u/Proof-Pause3542

I was tired of CAD hours, janky spreadsheets, vague ramp plans, and guessing whether the coping reveal would actually land right.

Ramp building is expensive. Bad plans waste wood, money, time, and space. And even if a bad ramp technically stands, it may still skate wrong.

You tweak the ramp in live 3D — height, transition, flat bottom, platform size, coping reveal, sheet layup, stud spacing — and the plan updates with it.

It generates the practical stuff too: material planning, cut lists, sheet layouts, budget, hardware, and build guidance. It is built for both CNC cutting and manual cutting with a jigsaw or track saw.

RampNerd went live about 6 months ago. Since then, thousands of people have used it, and real ramps have been built from it.

But I have hit the limit of what one person can keep improving alone.

The tool works, but it needs serious cleanup: better performance, better mobile/device support, a cleaner interface, less sign-up/export friction, better documentation, and a real path toward opening the code and build logic to the community.

That is why I started Push to Open.

The goal is simple: keep RampNerd alive, make it more open, and turn it into a better skate-building resource for people who want to get good, skateable, sustainable ramps and obstacles built.

Mini ramps and halfpipes are the solid base right now. The bigger direction is bowls, roll-ins, spines, banks, pyramids, rails, street obstacles, modular builds, and a proper shared knowledge base for skate construction.

RampNerd was built by one person. I do not think that is how it should stay.

If you think a tool like this should exist, support it if you can. If not, sharing it with skaters, builders, shops, parks, crews, youth clubs, or anyone trying to get more places to skate built also helps.

GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/c7d18a17e
Roadmap: https://rampnerd.com/roadmap.html
Tool: https://rampnerd.com

I built RampNerd because planning a mini ramp should not require hours of spreadsheets, CAD files, guesswork, and crossed fingers.

A lot of the early feedback came from this sub, so I wanted to post this here directly.

Ramp building is expensive. Bad plans waste wood, money, time, and space. And if the geometry is wrong, the ramp may technically stand, but it may not skate right, and may end up unused.

You design the ramp in the browser, and RampNerd updates everything live: geometry, materials, cut lists, layouts, budget, and hardware.

Change the height, transition, platform size, coping reveal, sheet layup, or stud spacing, and the plan updates with it.

It was built for both CNC builders and people cutting manually with a jigsaw or track saw.

RampNerd went live 6 months ago. Since then, thousands of people have used it, and real ramps have been built from it.

But I have hit the limit of what one person can keep improving alone.

The tool works, but it needs proper cleanup: better performance, better device support, a cleaner interface, less sign-up/export friction, better documentation, and a proper path toward opening the code and build logic to the community.

So I’m opening RampNerd up.

I started a GoFundMe to support the transition from a one-person bootstrapped tool into something the skate/build community can actually use, improve, and build on.

The goal is simple: help more people build good, skateable, sustainable mini ramps and skate obstacles.

Start with mini ramps. Then expand toward bowls, roll-ins, spines, banks, pyramids, rails, street obstacles, and more.

If you think this should exist, support it if you can. If not, sharing it with skaters, builders, parks, shops, crews, or anyone trying to get more places to skate built also helps.

GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/c7d18a17e

Roadmap: https://rampnerd.com/roadmap.html

Tool: https://rampnerd.com

RampNerd was built by one person. That should not be how it stays.