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Eric Gilbey commented on the post, Why Landscape Architects Choose Vectorworks Landmark 3 years, 7 months ago
Hi @youstenstudio.
Thank you for posting your questions about the provided plant libraries.
One of the first things most new users do when they begin to settle into the software for the first time is to establish their own personal library of plant objects, and it sounds like you are in the process of doing this right now. Often, the…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Alternates to AutoCAD….Vectorworks? in the forum TECHNOLOGY 8 years, 7 months ago
Anthony, Vectorworks has the ability to import DWG files in two ways, depending on how you expect to use the information. A direct import enables you you manage the geometry as if you created it, and can directly convert the lines and shapes to smart site specific objects. A referenced import is like an ex-ref (external referenced) file. Which…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Books to Teach Planting Design in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 10 years, 5 months ago
Goustan, Almost 25 years ago, we studied from this book, Planting Design: A Manual of Theory and Practice , which seems to still be used and latest edition shows to be around 2004. Not at all a tropical planting resource, but does provide the guidance you describe.
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Efficient way of creating planting plan and planting lists in the forum PLANTS & HORTICULTURE 11 years, 3 months ago
Richard’s right. Vectorworks Landmark has a couple of tools that would help in this. The first is the plant placment mode for triangular array, which once you create the shape, you convert it to a plant, with the triangular array on and it will arrange the plant symbols, according to the specified spacing in that area. Another tool that helps in…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Must learn Vectorworks! in the forum TECHNOLOGY 11 years, 8 months ago
Roland, The good news is that you can use Vectorworks on a PC as well as a Mac. Yes, it started in 1985 as MiniCAD and was Mac only, but that changed in the mid 1990’s when it became cross platform. There are getting started guides available on the Vectorworks webiste http://www.vectorworks.net/training/getting-started-guides (free) and the software has…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Project Management Software in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years ago
John, I would recommend Include Software’s Asset if you are within the design/build realm…or you may also want to take a look at Fasttrack by AEC Software for project management within the LA’s construction document production process.
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Modeling Software Questions! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years, 1 month ago
Scott, Every one of your examples would be well met with Vectorworks Landmark with Renderworks. The Site Model object would provide you the 2D grading plan, while also providing the 3D model which can be analyzed for cut and fill, water flow and slope categories. The Plant objects have 2D and 3D representations as well. With Renderworks, you have…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Integration of schedules & registers across platforms in the forum TECHNOLOGY 12 years, 2 months ago
Susan, I would suspect by CAD you are referring to AutoCAD, and for that I would not be able to offer a helpful suggestion. If you are looking for a CAD application that provides this currently, I would suggest you take a look at Vectorworks Landmark. With ODBC functionality, it does have the ability to tie the data from Excel to the worksheets…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Should the ASLA focus on employment for LAs? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years, 6 months ago
George, That is fantastic work that you have been involved with, especially the foundation you have established and the continued work in educating the legislators and public…the effort to become a part of the legislative effort is tremendous too. The details on ASLA’s budget is not known to me, but I do know that they have added (well over a…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Should the ASLA focus on employment for LAs? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 12 years, 6 months ago
George, Jason is right, and if you were watching in the last few weeks, you would have seen ASLA staff and officers pleading with its members and non members to reach out to their lawmakers (aside from the lobbying they were also doing feverishly) to include language that made projects like green infrastructure and safe routes to school and…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Can't Afford Continuing Education! Now what? in the forum PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 12 years, 10 months ago
Keith, I would recommend to you to determine how many of your credits you can get that are not specifically approved by NJ’s board and attempt to secure those credits from other approved provider associations (ie. USGBC, AIA, AICP, Universities etc) And also check out distant learning opportunities through LA CES and other chapters of ASLA, and…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Interviewing for a project management position in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years ago
How many crew members did you manage as owner? Sounds like you were the sole designer…I also came into a new position about 4 years ago where I had to give up creating real designs that were pulled from the printer/off the desk to be immediately installed (still miss that so I know what you mean). The last statement probably is one that you can…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Interviewing for a project management position in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 13 years ago
Jonathan, Good to seek feedback on this. I would ask what you would miss most about your role as owner, while transitioning to project manager. For example, do you expect to find it more fulfilling to focus your role on projects (specific sites, crew, clients and design teams), rather than on the wider, less intimate, role of owner?
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Site Survey Equipment in the forum TECHNOLOGY 13 years, 1 month ago
Andrew, I know they are…they just aren’t weighing in this conversation. And to your credit, I never expected that you weren’t already using survey files generated by a registered surveyor. I think we all know that those surveys are available to us depending on the level of detail we pay for…so if a client has already had these done, not…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey replied to the topic Anyone using Land F/X?? in the forum TECHNOLOGY 13 years, 1 month ago
Jim,
Another East-coaster, here…Isn’t it amazing how a site specific design application can revolutionize the way drawings are produced? I learned this almost 4 years ago when I transitioned from using AutoCAD to Vectorworks Landmark. Whether using a plug-in that makes it site specific or using a stand-alone site specific application, it makes a…[Read more] - Load More