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I agree whole heartedly with you! We need an overhaul and it needs to begin from the top down.  Shaking things up is how America was discovered and conquered by a bunch of quakers and pilgrims who dared fight against the strongest and most powerful nation at that time.  What happened in that scenario? The pilgrims won and now we all enjoy this g…[Read more]

Printed it at a3 the text is fine but some of the smaller diagrams and perspectives need to be enlarged, thanks for the advice

Thanks very much for the advice

Hi Brad
It sounds great and yes I think all your points are very relevant. I need help with speed, efficiency and workflows. Also there is lot of information out there for 3ds max which is very expensive software that I cannot afford. It would be good to work on the capabilities of other software such as rhino and its generative plugins such as…[Read more]

 
It is said that we “Germans” work only 35 h/w and are still able to perform.
What a joke! The 35 are wrong but the rest is correct.
I’m over 40 years in business and hardly ever had worked less than 40 h/w. Record were 70+ when I was self-employed. My folks insisted in working to the book and got overtime paid.
My first, until my recent…[Read more]

Two years ago I went part time at a civil engineering office in order to develop my own LA office. They have been steady all along, but cut out overtime in 2008. Their work load has not changed much since 2006 when I got there (different types of work, but equally busy)..
 
I just gave my final notice on Wednesday because my LA office is too busy…[Read more]

I would like to know, with the economy coming back and getting better what are the typical hours per week that you are working?  Is it more or less than what it has been the last several years through the recession.

• What kind of skills do you need help with? Speed, efficiency, aesthetics?

speed and efficiency; related to it, adaptability (ease of changes, edits) as part of iterative workflow

• Are you interested in specific tutorials? For example, how to create different grass textures, etc.

very much so to expand on some of those included in the…[Read more]

A prize wheel is always a good ice breaker. Something interactive that gets people to stop at your booth always helps. You don’t want to be too gimmicky, but something that will catch peoples attention.

Around here it is pretty standard for d/b companies to put together some kind of display, even if it is just a small booth. Usually some pavers and a segmental retaining wall in place of a folding table and some shrubs and flowers artfully arranged. It doesn’t have to be fancy.

Good work, though I would add more (or enlarge) persepctives to give your portfolio some punch. Plans and analysis are great, but they put people to sleep

Brad,

I would like to speak to you about setting up a workshop in Chicago. 
Contact me at emergingprofessionals@il-asla.org

Do you stand out?
How?

Start with that

Hello all, I’ve gotten some emails about post in this thread.  I’m sorry to inform you guys but I decided to not major in LA, I’ve decided to major in Interactive design & media.  I however do have a friend whom has just graduated from the LA program at my school.

I don’t think I ever posted my work from high school, it’s more architecture st…[Read more]

Great thanks very much

What  a great article. They had a similar discussion on public radio here locally about six months ago.

We use Mac Pros which are super nice computers but pretty expensive. A few of the guys from work have iMacs at home and say that it works fine. I guess it depends a bit on how big / detailed your vectorworks files are. If you contact your Vectorworks rep they should be able to give you some pretty good advice. I’m looking at getting a Mac Book Pro…[Read more]

Appreciate your feedback John… Are you running on iMac or Mac Pro? Trying to figure out minimum configurations/spec to run VW AND SU!

We use vectorworks on Macs at Environmental Partnership. It is quite popular in the landscape industry in Australia. The Landmark add on is great for planting plans. Vectorworks is better on Macs because of the quartz imaging / transparent layers. Started off doing 3d in Vectorworks but have recently changed over to SketchUp – much more intuitive…[Read more]