To Create a New Design

Allows a parking design to be saved. A parking design consists of a design symbol typically named to describe a particular parking design and all of the contained design iterations (see To Save a Design Iteration) that represent different proposals for the parking design.

To Create a New Design:

Click Design Manager on the ParkCAD toolbar or ribbon. A dialog box similar to the following example displays:

Design Manager

Click Create New Design. A dialog box similar to the following example displays:

New Design Name

In the Name edit box, type a name for the parking design.
Click OK, and then pick a point in the drawing to place the design symbol. The Select Objects dialog box displays:

Select Objects

Select lots and/or rows as well as user drawn islands in the drawing to be associated with this parking design (see Select Objects Dialog Box Explained).
Click Apply. The Save New Design Iteration dialog box displays:

Save New Design Iteration

In the Iteration Name edit box, type a name for the new design iteration, and then add any comments in the Comment edit box.
Click OK to save the design iteration and return to the Design Manager dialog box.

Note: A design symbol contains data associated with the corresponding parking design. Deleting/Modifying a design symbol results in a loss of information of the previously saved design iterations that are not currently drawn. To prevent a design symbol from being inadvertently deleted/modified, it is drawn on a layer/level which is locked by default (see Properties -> Design Symbols Category).

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/Rows/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.

Select Objects Dialog Box Explained

All ParkCAD editing tool dialog boxes contain a section that allow users to set the Selection Type for use when selecting ParkCAD elements. The Selection Type section displays as follows in each editing tool:

Select Objects

When Add Selection or Remove Selection are toggled, selections are either added to or removed from the current selection set respectively.

When Single Selection is toggled, selections are made one at a time.

When Window Selection is toggled, anything that crosses a window dragged to the left of the first picked point will be selected or, if the window is dragged to the right of the first picked point, anything within the window will be selected.

When Crossing Line Selection is toggled, anything that crosses the line dragged out between the two clicked points will be selected.

The Select Objects tool begins with and toggled by default.

Save New Design Iteration Dialog Box Explained

Save New Design Iteration dialog box