We use LandFx at my firm. I know the partners had to decide between Vectorworks and LandFx and went with LandFx. I would call this software light BIM capable. It essentially works off of Autocad and add toolbars and BIM capacities. You can set up a database of plants and materials and then run schedules based on the inputted information. Plant symbols are essentially 2D BIM objects. LandFx does a good job at irrigation layout. It sizes pipes and circuits based on parameters that you set. What I really like about LandFx irrigation is that major irrigation manufacturers supply information to LandFx and that information (model #s and performance data) is included in the database. LandFx contains an extensive list of plants, information on sizing and cultivars, direct from major plant growers. LandFx also updates their software often through downloads which include updates to the databases and bug fixes. There is also a link to SketchUp to help in 3D visuallization. We’ve encountered problems, one of them is that it doesn’t do golf irrigation equipment.
