Roads and Paving: Drives, Streets, Footpaths, Junctions and Car Parks

Roads and drives

1. Open **Site plan** and pick **Road**, or type `ROAD` (`DRIVE`).

2. Click along the road's centre line; press Enter to finish.

3. Pick what it is in its panel: **Driveway**, **Footpath**, **Street** or **Access road**. The kind sets its width and build up.

A road is cut and filled into the ground along its length, so it sits on a slope as it would be built.

A road's properties

**Cross section**: the **Crossfall** and the **Shoulder**, each as 1 in so many.

**Turning head**: the end of a cul de sac.

**Chainage**: marks along the road every so many metres.

**Surface**: its material.

**Junctions**: roads that meet join at a junction.

Settings › Editor › **Roads** chooses how roads are drawn on the plan (survey, presentation, construction or schematic) and the junction style.

Paving and car parks

1. Pick **Paving**, or type `PAVING` (`CARPARK`).

2. Click each corner of the outline and close it.

3. Tick **Car park** while drawing and the bays are set out for you.

**Bays**: the bay angle, which way the aisles run, how many bays fit, and planting in the leftover corners (**Plant the leftovers**).

**Surface**: the paving's material. Its area and perimeter are shown.

Tip: bay sizes and aisle widths follow the Standards in Settings › Site, International or United States.

Read next

• Site plan
• Fences and gates
• Landscape and planting
• Drainage

Frequently asked questions