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Graham, could be the municipality doesn’t understand, and/or have much experience with CAD and intellectual property. It could also be a holdover from the pre-PDF era when plotting was entity color-dependent and few submitters included plot files (in Autocad these are .ctbs) thus causing a plotting nightmare for the receiving party. In many…[Read more]

Your advantage in having past experience in understanding lineweights, drawing layout and the application of drawings in the field should set you higher than recent grads (they may know some aspects better, but generally aren’t versed in office-use of CAD).
As others mentioned CC courses and  working for a CM/engineer/surveyor/fabricator (doing…[Read more]

I agree with Ashley. ACAD drafting has not changed that much … just more conveniences in options of how you can do things.

Fifteen years ago, I took a “bridge job” doing cad drafting for a small civil engineering/survey office while I was looking for a job with an LA firm. It was like ACAD grad school and I got paid. It actually was an…[Read more]

Fully agree with Ashley : I also have been away from Autocad for a few years in the past, and it does come back quickly when you get your head into it. Even the new interface, options, icons, whatever. It’s a scary one, but after all, it’s just another software…

Again, autocad is just one skill amongst (too) many skills LAs need to  master.

I have been out for 5 years as well.  I took an AutoCAD 2012 course (general, not LA specific) last fall and after the first week I realized that once you understand AutoCAD it is not that difficult to relearn.  It’s just like riding a bike!  Take a community college course and you will gain your confidence again.  I still use my graphic ski…[Read more]

But I know that my CAD skills are not what they were 5 years ago.  I didn’t even use them for at least a year, so I need to knock the cobwebs out at least.  I have plenty of strengths, but for me to be able to jump right in the mix of a busy office I need to strengthen those skills.  No matter what office I am interviewing at.  I mean will I be…[Read more]

I agree w/Andrew and Goustan: talk with other firms. It may “just be” that particular firm.
Did they give you “specifics” as to why they thought that you might be “lacking”? If not…could you call them and ask them for additional clarification so that you know where you “need” improve or what skill they felt needed work…you may only need…[Read more]

Hi Goustan,

Thank you for your reply. We want to make an interactive presentation or a kind of application that client can use. Like in the flash file that i”ve attached before u just have to click the materials on the right side and everything on the picture is change. But we want to drag the material into the pictures not click it. Like playing…[Read more]

Gita, 

Could you please elaborate on your need : what you want to achieve is not very clear to me.

Do you want to make a printed or interactive online presentation ? Can’t you use Photoshop or equivalent to do it ?

Have a look at the portfolios here and at other places, that will help you know where you stand.

Now, one interview is just not enough, it barely counts as ‘warming up’. Find 5 more interviews, or visit offices (good threads about that last point here on Land8)

Are they truly lacking or were they just not a good fit for that particular office?

LARE Prep Session in Chicago – Illinois Chapter ASLA 
Friday Feb 28, 2014
Saturday March 1, 2014
 
Section 1 is 1PM to 3PM and Section 2 is 3PM to 5PM on Friday.
Section 3 is 8AM to Noon and Section 4 is 1PM to 5PM including mid session breaks on Saturday.
The successful format is a fast moving session including drilling from slides, best use of b…[Read more]

Thanks Lucy
I’m contacting them to find out a few more details. I’ll need to find out if the pics I upload will become their property. I’d be thrilled if the app would allow toggling into French, and even more thrilled if the whole world were zoned, not just the US and Canada.
I’m likely asking too much at this point. I will be working abroad.…[Read more]

I personally like Botany Buddy–I think it can do the things that you’ve listed.

I think you need to be straightforward with clients and contractors and only work with those willing to do some trial and error with you. I might have one here in Michigan to work with me. You also will need some legal assistance to protect yourself in case something does not work out. 
Btw thank you so much for posting about this; it is such an…[Read more]

On the Grothe site, go to Referenzen > Badeparadies and also to Partner > Teichmeister. On that last site, you can see more visuals, especially architectonic designs, which I find most exciting. You can have the clean look of a swimming pool but without the chlorine. Note that the planting zone does not necessarily have to be one with the swimming…

Wow, great info..thanks!

As of now this is only a small project requiring just about 200 face feet of stone, but may turn into a larger endeavor. 

Depends on how it’s shipped: one project the supplier had the product shipped to them for quality control before shipping to project site (quality/consistency of finish was not great), another we had directly shipped from port to project site (good finish).  note that shipping times can vary depending on weather/season/port availability.  If a s…[Read more]

Yellow Mountain Stoneworks is awesome!

How about Yellow Mountain Stone?