The Parking section of the Metrics sidebar shows:

The total parking stalls are shown as a percentage of required stalls beside the Parking section header.

Parking types are shown in number of stalls - to view the type as a percentage, hover on the corresponding section of the bar chart in the Parking section.

Assigning a parking type

Parking in Arcol is parametric, meaning it will automatically created and layout stalls. To create parking simply select a sketch or sketch face, click the + button in the Function section of the right sidebar, and select Parking from the list of functions in the menu that appears. As soon as a parking function is assigned you’ll see the generated stalls appear on the sketch.

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Editing parking parameters

There are various parameters used to generate parking include stall dimensions and drive aisle widths. To edit these parameters select a sketch or sketch face that has a parking type assigned, hover on the Parking section in the right sidebar, and click on the settings button that appears to show the parameters menu.

Entrances and ADA stalls

To add entrances and ADA stalls, enter a value into the Entrances and ADA stalls inputs in the Parking section in the right sidebar when a sketch with a parking type assigned is selected.

When entrances of ADA stalls are added a labelled control point is shown while the parking sketch is selected. Drag the control point to change the location of the entrance or ADA stalls.

Creating a parking type

By default Arcol has a Parking parking type - unless you want to see the division between something like surface and structure parking, the default is likely all you need.

To create a parking type: