0" on the Z axis, and the other at 1'4". This gave me the opportunity to snap the interior ellipse of the 1'4"Z ellipse to the 0"Z ellipse. This has me CLOSE to what I'm looking for. Does this method sound like it could provide any way to punt my plan later?

Wow, you guys rock. Now, all these ramps are built where one side of the ramp touches the ground, and the other on the next level, but would these still work if I wanted the INTERIOR of this ellipse to be one level and the EXTERIOR to be the other? So the incline travels the width as opposed to the length? (this is in no way a wheelchair ramp of any kind; it's a staging piece for a performance space)

I am trying to draw a 3D ellipsoidal ramp in Vectorworks 2010. I've drawn the 2D version, and extruded it, creating an ellipsoidal block. I am trying to adjust the one edge down to create the 'ramp' in 3D. How do I... do that? Should I go back to the 2D version and go in a different method? Have I gone to this point properly, and just do not know how to use the proper 3D tool? I'm still teaching myself this program, and this is a new step for me. I remember creating a curved ramp in the 'teach yourself' program a few years ago, but can't find it now. Attached are screen grabs, in 2D and right isometric.

Huh... I... apparently... did not... Humility and I are hanging out a lot as I learn more and more...

I'm using the 'event planning' stuff for the first time, building seating areas for a Black Box performance. The seat counts are way off. As an example, it's telling me I have only 50 seats in Section 1, but I'm counting 59? See image... What have I done wrong, and how can I fix it?

THANK YOU! That was what I wasn't doing right. Knew it was something simple. You guys rock. He had it circled in the image and everything...

Thanks for this: I have already drawn the circle and interior platforms, but I'm not seeing the polygon tool you are mentioning? I'd show you, but every time I try to screengrab this thing it doesn't seem to work correctly. Is it just that we are using two different versions? I have Vectorworks 2010

I am trying to draw up the plans to make a circular platform with a diameter of 16'-11 5/8". I will be making a center square out of 4'x8' platforms and a 4'x4' platform, for a 12'x12' square. I need to draw the 8 arching platforms that make up the perimeter. Each will comprise 1/8 of the circle, with straight dimensions of 2'-5 7/8"x6', with a hypotenuse of 6'-5 7/8". I have mostly taught myself this program, and am not sure how to draw the corresponding arch to complete this drawing. I'll bet it's something simple that I just don't know, or long since forgot. Anyone have an answer for me? Does this make any sense? Thanks for any and all responses.