Transoft Solutions Releases ParkCAD 4.0 Software for Parking Site Design

April 30, 2010 - PRLog -- April 30, 2010 – Vancouver, BC, Canada

Transoft Solutions Inc, developers of industry-leading software solutions for the AEC design community, has just introduced ParkCAD 4.0 – the latest version of the company’s highly touted CAD parking site design software.  ParkCAD includes new features that make designing parking lots a much more refined process with support of arcs in the creation of perimeter rows and drive aisles. ParkCAD now lets users run different combinations of row positions and rotations yielding the maximum number of parking spaces in a boundary. The new design manager functionality also allows multiple iterations of parking layouts to be saved, updated, recalled and then compared for client proposals and parking studies.  
   
“ParkCAD 4.0 is a significant move forward in the field of design software for parking sites. The new release is, by far, our most advanced version to date and represents technology needed by firms to operate competitively by reducing the amount of time spent on tedious iteration work,” said Daniel Shihundu P.Eng., Transoft Solutions Vice President of Product Development. “As one of the first software of its kind, ParkCAD heralded a new standard for design efficiency and productivity in what is an often overlooked aspect of engineering – the creation of parking sites. And with the current version, ParkCAD has once again established its lead as a comprehensive solution.”

ParkCAD 4.0 introduces tools that make it easier for parking site designers to account for green space and sustainability issues in today’s push for incorporating more environmentally friendly approaches in infrastructure development. Designers now have the capability to minimize the parking lot area footprint by having ParkCAD automatically move in the site’s perimeter boundaries using excess space from oversized drive aisles. Mixing small and large vehicle stalls on the same row provides additional pervious surfacing for landscaping or water retention sections. As well, users can distribute extra drive aisle space into center paths in selected parking rows to be used as pedestrian walkways or landscaped spots.

ParkCAD retains all of the unique parking object reporting features from previous versions but now gives users the choice to assign treatments (Concrete; Landscape; Painted) to parking islands for cost estimating purposes. Custom island perimeters and areas can be reported in groupings depending on the type of treatment received.

ParkCAD 4.0 is available now from Transoft Solutions for North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. A multilanguage release in French, German, and Spanish is scheduled for July. A free demo version can be downloaded for a trial evaluation from the Transoft Solutions corporate website at www.transoftsolutions.com.

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About Transoft Solutions
Established in 1991, Transoft Solutions Inc. develops the most thoroughly researched and innovative CAD-based software for the engineering and architectural design communities. Known as a world-wide industry leader, Transoft Solutions suite of productivity enhancing solutions have become the trusted de-facto standard for over 90% of the Top 100 ENR AEC firms, 85% of North American departments of transportation, and regulatory agencies.