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[CML]

Hi, All.

 

I am posting this discussion because I am curious as to what your thoughts and experiences are on this.   Have any of you taken the Graphic Sections in multiple states?  Did you find they were different or more difficult in one state versus the other?  Are they different from state to state? 

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Personally, I took C & E in Nashville, TN in June 2008 and passed C.  I then moved to Maryland and prepared for Section E in that state.  After going through the painful approval process, I have taken section E in Maryland  (Timmonium Fairgrounds) twice and have been unsuccessful.   

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After taking the exam in two different states, I swear that Maryland’s version is a lot more difficult, then Tennessee’s. 

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Thoughts?

[Frederick Patrick Griffin Doyle]

Just found out I passed section C on my second try and stoked. 5 of 6 exams down, just section D to go next month.

I reviewed the study list from CLARB but the books are pretty pricey. I have 2 but like most of my friends, I’ve been laid off and can’t afford to buy the other books to study from.

Anyone have any tips or online study materials to look up or buy if they are reasonable?
I live in Raleigh and if someone here would be willing to lend some I could give ya something for collateral.

Anyone have digital copies of materials?

These are some things I’ve seen covering section D.

http://www.flashcardmachine.com/lare-section-d.html (they also have flash cards for other sections)
&
Google groups, search LARE

If anyone needs anything for other sections I do have some digital material I can email.

Thanks,

Fred

[Sousuke]

If you took the graphic sections in December, your results should be up on the CLARB site.

Congrats to all who passed.

[Kenn Bates, ASLA]

Call for Nominations
February 2010

Florida Chapter Fellows, Members and Associates:
The Nominations Committee is accepting nominations for the following positions (years designate length of term*):

Trustee (2010-2013)
President Elect (2010-2013)
Secretary (2010-2012)
Member-at-Large | Advocacy & Licensure (2010-2012)
Member-at-Large | Education & Research (2010-2012)
Member-at-Large | Leadership & Membership (2010-2011)
Member-at-Large | Public Relations & Marketing (2010-2011)
Broward Section Chair (2010-2012)
Daytona Section Chair (2010-2012)
Gainesville Section Chair (2010-2012)
Orlando Section Chair (2010-2012)
Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Section Chair (2010-2012)
Tallahassee Section Chair (2010-2011)**

* All terms start/end at the conclusion of the National ASLA Annual Meeting of the years designated.
** Tallahassee Section Chair will be elected to a one year term in order to balance chair rotations at 5 per year.

All Florida Chapter ASLA Fellows, Members, and Associate Members are asked to submit nominations for Chapter Officers, Members-at-Large and Section Chairs by Monday, March 22, 2010 to the Chapter Nomination Committee Chair at NominationChair@flasla.org 

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Kenn Bates, ASLA – Chair (2010 President Elect / Orlando Section)
Phil Graham, FASLA (Tampa Bay Section)
Kevin White, ASLA (Jacksonville Section)
Dylan Roden, Associate ASLA (Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Section)

Duties of Office – Chapter Executive Committee and Officers

The Florida Chapter ASLA is administered by an Executive Committee comprised of the officers; the section chairs; and at-large members-of whom at least one shall be an Associate Member-as the Chapter may determine necessary and appropriate. The Executive Committee also includes student chapter presidents and such other nonvoting members as the Executive Committee may determine necessary and appropriate.  The Chapter officers are the trustee, the president, the immediate past president, the president elect, the secretary, and the treasurer. The trustee, president, president-elect, and immediate past president shall be Full Members.

Office of Trustee:
The trustee shall: be informed on Chapter and Society goals and objectives, policies and procedures, programs and services, and activities and events; serve as an officer on the Executive Committee of the Chapter and serve as the Chapter representative on the Board of Trustees of the Society; facilitate the conduct of the business of the Society by bringing the Chapter perspective to the Board of Trustees and the national perspective to the Executive Committee and Members of the Chapter; facilitate the conduct of the business of the Board of Trustees by serving on standing councils or committees, special study groups or task forces, or as a representative or delegate of the Society; and perform such other duties as are customary for the office of chapter trustee or as may be assigned or delegated by the Board of Trustees of the Society and the Executive Committee of the Chapter.

Office of President Elect:
The president-elect shall be a Full Member and elected for a term of three years; serving in succession for one year as president-elect, one year as president, and one year as immediate past president.

The president-elect shall: in consultation with the Executive Committee, select for appointment when he or she assumes office as president the chairs and members of standing committees, other committees, and any special study groups or task forces; represent and act for the Chapter as directed by the president and consistent with the policies of the Society as established by the Board of Trustees; serve as acting president when designated by the president or the Executive Committee; serve ex officio as a member of the Nominating Committee; and perform such other duties as are customary for the office of chapter president-elect or as may be assigned or delegated by the president.

The president serves the membership and the Executive Committee. The president shall: set the time, place, and agenda for meetings of the Executive Committee; call special meetings of the Chapter; preside at meetings of the Chapter and the Executive Committee; represent and act for the Chapter as directed by the Executive Committee and consistent with the policies of the Society as established by the Board of Trustees; in consultation with the Executive Committee, appoint the chairs and Members of standing committees, other committees, and any special study groups or task forces; dismiss appointees for failure to act or other cause; serve as a member of the Chapter Presidents Council; oversee the management and administration of Chapter programs and budgets as adopted by the Executive Committee; designate and relieve an acting president; appoint interim trustees when vacancies occur during term; provide supporting statements to the Society for Emeritus Status, Limited Status, Temporary Limited Status, and Waiver of Dues applicants; report on the state of the Chapter at the annual meeting of the Chapter; and perform such other duties as are customary for the office of chapter president, or as may be assigned or delegated by the Executive Committee.
 
The immediate past president shall: represent and act for the Chapter as directed by the president and consistent with the policies of the Society as established by the Board of Trustees; serve as acting president when designated by the president or the Executive Committee; and perform such other duties as are customary for the office of chapter immediate past president or as may be assigned or delegated by the president.
 
Office of Secretary:
The Secretary shall be a Full or Associate Member elected for a term of two years. The secretary shall: maintain a record of the proceedings of the business meetings of the Chapter and the Executive Committee; prepare and issue notices of the meetings of the Chapter and the Executive Committee; prepare, issue, and receive ballots; administer annual and special elections and notify candidates of election results; serve ex officio as a member of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee; maintain the Constitution and Bylaws of the Chapter; certify documents; and perform such other duties as are customary for the office of chapter secretary or as may be assigned or delegated by the president. The secretary shall maintain a record copy of all official Chapter correspondence, publications, meeting minutes, and the Bylaws and Constitution. This record shall be forwarded to the succeeding secretary and to the association manager at the end of each term. Annually, a backup copy of this record shall be placed in safe storage at a secure location.

Member-at-Large:
The at-large members shall be Full or Associate Members elected by the Full and Associate Members of the Chapter for terms of two years***. The education and research at-large member and the advocacy and licensure at-large member shall be elected during even numbered years. The public relations and marketing at-large member and the leadership and membership at-large member shall be elected during odd numbered years.

*** In 2010, the at-large members for public relations & marketing and leadership & membership shall be elected to terms of one year each in order to begin the rotating election cycle as governed by the FLASLA Bylaws adopted January 23, 2010.

Section Chair:
The Section Chair shall be a Full or Associate Member elected for a term of two years. The Section Chair coordinates the functions of the Section and assumes the office of Chair at the end of the current Section Chair’s term. Administration of Chapter sections is vested in the section chairs. The section chairs shall: be informed on Chapter goals and objectives, policies and procedures, programs and services, and activities and events; serve as a member of and represent the section on the Executive Committee of the Chapter; facilitate the conduct of the business of the Chapter by bringing the section perspective to the Executive Committee and the Chapter perspective to the members of the section; facilitate the conduct of the business of the Executive Committee serving on standing or other committees or special study groups or task forces; and perform such other duties as are customary for the position of section chair or as may be assigned or delegated by the Executive Committee of the Chapter.

For additional information on the above listed offices, or for opportunities for volunteering on committees, you may also contact any member of the Florida Chapter ASLA Executive Committee.  A list of the current Executive Committee and their contact information is available on the chapter website.

[Jamie Beatty]

Has anyone purchased information from this site/ or even heard of it? They have information for all the sections but I am questioning the site.

http://www.larestudyguide.com/section_d.html   

Thanks for any help

[Anonymous]

SketchUp Resources – Ruby Scripts

First, if you are a SketchUp Ruby Author – Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You make SketchUp Rock! – Daniel

Ruby Scripts are an often asked about but little used aspect of SketchUp. Ruby Scripts or plugins are custom SketchUp tools created by the SketchUp community and, the SketchUp developers.

Ruby Scripts greatly enhance the ability to get work done in SketchUp. With the right plugin, a task that might be very tedious or impossible can be completed with a couple of clicks.

Many Ruby Scripts are free, some are not but are inexpensive.  They are easy to install and use.

Below are some recommended web sites and links where you can obtain these plugins.

At bottom, I have included a list of recommended Ruby Scripts. These are some of my favorites. It’s by no means comprehensive,

 

Installing Ruby Scripts

Installing scripts is easy. Ruby Script files have a file extension called .rb. For example, the Drop ruby is called Drop.rb. You simply place this Ruby in the Google SketchUp Plugins folder.

The plugins folder is located here:

Copy the Ruby Script file into the right location for your operating system:
      Windows: C:/Program Files/Google/Google SketchUp 7/Plugins
      Mac OS X: ‘Hard Drive’/Library/Application Support/Google SketchUp 7/SketchUp/Plugins

Some Ruby Scripts come as Zipped files. Simply download the zip file then extract it to the above location for Windows or Mac.

            Tip: Save a zipped Ruby File into the plugins folder. Then simply extract here to install the script. Also, it makes it easier to keeps track of all your plugins.  

Documentation

Many Ruby Scripts come with their own PDF documentation or have a specific outline at its home site. It is recommended that you take the time and read the documents to better understand how any given Ruby works.

Web links for Scripts – please note this is not comprehensive. If you have a suggested site, please let me know and I will include it.

SketchUcation Ruby Forum – note you need to register (for free) at SketchUcation to have access to this forum. Ruby’s at SketchUcation are at the bottom of the first post. Right click and do save as to download the script.

SketchUcation is the best on-line resource for SketchUp on the web. Top SketchUp modelers from around the world can help you with your requests and share info on all things SketchUp.

All the Scripts here are free and there are always new ones in development.

General Ruby Forums: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewforum.php?f=323

Must Have Ruby Scripts: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=16909

 

Smustard: http://www.smustard.com/

This is an excellent library of hundreds of Ruby Scripts. Some are free others are for pay. For landscape architecture, some notable scripts on this site are:

Drop – http://www.smustard.com/script/Drop

Randor – http://www.smustard.com/script/Randor

Path Copy – http://www.smustard.com/script/PathCopy

 

Ruby Depo: http://www.crai.archi.fr/rubylibrarydepot/ruby/em_sections.html

Another excellent web site that offers a ton of Free Ruby Scripts. This site has some great Ruby’s for animation and exporting views.

 

1001 Bit Tools: http://www.1001bit.com/

This is a set of plugins offered for sale. They are excellent Ruby’s worth exploring. They are billed as architectural tools but are useful for any SketchUp modeler. There is a 30 day trial available with the Scripts.

 

Recommended Ruby’s

Many of these scripts require pre-requisite Ruby Scripts. I have included these first.

No matter which scripts you use, download and install these first. That way you will not have guess if you need them or not.

Ruby’s at SketchUcation are at the bottom of the first post. Right click and select save as to download the script. Download all scripts and zips into your SketchUp Plugins folder (see Installation above)

            Progress Bar – http://www.smustard.com/script/ProgressBar

            Offset  – http://www.smustard.com/script/Offset

            Fredo – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17947

            ThomThom – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=23307

           

 

1001 Bit Tools – http://www.1001bit.com/

Cad Clean Up Scripts:

            Extend Close Lines – http://www.smustard.com/script/ExtendCloseLines

            Delete Short Lines – http://www.smustard.com/script/DeleteShortLines

            Close Opens – http://www.smustard.com/script/CloseOpens

            Make Faces – http://www.smustard.com/script/MakeFaces

 

Color By Z  – http://www.smustard.com/script/ColorByZ

Component Spray – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=11746

Copy Along Path / Path Copy – http://www.smustard.com/script/PathCopy

Drop – http://www.smustard.com/script/Drop

Fredo Scale – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=17948

Joint Push Pull – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=6708

Randor – http://www.smustard.com/script/Randor

Selection Toys – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=14975&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=Toys+Selection

Tools on Surface – http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212

Weld – http://www.smustard.com/script/Weld

[Jason T. Radice]

If this is mid-block, then a crosswalk is VERY dangerous, requiring plenty of signage and visual cues. . You can place the neck-downs mid block (they don’t have to be at intersections) and would consider it a requirement for a mid-block crossing. A speed table actually may work here since the crosswalk would be narrow, but would require bollards to protect pedestrians from traffic. Speed tables usually require a 6′ ramp to sidewalk level from pavement, and I would not go over 8′ wide for the crosswalk. Also, consider drainage, as the table would interefere with the course of water. Another approach would be to use a zig-zag type traffic obstruction, where you are redirecting the traffic around an island with neckdowns at either end. The island gives pedestrians a chance to cross half of the road, if it is busy. Again, you would need bollards to protect the pedestrians, and the island provides a great place for signage.

As far as visibility and durability go, I’m a clay brick guy, but there are times when thats too expensive and just not necessary. You might look into this: http://www.integratedpaving.com/our-products/streetprintxd.cfm. I’ve used their DuraTherm product in the past with good results, and this new StreetPrint XD product looks very promising. This is NOT stamped asphalt, rather a synthetic asphalt (epoxy like) that is heat bonded to an asphalt base. The color lasts and the pattern does not crush like stamped asphalt.

[Chad Shaw]

Thanks for the suggestions….however, the specific places where I’m considering including traffic-calming elements aren’t at intersections, making the idea of a neck-down a bit difficult. I’m not completely sold on the speed table idea; in fact, a painted crosswalk might end up doing the trick. Speed humps/tables have been considered because of the length of the drive that they would cross- the likelihood of student drivers speeding through the site seems fairly high, and something needs to be done.

[Soo Wai-Kin]

In our office, we use autocad for line work, rasterize in photoshop, and color in photoshop, managing layers in autocad and photoshop allows efficient management for applying textures and shadows, for speed, we use strictly autocad to export a color rendering, just by standardizing your pen settings for plotting ie. transparency/screening, specific solid or gradient colors, eg. tree blocks with solid grey shadows, and color gradients fill for the tree, works really well. For quick renderings from hand sketches, I tend to scan and render/color in photoshop, good layer management helps with speed, lately, i have been using skecthup to export quick isos, elevation cad blocks and sections, for text and notation, i tend to do the rendering in photoshop, import the image into cad, and do notations there, really quick, CAD is so flexible these days, with the right pdf distiller, you can do a lot, acroplot is a good pdf plotter as it allows lines merge, all line work will show up under colors and gradient depending on how you organize layers in autocad, at the end of the day, as some of the other responses have noted, its about time, budget, and client expectations. CAD is awesome, skecthup is awesome, sticking to one software will only decrease efficiency, alwasy look for better software, there is always better and faster ways to achieve the same result, do some more research…. will upload some egs. when i have time…

[Susan Murray]

Has anyone taken the multiple choice practice tests that are available
online through the CLARB website for &60? I am specifically interested in
sections B and D. Are they at all helpful? Once you take them, can you
refer back to the questions later as you study the material?

[Ray Freeman]

Northern California

Date/Time: January 22-24, 2010

Description: Sections A, B & D 8:30 am-6:00 pm January 22-24.

Course Description: A detailed review of the multiple choice sections of the LARE. The course includes an overview of the LARE from the point of view of the objective sections as well as in depth review of the three sections. A syllabus containing approximately 480 pages of material and over 300 sample questions is provided.

Instructors: Ray Freeman and Jake Tobias. Instructors are registered Landscape Architects with extensive teaching experience.

Location: Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California_ about 5 miles NW of San Francisco.

Fee: $445.

A PDF brochure and registration form is attached to this message. F
Further questions: e-mail Rayfreeman3@comcast.net.

[Ray Freeman]

With regards to the LARE, it’s important to recognize a few “facts of life” with regard to the profession and the exam.

1. Licensing authorities are set up for one reason: to protect the public from individuals doing stuff they shouldn’t be doing…either through malfeasance or lack of competence. The exam reflects that reality.

2. Landscape Architecture is a mind-bogglingly broad profession which requires an immense breadth of knowledge. The exam has, to the extent possible, to test much of that breadth. What individuals do in practice probably does not cover 50-60% of what the profession does. I haven’t done master planning, stormwater management design, storm drainage design, wetland mitigation or subdivision design in over a decade. But you need to know the principles of each for the LARE.

3. The multiple choice test sections are reasonable, and at least familiar in form, but are hardly a slam dunk. Section D is particularly difficult, precisely because CLARB has jammed so much subject matter into it.

4. The graphic sections present canned problems which are much simplified versions of what one might do on a real world project. They are difficult to pass because they have tight parameters and tight time constraints. Anyone here ever taken a math or science SAT achievement test, or worse a GRE achievement test? I’m talking about the specific tests, not the general one. They are really nasty! On the LARE, you have to do 4 complete problems in 5 hours, not one design over a period of months. The problems in their current form may be maddening, but at least they can be evaluated more objectively than say the 1980 version was.

5. You gotta respect the “Code” (The LARE Reference Manual and the instructions on each vignette). If you don’t, you are road kill.

6. My primary beef with CLARB is that the feedback given (sans a review) for the graphic sections is inadequate. I believe, that with not much more effort on their part, more complete and focused feedback could be given.

[J. Waldron, RLA]

I too took the UGA review session. While it helped with the multiple choice section, I felt the thing that helped me the most on the graphic sections was locking myself in the spare bedroom office for 3-5 hours a day for a couple months, if not more.

That prep didn’t prepare me for one of the more difficult E problems. My experience in the home building industry and engineering field helped me realize that I was looking at a basement foundation on the site, from there it was gravy.

With that said, to pass C and E, you MUST find any and all vignettes, new and old, and do them two and three times. You will catch the problems and common mistakes you are making. More importantly, you will get your timing down and understand the mental checks you must go through when attacking each problem. For example, when I first started on some sample C problems, I was drawing drive isles and radii just off scale. When your site it tight as a tick, you can’t afford to give up space,or even worse, start over.

Practice, practice, and more practice….and when you think you’ve practiced enough, take a break for a few days and do it all over again. In the words of my favorite professor at Clemson, Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

[Boilerplater]

Was that the Northeast Philly airport James? That’s where I took a couple of the multi-choice sections. That Prometric company seems to specialize in the pilot’s licensing stuff. I don’t remember noise being an issue. Maybe the building was well insulated.

[Jennifer de Graaf]

I passed the LARE and earned my license, but I must agree that the availability of useful preparatory materials is severely lacking. I passed all of the sections the first time, so I never participated in the review process.

I did not have a problem with the physical experience of the exam, the test site, time allowed, etc. I may have been unusual in that I was fortunate enough to be able to “screen out” the noises of other exam candidates. The people around me were mostly non-disruptive, but not always. The proctors didn’t do anything about those who were restless/vociferous enough to be disruptive.

I do remember writing in some unfavorable (I’m being nice) notes on exam questionnaires about clearer wording (especially on AB and D), clearer objectives on the performance sections, and better writing in general.

Hope this helps, I know there are a lot of people who feel that LARE does an intensely inadequate job of offering pre-exam materials….I am certain that my passing had everything to do with the review classes I took and months of study, none of the materials for which came from the powers-that-be.