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[randolph cohn]

you can create straight ramps a few ways

 

1.  stairs / sketch / ramp  > (front)

 

2.  stair / sketch / straight and edit the stairs  (top left)

note: a lot of thin risers.

play with the tread / number and height

 

make the tread as think as you can

the more treads, the smoother the ramp will look.

 

PLAY with the stair ramp.  you'll get it in a short time

 

3.  solid wedge (a couple) (can also use solid cubes)  top right

 

4.  sloped wide wall.  (not shown)

you can make curved ramps with walls.

 

 

click image to enlarge

 

note: you have to go into system library / symbols

and edit any symbol and check "slope to reference.

and than after you place the symbol on the ground (I added a small sloped property just under the ramp

and gave it an incline) and than edited the wheel-chair and checked the box for "slope to reference"

[brian praye]

Or, like I did for my exterior ramp, slope a sidewalk.  v.14.

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[Jim Crook]

Could you also use a wide beam and angle it ?

[Jim Crook]

What about using a roof with hidden beams  ?

[Keith Almond]

you can create straight ramps a few ways

 

Randy - Which method is which in the image that you posted? I know, but it may be handy for others who don't to decide.

 

Each method has advantages and drawbacks. If it's going to be a wooden ramp with "stringers" then it really has to be done as a staircase, although the ramp makes the handrails easier ... especially if the have spindles.

[Brian Berzinskis]

I never knew that there was a ramp located under the stair command. It would be nice though if you can display some information on the plan like the direction and slope.

[Keith Almond]

Just adding a ramp to a project, and I've realised, that the methods of drawing a ramp may need a little revamping.

 

Typically our ramps are constructed with 2" x 10" stringers on beams, and the current methods don't really cover it. If you use a ramp, you have a solid wedge, but the handrails look right. If you use a staircase with MANY small risers, then the ramp looks right, but the railings try to put 2 spindles per step and that doesn't look right. Using a ramp, the handrails don't cut the ramp like they do a stair, so the plan also looks wrong. Nothing seems to be ideal.