Creating a Site: Adding Parking Spaces

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Creating a Site: Adding Parking Spaces

Training File - Open Imperial\RAC_CS_05_Parking_i.rvt

In this exercise, you add parking spaces to the site surface. You also create a schedule to display the total number of parking spaces.

Add parking components

1. In the Project Browser, under Floor Plans, double-click Site.
2. Zoom in to the parking area.
3. Click Massing & Site tabModel Site panelParking Component.
4. On the Element panel, in the Type Selector, under Parking Space, select 9' x 18' - 90 deg.

   Because Revit Architecture subregions do not support snapping, you use the DWG linework to place the parking component.

5. Align the parking space in the upper-right corner of the parking area, and click to place a parking component, as shown.
6. Press the Spacebar twice to rotate the parking space component, and click to place another parking space in the lower-left corner of the parking lot, as shown.
7. Click Modify.

   Array parking spaces

   8. Select the parking space in the upper-right corner.
   9. Click Modify Parking tabModify panelArray.
   10. Array the parking components in the upper area of the lot:
       • Click the upper-right corner of the parking space to specify the endpoint of the array.
       • Move the cursor to the left, type 9', and press Enter. This value defines the distance to the placement of the 2nd object in the array.
       • Type 16, and press Enter to define the array count (number of objects in the array).
   11. Press Esc.
   12. Using the same method, define an array for the parking spaces on the other side of the parking lot. Use the following specifications:
       • Endpoint - lower-left corner.
       • Distance between spaces - 9'.
       • Array count - 10.
   13. Press Esc.

Modify the array

Notice that a count of 10 parking spaces was 1 too few. You can add 1 space to the array. To add an instance to the array, select 1 of the objects in the array and change the array count value. 14. Select a parking space in the array, type 11 for the array count, and press Enter, as shown.

15. Press Esc.

Create a schedule to count parking spaces

16. Click View tabCreate panelSchedules drop-downSchedule/Quantities.
17. In the New Schedule dialog, for Category, select Parking, and click OK.
18. In the Schedule Properties dialog, for Available fields, select Count, and click Add.
19. Click OK.

    The schedule itemizes each instance of the parking objects. However, you would like the schedule to display a total.

20. In the Project Browser, expand Schedules/Quantities, right-click Parking Schedule, and click Properties.
21. In the Instance Properties dialog, for Sorting/Grouping, click Edit.
22. On the Sorting/Grouping tab of the Schedule Properties dialog, clear Itemize every instance, and click OK.
23. In the Instance Properties dialog, for Formatting, click Edit.
24. On the Formatting tab of the schedule Properties dialog, for Heading, type Number of Spaces.
25. Click OK twice.
26. In the schedule, click and drag the right border to expand the view.

Turn off the visibility of the DWG

27. In the Project Browser, open the Site plan view.
28. Zoom to fit the site plan in the view.

    You do not need the DWG site plan anymore. You can turn off the visibility (or totally remove the drawing from the project) for visual clarity in the site plan.

29. In the Project Browser, right-click Site, and click View Properties.
30. In the Instance Properties dialog, for Visibility/Graphics Overrides, click Edit.
31. On the Imported Categories tab of the Visibility/Graphic Overrides dialog, clear Site Plan.dwg.
32. Click OK twice.