UrbanSim Penciler Documentation

Penciler is a site-level, multifamily housing development feasibility tool developed by UrbanSim intended for use during the site acquisition phase of the development process. Penciler can give you a quick picture of the development feasibility of a site from a building program and financial perspective.

Penciler Overview

• Penciler Overview
  • Building Options
  • Pro Forma Analysis
• Software Architecture Overview
• Tutorial

Site-level Analysis

General Information

• User Account
  • Adding Users to the Account
  • Buying Projects and Subscriptions
• User Interface
  • Deleting Projects
  • Map Layers
  • Navigating Between Tabs
  • Summary Table
  • Support

Starting a New Project

• Starting a New Project
  • Searching by Address
  • Selecting a Parcel in the Map
  • Parcel Information
  • Combining Parcels
  • Selecting Parcel Frontage
  • Project List

Adding Building Options

• Overview
• Zoning Constraints
• Multifamily Building Typology
  • Density Bonus
  • Bulk Requirements
  • Floor Area Ratio
  • Parking
  • Editing Zoning Constraints
  • Building Program Requirements
• Single-Family-Attached Building Typology
  • Building Program Requirements
• Visualization
• Changing Parcel Frontage
• Summary and Exports
• Parking
  • Parking Ratio
  • Podium Parking
  • Subsurface Parking
  • Outputs

Pro Forma Analysis

• Financial Analysis
  • Development Costs
  • Operating Period Assumptions
  • Adding a Residential Rent Profile
  • Sources of Funds
  • Debt
  • Equity
  • Cash Flow
  • Summary
  • Vancouver

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• Contact Us
• Support
  • Submitting bug reports and feature requests
  • UrbanSim discussion forum
  • UrbanSim resource library
• Known Issues
• Technical Information
  • System Requirements
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