https://land8.com/members/glennarthur/activity/ Activity feed for Glenn Arthur. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:50:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 2fcd08ee19c1e46220a1db47fd3386f4 https://land8.com/forums/topic/is-it-worth-waiting-for/#post-151632 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:36:11 +0000 Hi William,
Great advice from Robert Anderson and Andrew Garulay.  
If you have the passion, your designs will come from your skills, your training and from your heart.  A future employer will pickup on your passion and your ability to connect with the hearts of their clients and their clients’ projects , so don’t give up William. 
Andrew Ga…[Read more]

]]> 0 0dfffcf513032144031961a1bd474ede https://land8.com/forums/topic/sketch-up-pro-vectorworkslandmark-on-imac/page/2/#post-155049 Fri, 10 May 2013 01:51:11 +0000 Hi Laurent ,  
We have been using Vectorworks for 7 years .  Currently have Vectorworks Designer 2011 which includes Landmark /Architect /Machinery/ Theatre and Renderworks .   Our company cuts across 3 areas as we do Product Design, Landscape Design and we also need to work on incoming  Architectural Files , so Vectorworks is a good solution for…[Read more]

]]> 0 9e8907c43fa0b199134a7a43aeaa824a http://land8.com/forums/topic/when-to-hire-how-to-hire-and-when-to-think-about-renting-office-space/#post-155075 Thu, 09 May 2013 03:48:01 +0000 Hi everyone , 
No one has mentioned Marketing and Sales and how you are using all of these tools to promote your business ??   Especially internet marketing and how you have designed and structured your web sites to drive enquiry to your companies/entities.  Or have you ? 
I am really really old and still have lots to learn , but I am up to dat…[Read more]

]]> 0 6544faa6f4f76efb30cda4443b912d4c https://land8.com/forums/topic/software-advise/#post-155061 Thu, 09 May 2013 03:07:46 +0000 Hi Jane , we have been using Vectorworks ( about $1500 to 3000) for years and it allows us to do Landscape Design , Architectural Design , Product Design and it comes with Renderworks that allows us to not have to export to other programs to get a great 2D and 3D result . There are also a couple of hundred training videos on youtube for it , so…[Read more]

]]> 0 2c93b33e3c8a5442735d1916a30eb860 https://land8.com/forums/topic/must-learn-vectorworks/#post-155595 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:37:10 +0000 Hi Roland,  
There are almost 200 Vectorworks videos on Youtube to give you  a great start.  As we do product design, landscape design , and use 2D & 3D architectural drawings every day , we found Vectorworks is a great all round software package.  It also allows us to achieve fairly high quality renderings without having to export to any oth…[Read more]

]]> 0 b5e0f8f23c741d0fffa5fded6b25cf50 https://land8.com/forums/topic/the-unemployment-rate-for-landscape-architectsdesigners/page/2/#post-159025 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:46:39 +0000 Hi everyone , I am an employer , and I am not a Landscape Architect .   
From reading a lot of the posts on this topic for the last half hour , it really hit home to me how much a lot of people in your industry are hurting . It pains me a lot as I have the utmost respect for Landscape Architects and their work.  Us Aussies also love our Am…[Read more]

]]> 0 f115f2e36f9070c98c8a49a6104bb03d https://land8.com/forums/topic/fee-structure-for-rfq-presentations-and-interviews-as-a-consultant-on-a-project-team/#post-158573 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:51:08 +0000 Hi Susan ,
My experience has been that if you put zero value on your own time , then others also think your time has no value .  This doesn’t matter whether it is prep work or the actual project work .
 I know it is always tricky with competitive tendering , especially in a downward  market , but for you the question might really be ” could i ha…[Read more]

]]> 0 6d2bd75c24291cb1da7e75d16d74a036 https://land8.com/forums/topic/specifying-corten-steel/#post-162958 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:14:17 +0000 Hi Jana ,  I just saw your question about Corten vs Normal Steel and the rusting affects .  
Corten rusts without eating away at the metal as it builds up rust coats on top of the surface, whereas on normal steels the rust eats into the metal and eventually ( an quite easily ) the rust can eat away at the structural strength of the steel .   Yo…[Read more]

]]> 0 73098970814f45d392ef8580b975a238 https://land8.com/forums/topic/which-render-tool-is-compatible-with-sketchup-and-vectorworks/#post-172219 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:47:34 +0000 Hi Kerry , We have been using Vectorworks( mac verseion) for 6 years for our 2D and 3D Landscape and Product Design work. We also use Renderworks that comes with Vectorworks and it works really well . It has some performance issues like most 3D rendering programs, but soon we will upgrade to the new Imac 27inch with Quad processor , so performance…[Read more]

]]> 0 8714daa3d222ff5d17c4b2773022b855 https://land8.com/forums/topic/international-project-opportunities/#post-172328 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:47 +0000 Hi David, Our company is doing extensive marketing in Europe this year and we are receiving amazing responses to our Design and Manufacturing Services and Products. There are some great trade web sites that attract the attention of European Corporations who are involved in specifying and designing for the European Architectural and Landscape/…[Read more]

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