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Powerful CAD Software for Designing
Parking Sites
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ParkCAD is an advanced parking lot design
software that requires a CAD platform and basic
CAD skills to use. Engineers, architects, and
land developers use ParkCAD to lay out parking
sites in minutes. Aisles and stalls are placed
efficiently, resulting in a decrease of underused
areas. Increase productivity, save time and
money with reduced redrafting and redrawing of
parking layout designs with powerful layout and
editing tools. Planning becomes easier with real-
time parking stall counts and powerful reporting
abilities, including estimating cost.
DESIGN WITH CONFIDENCE
Get instant feedback when designing and making edits to all types of parking
layouts. Parking layouts can be completed in a few minutes using ParkCAD. Use
powerful parking design tools to select a defined area to automatically create
parking lots that conform to regional design criteria.
BENEFITS AND SOLUTIONS
THE COMPLETE PARKING DESIGN SOLUTION FOR
DESIGNING AND EDITING
Multiple Parking Standards
Regional design guidelines ensure conformity to regula-
tions. For North America, design standards include Insti-
tute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Institute
of Architects (AIA), Urban Land Institute (ULI), and regional
standards for over 20 jurisdictions from around the world.
Custom Standards can be easily made, saved and shared
to conform to local parking regulations.
Efficient Land Use
Select your parking boundary and let the software opti-
mize which row layout and rotation produces the maximum
number of parking spaces. Choose from a list of different
possible solutions suggested by the software. Save and
compare various iterations and develop the best layout
option for detailed design.
Use Current CAD Platform
Designers can use their current CAD platform without the
need to convert file types or upload files to an external
server. ParkCAD is available on AutoCAD, Microstation, and
BricsCAD, making it a versatile parking design solution for
every engineer.
Increased Productivity
Be more productive by reducing drafting time, especially
Top: Design lots of any size and shape for passenger and when it comes to modifications, and focus more on engi-
commercial vehicle parking. neering decision-making.
Bottom: Visualize vehicle movements and present your ideas.
Tools to Consider Traffic Flow
You can now add traffic flow arrows with ParkCAD 5.0 to
ParkCAD can be used on a variety of different-sized determine the direction of vehicle movement for either
parking lots from different jurisdictions. It is most effec- one-way or two-way traffic. Use the arrows to visualize
tive in the conceptual phase of parking design. vehicle movement within the parking lot.
DESIGN WITH CONFIDENCE
FEATURES
Parking design for different types of projects. Improved presentation.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE KEY FEATURES • Add accessible parking based on your region’s guide-
IN PARKCAD lines. Receive up-to-date reports ensuring regulations
are met.
Set-Up • Consider traffic flow to create efficient parking lot
movements with one-way or two-way traffic.
• Draw the boundaries of the parking areas with CAD
tools and place them on correct layers/levels for use Parking Editing
by ParkCAD. Colors and layers can be customized in
ParkCAD or use the default settings. • Use ParkCAD’s powerful editing tools to reduce time
• Easily choose between default settings or set your spent editing parking layouts. Designers can resize lots
desired dimension and size of stalls, islands, aisles, to meet adjusted boundaries while keeping previous
and symbols. edits. Row length can be adjusted by dragging end points
• The software uses guidelines to ensure conformity and stall sizes and angles can be changed.
to regulations in many different jurisdictions. • Designers can leave room for landscaped areas by
• Designers can now save, update, and load multiple removing oversized drive aisles and by minimizing
design iterations of a parking layout in a single drawing. the area of paved surfaces. Users can also update
the lot’s perimeter boundaries and reduce the parking
Parking Design site footprint.
• Increase safety and improve aesthetics by distribut-
• Take seconds, not hours, to lay out parking rows ing underused aisle space with centre walkways or
and aisles using ParkCAD. Individual rows can also be landscaped areas between parking rows.
made point-to-point or by using pre-drafted CAD ob- • Create custom parking stalls, such as valet parking,
jects, such as lines, curves, polylines, or complex chains. police, taxi/bus stands, shopping cart pick-up/drop-off,
• Create more complex parking layouts using parking lot or use any customized symbol. Custom stalls are report-
boundaries that include lines and curves for creating ed separately.
rows and aisles. • Parking islands can be classified as concrete, landscape,
• Place parking around other objects such as buildings or painted. ParkCAD can apply curbs and hatches to
or roadways by defining the outer parking boundary and custom or standard islands.
selecting one or more areas where parking is excluded. • Present attractive presentations using realistic paint
• Let the software determine which row layout and line widths, arrows, symbols, curbs, and patterns from
rotation produces the maximum number of parking an extensive library of CAD blocks and hatches.
spaces within a parking boundary.
DESIGN WITH CONFIDENCE
FEATURES (cont.)
Editing Tools.
Reporting
• Calculate the percentage of accessible parking stalls by selecting groups of parking rows and lots.
• All ParkCAD objects in the layout such as lengths, areas, and quantities, can be calculated and reported.
• Estimate construction costs of the designed parking arrangement by assigning unit costs to the 2D entities.
• Parking lot professionals can now visualize vehicle movement with ParkCAD. See vehicles enter, circulate
around aisles, access parking stalls, and exit the parking lot.
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