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Projects are how Arterial organizes your work. They associate parcels with policies, massings, and datasets. Creating a project consists of a few steps:
  1. Parcel selection: Choose the specific parcels or address where your development will take place
  2. Supplemental policies: Add any additional zoning regulations or policy constraints that may not be automatically detected
  3. Project targets: Define the specific parameters and goals for your development project within the as-of-right regulations
  4. Massing setup: Create the initial 3D building envelope using setback lines and development templates

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Quickstart

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Parcel Selection

Projects can be created from either an address or via a parcel search, and can be created from the project dashboard, explore page, or a project dataset page.To begin creating a project, you can select a set of parcels from any supported map above.

Parcels can be selected from the project overview map.

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Supplemental Policies

Policies and project details are optional and can be added later. If you want to skip straight to the massing steps, use the “Quick Analyze” option.
After selecting parcels, Arterial will automatically load in the relevant policies & regulations for the area. In certain cases, policy maps may not be digitized or are dynamic; Arterial will prompt you to fill out the relevant values.

Policies and their relevant maps are shown on the next stage.

These policy values inform the regulations that Arterial is able to find; for all necessary manual values, we’ll provide the maps and information you need to fill out the correct information.
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Project Details

The regulations Arterial picks up on inform the as-of-right regulations for the selected parcels; in other words, the universe of possibilities for your project.Arterial will ask for the details of the project you’d like to build—with parameters resting in the as-of-right range. This final step allows Arterial to find the policies that are specific to your project, not just the land.
To simulate a project that is not allowed as-of-right, you can use the variant simulation feature to test policies.

All development targets and AOR uses are shown.

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Massing Setup

The final step of project creation is to set up an initial massing profile; this is a 3D model of the project that you’d like to build.After selecting either a ready-made template or a blank starter, you can click on the setback lines provided on the map to create your massing profile.

Setbacks provide the boundary information for Arterial's simulations.

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Next Steps

Create a Massing

Build 3D visualizations and design your building envelope

Analyze Policies

Assess the planning risks of your project

Analyze Datasets

Explore market data and development patterns in your area

Analyze with New Parcels

Search for additional parcels and expand your project scope