Ellis Cucksey

I feel like there are a few different ways to handle this, and it really depends on how much information you’re trying to bring together into a single model. For instance, you may have a few individual cad files from various sources, like survey points and contours, civil roadway alignments, deep utility alignments, an architectural floorplan,…[Read more]

Brutal restrictions there. Even without the limited rooting area, it seems like the powerlines and the mural are leaving you with a pretty limited range of options. High-branching *and* under 20′ is almost an oxymoron. Could this be a situation where trees just don’t make any sense at all?
 
If the client is insisting on trees, maybe a columnar cr…[Read more]

In an entry-level position, I’d say the critical skills are probably the ability to balance creativity with practicality (have great ideas, but also understand what is buildable and what is specifically wanted/needed/required by the client and the context of the project), as well as efficiency (it’s all well and good to be fluent in CAD and…[Read more]

Another app worth  checking out is called My Measures and Dimensions. It’s like 5 bucks butit lets you take a photo and then add dimensioning callouts and save the photo. Then you can upload to Evernote to have those images available everywhere you go.

Hey Bob,
Tell you what: you make the decisions that you feel are best for you and your family, and I’ll do the same for myself and mine. Failing that, piss off. Plus everything Craig says.
Sincerely,
Ellis

Fort McMurray (McMoney) is kinda the population epicenter of the oil sand industry in Alberta right now. They’re estimating that there’s enough oil up there to keep the extraction folks busy for the next 50 years… The place is like a modern-day boom town. Totally unsustainable growth, but that’s a problem for other generations to sort out, r…[Read more]

Hey, another UI alum! I finished there in 2010.
You should send me an email. We’ve got some entry-level CAD Tech positions opening up here in Red Deer, and I believe also in Edmonton. Not sexy work, but a foot in a door.

Heather,
You seem to be saying a few different things here:
“How is doing AutoCad for years at a giant firm teaching you design?”
and,
“The hardest part is not the design”
and,”…do you think an employer is going to be more interested in someone that pulled themselves up and created opportunity or who bagged groceries at Winco…”
 
Isn’t “doing…[Read more]

Not specifically landscape architecture, but nearby Goleta has an amazing organic farm in town that is very interesting. Sounds like the local neighbors put the kibosh on a lot of the cooler elements, like the greywater irrigation and compost toilets, but still might be an interesting side journey.
They also sell their produce at an adjacent r…[Read more]

If you can spare the time, take the BART train across (actualy, under) the bay over to Oakland and check out Jack London Square and the area around Lake Merritt.
 
http://wiki.worldflicks.org/lake_merritt.html
http://www.yelp.com/biz/lake-merritt-oakland

The planting plan component of LFX is very nice. For large projects I feel it’s worth the price just for that part alone. I also use the detail manager quite a bit, and the callout association is awesome for projects with multiple sheets in the construction set (though ACAD’s sheet set manager can do pretty much the same thing natively).
 
For…[Read more]

I think your range seems mostly reasonable for an entry-level LA with a Master’s degree, at least for the jobs I’ve seen open around this area (Alberta, Canada). I’ve seen CAD Techs in Edmonton getting around 20K beginning sallary (IBI Group is hiring up there right now…), and beginning designers getting around 24K, but that’s with a large…[Read more]

Our school’s workshop had a special saw for cutting foam core. It was similar to a jig saw but the blade was a small-diameter file that sort of buffed out the imperfections as it cut. Pretty cool tool.

Do you type in http://www.land8lounge.com every time you visit this site, then?

More effort? Just replace your old bookmark with a new one.

Win.