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Shimi Dahan posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 5 months ago
Whilst I am glad you all find the discussion useful – let’s avoid blank statements and overlooking the progress some applications had achieved. Every release of each application brings many new and sometimes very good features. Some of these upgrades make a huge difference and change the appeal of the software.
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Tom Fitzgerald posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 5 months ago
I’ve been using Rhino and just a word of caution, it is primarily an industrial design 3D modeling program and I’ve found that it does not work well for large scale applications. It exceeds in designing small elements, which can then be exported into other programs that work better with land manipulation.
I think this conversation is great…[Read more]
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Eric Gilbey posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 5 months ago
After using AutoCAD for about 12 years of drafting, and then switching over to Vectorworks Landmark, I would say without hesitation that the advantages of working in Vectorworks over AutoCAD are immense. The only reason why I had been using the “industry standard” is because I didn’t seek anything better. Many take their work out of AutoCAD to do…[Read more]
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Tammy Martin posted an update in the group
Portfolios and Resumes – Design Strategies 15 years, 5 months ago
Great idea for a group! As I accumulate drawings with each class, I am at a loss of what to do with it all, what is worthy to include in a portfolio and how best to create a portfolio.
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jeffreyrreiser posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 5 months ago
Has anyone looked at Viz Terra?
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Eric Sterling posted an update in the group
Cal Poly Pomona 15 years, 5 months ago
Hi all… Looks like a decent softball team forming here… I call dibs on super clean up at 13th in the line up.
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Brittany Brock Birdsong posted an update in the group
Portfolios and Resumes – Design Strategies 15 years, 5 months ago
Susan told me you started this group! Sounds like a great idea! I am interested to see what ideas come out of it.
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Andrew Spiering posted an update in the group
Portfolios and Resumes – Design Strategies 15 years, 5 months ago
Excellent idea, Jennifer!
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John Moe posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
Shimi; Thanks for the advice. I’ll give you a mini-review of the Vectorworks and its capabilities once I get started with it. I’m also interested to find out about an add-on program called Doodle. It looks promising. I’ll let you know. Thanks again.
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Shimi Dahan posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
I still have not found an intuitive terrain modelling platform for us landscape architects.
Rhino can produce nice surfaces, which can be pulled and pushed to get the aethetics right, but its contours are inaccurate and, unlike Civil 3D, very static. Civil 3D on the other hand is very dynamic and great in live sections and contours, but falls…[Read more] -
John Moe posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
Thanks RFox. I’m going to download a trial copy of Rhino and play around with it. I did that a few months ago with AutoCAD Civil and found the new interface pretty intuitive. I still need something that’ll be a simple interface with a landscape design focus. Right now, I don’t need super high-quality rendering capabilities, but I would like to…[Read more]
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Ryland Fox posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
Personally, I would recommend Rhino 4.0. It is an extremely easy to learn platform and combines 2D and 3D design quite well. Plus there are really good render engine plugins like Vray.
Rhino is also very good at importing and exporting a wide variety of different file types from Autocad to Digital Projects to Maya. I don’t know the exact pricing…[Read more]
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John Moe posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
Thanks guys. I’ve seen many of the previous discussions on this topic. Reviewing my last post, I realized I had mentioned I had been running LandCAD. That part was true. However, I have not been using LandCAD. In fact, I haven’t used it for a single project. I couldn’t get out of the tutorial phase. The LandCAD folks have offered me extremely…[Read more]
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Shimi Dahan posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
John – this question keeps popping up and is a testament of the range of aspirations, skill sets and experiences out there in the industry.
I have seen them all and to date, I have not seen THE tool for landscape architects. We have to use various platforms to deliver the wide range of services we provide.There are quite a few parameters to this…[Read more]
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Lee Attinger posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
I personally would go with Autocad over Vectorworks for a couple reasons. To start, Autocad is the industry standard as far as drafting goes so alot more people know the program. Also, as more schools push digital rendering, more and more students are using software like 3ds Max and Revit which don’t play well with Vectorworks linework. On the…[Read more]
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John Moe posted an update in the group
Digital assets and resources 15 years, 6 months ago
I’ve just started a one-person design firm specializing in residential. I’m trying to decide between the various cad programs and think Vectorworks would be the best fit for me. I have owned EaglePoint LandCADD (2000) but was running with its stand-alone cad engine (not AutoCAD). Now, years later, I’m really thinking it’s time to try again with…[Read more]
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Bryce Carnehl posted an update in the group
Cal Poly Pomona 15 years, 6 months ago
Greetings to all. I hope all is well.
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Daniel Miller posted an update in the group
Cal Poly Pomona 15 years, 6 months ago
Thought I’d do my initial group check-in.
I hope all is well with everyone.
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Michael John V. Espiritu posted an update in the group
Cal Poly Pomona 15 years, 6 months ago
Hi all,
Nice to know there’s a Bronco group! I’ll invite a few of class 94′ to join in.
Mike
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Mark Simmons posted an update in the group
California Native Plants 15 years, 7 months ago
Has anyone seen a CA native develop over time? I’m interested in how native gardens survive in the real world of residencia. I’m using my own yard as a test, having just planted about 50 various species. They’re all infants right now, but I’m very excited to see how they grow,
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