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Frank Varro posted an update in the group 3ds max + landscape architecture 15 years, 3 months ago
I know of network rending, and have a vauge idea of how to do it, but I have yet to actually try it out. I’m currently running a laptop with 2G ram, 256Meg GeForce6800 Go Graphics Card, and a 2.17 Pentium Centrino. It isn’t fast, but it gets the job done. The dream rig I was planning before my Fiance’ got laid off was a Intel I7 processor, 32 Gig…[Read more]
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Frank Varro replied to the topic What are the best Landscape Architect qualifications and trainings to get ahead? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 15 years, 4 months ago
In all seriousness, the most important ones are the ones you care about. If you care about sustainability, and decide that instead of LEED you are going to get some other cert because it will sell better today, you are setting yourself up for a year or two working for a firm that you have nothing in common with. Believe me, I know not working in a…[Read more]
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Frank Varro replied to the topic What are the best Landscape Architect qualifications and trainings to get ahead? in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION 15 years, 4 months ago
as Nada Surf said so well:
“Being attractive is the most important thing there is
If you wanna catch the biggest fish in your pond
You have to be as attractive as possible
Make sure to keep your hair spotless and clean
Wash it at least every two weeks
Once every two weeks”
ah, how I miss the 90’s… -
Frank Varro replied to the topic How to make a pdf display as well in Acrobat as it does in InDesign in the forum TECHNOLOGY 15 years, 4 months ago
I had this problem for a bit, as it was automatically PDFing at 72 DPI, and there was no way to change the setting. What I ended up needing to do was installing cutePDF, a free pdf writer, and using that as my “print to” setting. That seemed to solve the problem for me.
Good Luck
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Frank Varro replied to the topic 3D Landscape Design in the forum TECHNOLOGY 16 years, 1 month ago
I think a large part of the problem is also that as landscape architects, we work with things that are largely difficult to nearly impossible to model in 3d easily. When you are working on an architecture model, most things can be broken down into “flat” components, or at most a simple curve, that can be easily modeled. In landscape architecture…[Read more]