FAQ

Hardscape is a special tool that makes it easy to draw areas of paving. This hardscape can be 2D only, or it can be 2D and 3D. If you make it 3D, then it can be a site modifier and can affect the site model.

You need 2 things for cut and fill calculations, you need a site model and you need site modifiers. The first one should be obvious, with a out a site model Vectorworks has no way or calculating the site. The second part is, if the site is not modified, there…

adding a slope angle to a pad.

Pads and fences are the main tools for site modifying. The pad creates the 3D site modifier and the fence tells Vectorworks how much of the site will be affected.

Editing a road to align the stations vertically. This is how you change the slope of the road..

Editing a road to send the road to the surface of the site model.

There are several options for site modifying. You can use roads (good for roads and paths), pads (good for flat or uniformly sloping areas), hardscapes, landscape walls and stake objects. We should look at each in turn.

Select all the 3D Loci to make the ste model.

Adding spot levels to make the site model more accurate.

Converting 2D polygons to 3D loci.