Parking Lot Areas, Parking Layout, and Parking Row allow you to show a preliminary design without requiring much time or effort. All three are enviroments created in Infraworks. You aren't required to draw the linework in Civil 3D or create shape files.
Parking Areas are a style of Coverage.
The first step is to create a Parking Area. Then you can create a Layout or Row. Pay attention to the placement of the first corner. Parking Layouts place their opening at the first corner.
Press B to cycle through bay angles. O cycles through orientations.
After pressing Enter you are able to make edits by selecting the Parking Layout grips.
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As an Applications Expert, Dana is responsible for supporting, training, and implementation of software for survey and civil engineering professionals.
Dana began her career as an AutoCAD and Civil 3D draftsperson in the civil engineering industry. She supported surveyors and engineers by managing CAD templates, assisting with preliminary design, processing field data, and creating construction documents. After a decade in production work, Dana transitioned to a CAD manager, working in both the private and public sectors. She has more than 24 years of experience helping large and small, public and private organizations in the southeastern United States.
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