Cloud Hidden Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I've been able to make a pad ok (actually, it's very cool), albeit with the elevation and cut/fill problems mentioned in another thread, but now I'm stumped on how to create tiered pads, such as for a stepped footer. The manual says a control fence may overlap another control fence, but should not cross a pad. So if I have 3 pads at 3 elevations that touch each other at the point of the elevation changes, how should the control fences be placed? Also, on a sloped site where I'm doing these tiered pads, if I want to create a sloped walking path adjacent to the house, would a roadway object be the way to do it, and how would that interact with the pads and control fences for those pads? [ 08-24-2003, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: Cloud Hidden ] Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted August 24, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 24, 2003 You need only one fence around all your pads. Think of a fence as a "limit of construction". Your tiered pads should each have a hole --slightly-- (a few fractions of an inch) larger than the pad inside it. Quote Link to comment
Cloud Hidden Posted August 25, 2003 Author Share Posted August 25, 2003 I had wondered if one fence would suffice. You answered that. Thank you. The answer raises another question. The "hole" you mention.....what type of VW object is that? I realize that the purpose in making it larger than the pad is be/c cuts can't be precisely vertical. But I don't have a sense of if that larger hole is a pad or ??? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Robert Anderson Posted August 25, 2003 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted August 25, 2003 I'm thinking of a ziggurat shape. Tiers, of course, may not need "holes", for example for an ampitheatre shape. Quote Link to comment
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