Represent the built environment with ease.
The Land Use tool shortcuts to all of the Land Use Usages in your project template.
What is a Land Use?
Land use focuses on the activities and arrangements people make on the land. It does not represent intended built form; rather, it represents large planning areas of intended use. Often, land use usages will cover multiple parcels and be used to graphically represent large-scale planning decisions.
Land Use Type Properties:
Height (usually to show intended "max height" of the zoned area
Jobs (for calculating job creation)
Site Coverage Ratio (intended target for planning)
Floor Space Ratio (intended target for planning)
Drawing Methods
Giraffe offers 3 methods of generating geometry:
- Rectangle: Start with a 90° rectangular shape.
- Spine: Start with a single line.
- Irregular Shapes: Draw a polygon with any number of points.
Rectangle
Click the tool in the draw palette, then select the Usage you would like to apply.
Click once to initiate the shape and a second time to define the width. Pull to specify the length. Click to end tool command.
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.
In the Properties palette:
Scroll to the Geometry section (toward the bottom of the properties form)
Select the width of the geometry.
Select whether the geometry offsets from the spine to the right, left, or both.
Irregular Shapes / Polygons
In the draw palette, select the polygon icon next to the Usage you would like to apply.
Click to start your custom polygon. Click at each control point.
Double click to end/close the polygon.
