Allows the similarities and differences in two design iterations of the same parking design to be identified. This procedure assumes that at least one parking design was created (see To Create a New Design), at least two design iterations of the parking design were saved (see To Save a Design Iteration), and that the Design Manager dialog box is open (see Design Manager).

To Compare Iterations:

1. Under Available Designs, click the desired parking design (if only one design was saved, it will be selected automatically).

2. Under Iterations, select the two design iterations you want to compare.

• • To select two consecutive design iterations, click the first item, press and hold down CTRL or SHIFT, and then click the second item. Alternatively, you can simply drag the pointer over the two consecutive items to select them.

  • To select two non-consecutive design iterations, press and hold down CTRL, and then click each item.

Design Manager - iterations selected to compare

3. Click Compare Design Iterations. A dialog box similar to the following example displays:

Compare Designs

4. (Optional) To configure the displayed sections, click Configure Displayed Sections. The Configure Displayed Sections dialog box displays (for information on this dialog box, see Configure Displayed Sections). After you configure the displayed sections, click OK to return to the Compare Design Iterations dialog box.

5. (Optional) To aid in the comparison of the design iterations, click the Draw button at the top of the Iteration table to see that iteration in the drawing.

6. Click OK to return to the Design Manager dialog box.

Design Manager Dialog Box Explained

Design Manager dialog box

Available Designs Section

Displays a list of parking designs saved with the current drawing. To select a parking design, click it in the list.

Button	Option	Click to...
	Create New Design	Save a new parking design.
	Reassign Lots/Row/User Drawn Islands	Allows the lots, rows, and/or user drawn end islands assigned to the selected parking design to be changed.
	Rename Design	Rename the parking design selected under Available Designs.
	Delete Design	Delete the parking design selected under Available Designs.

Iterations Section

Displays a list of iterations saved with the parking design selected under Available Designs.

Draw

Turns design iteration on/off. This option is useful when you have more than one design iteration saved and you want to view them one at a time. To have a design iteration drawn, turn design iteration on by clicking the button preceding the name of the desired iteration under Iterations. To have ParkCAD stop drawing the design iteration, turn design iteration off by clicking the button again.

Iteration Name

Displays the name of the design iteration.

Comment

Displays the comment for the design iteration.

Modified Time

Displays the date and time the design iteration was last modified.

Total Stall Count

Displays the total number of stalls in the design iteration.

Button	Option	Click to...
	Save Design Iteration	Save the current parking design as a new iteration or update an existing iteration.
	Edit Iteration Details	Modify the name and/or comment of the iteration selected under Iterations.
	Delete Iteration	Delete the iteration selected under Iterations.
	Configure Iteration List	Indicate which columns display and in what order they display under Iterations, set the number of columns that always display as the list is scrolled, and specify whether the rows should display in alternating colors.

Button	Option	Click to...
	Iteration Summary Report	Create the iteration summary report and, optionally, save it to a file.
	Compare Iterations	Compare two iterations saved with a particular parking design.

Compare Iteration Report dialog box Explained

Compare Iteration Report dialog box

Report Details

Displays detailed summary information on the parking design iterations.

Button	Option	Click to...
	Configure Displayed Sections	Configure the displayed sections of the report.
Draw	Draw	Draw the iteration in the drawing.