Reply To: Recomendations for landscape design software??

[Dave McCorquodale]

Bruce, look closer at the Vizterra info, that’s a $95 per month software license.  You don’t actually buy their software, just “rent” the license.

We use their Pool Studio on every project (high-end residential), and I export the “bones” of the project into CAD LT for 2D drawings.  Their control of slopes & terrain is pretty poor, though it’s easy to create the general idea in 3D.  Plant selections aren’t zone-specific, which isn’t great.  I use an approximation of what I want to convey the general idea.

The sites we work with are almost always “lot-size” ranging from 1/4-acre to 1.5 acres.  We’ve worked on 5+ acre sites and the software has trouble using computing resources efficiently.  Overall, the program does single-family size backyards very well, but it sounds like you may be looking for something different.

Dave