Creating a parking area
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Tool |
Tool set |
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Parking Area
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Site Planning |
To create a parking area:
Click the tool.
Click to begin drawing the parking polyline; click to set each polyline vertex. Click again back at the start point (or press K) to complete a closed polyline, or double-click to create an open polyline. For more information on polylines, see Polyline tool.
The first time you use the tool in a file, a properties dialog box opens. Set the default parameters. The parameters can be edited from the Object Info palette.
The parking spaces are automatically created within the area defined by the polyline.
Once created, the parking area can be edited by several methods.
Adjust the parking space origin by dragging the parking area control point.
Reshape the parking area polyline with the Reshape tool.
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.
Parking area parameters can be edited from the Object Info palette.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Rotation |
Specifies the number of degrees to rotate the object (0.00 is horizontal) |
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Text Style |
Select a text style from a library or the current file. To use the style defined for the object’s class, select <Class Text Style>. To format the text using options on the Text menu, select <Un-Styled>. See Using text styles and Formatting text. |
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Lane Width |
Specifies the width of the lane between rows of parking spaces |
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Row Angle |
Sets the angle for the parking header stripe |
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Space Width |
Indicates the width of each parking space |
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Space Length |
Indicates the length of each parking space |
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Space Angle |
Specifies the angle of each parking space |
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Show Header Stripe |
Toggles the display of the parking header stripe |
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Show Perimeter |
Toggles the display of the original polyline |
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Space Numbering |
Adds a parking space number to each parking space; spaces are numbered from left to right and top to bottom |
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Start Num At |
Specifies the starting number to begin parking space numbering |
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Num Spaces |
Displays the number of parking spaces created |
