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No thanks! I keep Autodesk as far away from me as I can. I can’t afford their services ( Nobody is more impressed with their products than AutoDesk) I wouldn’t even want to be tempted by something that might catch my eye for fear of them sending me to the poor house.

My work flow before SU:
We are a Survey/Design/Build firm.

I start out by downloading a .shp file from the Counties GIS Map. It includes property lines, contours and Utility placement info. I bring that file into IntelliCAD/Carlson Desktop software. Trim all the info except for the property I am working on. I then export the file to Carlson’s…[Read more]

well honestly, since i’m a student i get the program for free. I have tried land f/x but it would never download correctly onto my computer, so after about a dozen tries I just gave up on it.

Steve, I’m curious about your statement on Vectorworks being expensive. I would contend that compared to your setup of BricsCAD, LandF/X and SketchUp Pro, Vectorworks Landmark with Renderworks would cost much less and provide the us with actually more functionality. I no longer have to take vector based drawings into raster based enhancement…[Read more]

Careful William,
Vectorworks is expensive and is not mainstream in the industry, even it’s rendering engine was designed more for CG Artists. You may learn it only not to be able to find a design firm that is looking for someone with Vectorworks skills.

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well I downloaded vectorworks, and now it looks like I have alot of learning to do.

I am going to write a python script that will automate the replacement of low res files with the high res files upon importation of my SU model into Vue 9 infinite. Vue 9 Infinite is required. in order to create my Python scripts. Infinite is the better choice anyway and has tighter integration with photoshop files

s.

Add Landscape Architecture and Specifier News to the list.

Also, to help build relationships with local LAs, you can join your local ASLA chapter, become a sponsor, or just advertise with them.

Hi Maria,

I have already enrolled and have been pre-approved for admission to the full degree for the Masters in Landscape Architecture, Life Sciences. All I have to do is send payment and the paperwork process will begin.

Are you satisfied with your experience and degree from KU? or was it just an exchange semester?
When did you graduate ? and…[Read more]

thanks for the input. I am starting a company to sell TerraCast Planters. Any suggestions for advertising, trade shows, avenues to follow would also be helpful.

My workflow is basically that I model everything short of plants, benches, cars in sketchup, but I include 1′ diameter planes where a tree should go, with a material named for the tree that goes there (So I have 5 circles painted with “Maple”, 6 with “redbud”). I can then jump into Thea, and merge a maple tree model in. I select the maple tree and…[Read more]

Tree[d] allows the same thing. It exports to a 3ds Obj file, I know it opens correctly (with textures) in Thea, but I’ve heard of people having issues in SketchUp. The big reason I’m not using xFrog is that I don’t really have $400 to throw out for the engine, especially when Tree[d] gets such good results for free.

Rendering time for a single tree isn’t to bad, around 10 mins. I can proxy in Thea, I generally use them for when I have multiple trees, In engine it just shows as giant bounding boxes,then I have to render to get the actual tree to show, but It definitely saves on resources.

I tried some displacement mapping, the only issue is it tender to pull…[Read more]

Ah stand corrected! LOL! 🙂 spoken like a true Irishman.

s.

Thanks Andrew!

Very inspiring!