How do human visitors to your planned project get there? And where do they park their vehicle?

Learn here how to use road, path, and parking tools to create transport circulation very quickly.

Roads & Parking Menu

Access the Roads & Parking menu (Car Icon) in the Draw Palette at the bottom of the app window.

Here, you will find parking, path, and road tools.

• Parking
  • On-Grade parking: Add a flat parking lot
  • Multi-deck parking: Add a multi-level parking structure
  • Underground Parking: Represent parking planned for underground
• Path: Styled for footpath/bike path use.
• Road: Styled for motor vehicle use. Includes options to adjust the width of attached sidewalks.

Draw Parking

Drawing methods

Giraffe offers 3 methods of generating parking geometry:

Select the Parking Usage type from the menu to begin.

Rectangle

Spine

In the draw palette, select the diagonal 2-dot icon next to the Usage you would like to apply.

Click at each corner of the line. Double Click at the final node to exit the tool.

Select whether the geometry offsets from the spine to the right, left, or both.

Select the width of the geometry.

Irregular Shapes