Parking

Two parking tools, Parking Area and Parking Along Path, create parking spaces automatically within a defined area or along a path. The parking tools allow for islands, accessible spaces, head-in (angled) parking, parallel parking, and access lanes; a parking schedule counts the total number of parking spaces for each type of parking tool.

Parking areas and parking along path objects can be sent to a site model surface with the Send to Surface command, but they do not modify the site model.

A third parking tool, Parking Spaces, is a basic tool for creating simple parking space graphics.

Creating a Parking Area

2. Click to begin drawing the parking polyline; click to set each polyline vertex. Click the mouse at the start point to complete a closed polyline, or double-click the mouse to create an open polyline. For more information on polylines, see “Polyline Tool” on page 294.

If this is the first time the object is inserted in this session, the Object Properties dialog box opens. These parameters apply to subsequent placements of the object and can be changed in the Object Info palette. Click OK.

3. The parking spaces are automatically created within the area defined by the polyline.

• Set a solid fill color for the parking area and a solid pen color for the space numbers through the Attributes palette.

• Change the parking space numbering font, size, and style with the Text menu, or assign a text style.

• The parking area displays in a 3D view; if desired, assign a texture to the parking area with the Render tab of the Object Info palette (Renderworks required).

Parameter	Description
Rotation	Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)
Text Style	Select a text style from the list of those available. To use the style associated with the class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See “Usando Estilos de Texto” on page 388 and “Formatting Text” on page 385.
Lane Width	Specifies the width of the lane between rows of parking spaces
Row Angle	Sets the angle for the parking header stripe
Space Width	Indicates the width of each parking space
Space Length	Indicates the length of each parking space
Space Angle	Specifies the angle of each parking space
Show Header Stripe	Toggles the display of the parking header stripe
Show Perimeter	Toggles the display of the original polyline
Space Numbering	Adds a parking space number to each parking space; spaces are numbered from left to right and top to bottom
Start Num At	Specifies the starting number to begin parking space numbering
Num Spaces	Displays the number of parking spaces created

Creating Parking Islands

Many parking areas include islands where trees are planted or parking spaces are otherwise separated. By using the Clip Surface command, the parking area can be adjusted to account for parking islands, or for accessible parking. The parking spaces automatically adjust for the presence of the parking islands.

The parking area automatically adjusts for the removed spaces, renumbering the parking spaces.

Although the Parking Space tool offers several parameters for easily defining accessible parking spaces, the Clip Surface technique can also be used to create accessible spaces. Do not remove the clipping object after clipping; apply the same fill color and then apply an accessible parking graphic image to the area. Accessible spaces created this way are not counted in parking space reports.

Creating Parking Along a Path

2. Click to begin drawing the parking polyline path; click to set each polyline vertex. Double-click the mouse to create an open path polyline, or click at the start point to complete a closed polyline. For more information on polylines, see “Polyline Tool” on page 294.

Once created, the parking along path object can be edited by selecting the parking object; then select Modify > Edit Parking Along Path and reshape the parking area polyline with the Reshape tool; click Exit Path to return to the drawing.

Parameter	Description
Rotation	Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)
Text Style	Select a text style from the list of those available. To use the style associated with the class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See “Usando Estilos de Texto” on page 388 and “Formatting Text” on page 385.
Space Width	Indicates the width of each parking space. Spaces along a curve may widen along the length of the space; the space width is defined as the minimum width between the two sides.
Space Length	Indicates the length of each parking space
Space Numbering	Adds a parking space number to each parking space; spaces are numbered from left to right and top to bottom
Start Num At	Specifies the starting number to begin parking space numbering
Num Spaces	Displays the number of parking spaces created
Spaces on Left of Poly	Includes spaces along the left side of the parking path
Spaces on Right of Poly	Includes spaces along the right side of the parking path

Creating Parking Spaces

2. Click once to place the parking spaces object. Click again to set the object rotation.

Parameter	Description
Rotation	Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal)
Text Style	Select a text style from the list of those available. To use the style associated with the class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See “Usando Estilos de Texto” on page 388 and “Formatting Text” on page 385.
Space Style	Select the type of parking space: • Single Bay: Draws spaces on one side of the header stripe • Double Bay: Draws spaces on both sides of the header stripe • Parallel: Creates parallel spaces (along a curb, for example) instead of head-in parking
No. of Standard Spaces	Specify the number of spaces to create
Space Width	Indicates the parking space width
Space Length	Indicates the parking space length (for parallel spaces, this is the length along the curb)
Space Angle	For single and double bay parking, specifies the angle of each parking space
Header Style	Select the header style: • Straight: The header stripe remains straight • Angled: The header stripe stays perpendicular to the space angle
No. of Accessible Spaces	Specifies the number of spaces with a different width applied for accessibility
Accessible Width	Sets the space width for accessible spaces
Accessible Location	Indicates whether the location of the accessible space(s) is at the beginning or end of the parking row
Show Accessible Symbol	Select to show an accessible parking symbol in each designated parking space. Vectorworks includes an international standard accessibility symbol that can be edited by the user.
Add Accessible Aisle Spaces	Select to add aisle spaces adjacent to accessible parking spaces
Aisle Width	Enter a value for the accessibility aisle width
Aisle Location	Select an aisle location relative to the accessible parking spaces
Aisle Fill	Click to open the Choose Fill dialog box, and select the aisle fill from options present in the drawing (see “Fill Attributes” on page 1096)
Show Header Stripe	Toggles the display of the parking header stripe
Show Start Stripe	Toggles the display of the side of the first parking space
Show End Stripe	Toggles the display of the side of the last parking space
Space Numbering	Adds a parking space number to each parking space; spaces are numbered from left to right and top to bottom
Start Numbering At	Specifies the starting number to begin parking space numbering
Show Bumpers	Toggles the display of the parking space bumpers (stops)
Show 3D Stripes	Toggles the display of the parking spaces in a 3D view

The Parking Space tool is available for Vectorworks Fundamentals software but is not present in the Fundamentals workspace. It can be added to the Fundamentals workspace (see “Creating or Editing Workspaces” on page 1827).

Creating Parking Reports

Parking report worksheets can be created for each type of parking tool: parking areas, parking along path objects, and parking spaces. If using a combination of parking types, a report may be needed for each type.

2. Select the type of parking from the Listing objects with record list, and select the columns to include in the worksheet.

The worksheet calculates the total number of spaces for all parking objects of the same type.

Parking Tools

Creating a Parking Area

Creating Parking Islands

Creating Parking Along a Path

Creating Parking Spaces

Creating Parking Reports