LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT’S CAD STANDARDS MANUAL- WHERE FOR ART THOU?

[Jamie Chen]

I find that if you can’t find anything pertinent to “landscape architecture” during searches then it means that you might if you just plugged in “architecture”. Unfortunately, the assumption is that what works for them must then work for us.

Plugging in ‘Wiley’ and ‘cad standards manual’ and I got this volume: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471703788.html 

And I suppose this works for more clarification: https://www.nationalcadstandard.org/ncs6/index.php

[Joey Donovan]

Thanks Jamie-

Yes, i tried that, and found the tome you linked above. Have you used this? i was reluctant to invest in something that may or may not be the appropriate product!

Seems strange that they would reference a manual specifically by title that doesn’t seem to exist, right?

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

There was a thread on this in the past:

https://land8.com/forum/topics/cad-layering-standards-for-las

[Andrew Garulay, RLA]

I found one for the U of Conn that I believe is adapted from AIA … page 23 has Landscape

http://www.aes.uconn.edu/about/cad_standards_docs/UConn_CAD_Standards_Guideline-April2011.pdf

[Nathan Qualls]

You may also want to reference BIM for Landscape that was produced by the Landscape Institute in the UK: https://www.amazon.com/BIM-Landscape-Institute/dp/1138796689/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503067601&sr=8-1&keywords=bim+for+landscape

It might help to ensure that the CAD standards work that you are doing today is also preparing your firm for the future.

[Joey Donovan]

I emailed the publisher, and this is what they told me:

Dear Joey Donovan,

Thank you for your email.

We have checked with the relevant person in charge and they have confirm that there is no such manual.  Our US editor’s understanding is that the authors are referring to a manual that they use in the their offices at Design Workshop, most probably believe that Design Workshop hasn’t published it. 

Hence, the manual is not available for sale.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

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