Land8 | Jeremiah Farmer | Activity https://land8.com/members/jeremiahfarmer/activity/ Activity feed for Jeremiah Farmer. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:35:21 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.0.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 865a8d8babee64ca852e35cd50e6cf4e Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/data-design-video/#comment-5647 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:39:45 +0000 I love this. Very cool.
Want to know more about the custom scripts.

In reply to - Matt Alcide wrote a new post, Data + Design [Video] At the Land8x8 Lightning Talks in Miami, Devon King delivered a presentation on the integration of data and design in landscape architecture, emphasizing […] ]]> f20b391f1cf622fadbf07a8e0b3e63b8 Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/beyond-the-ceus-4-benefits-to-attending-the-asla-conference-2023/#comment-5546 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 20:36:40 +0000 And the Land F/X party will be bigger and better than ever. Saturday night!

In reply to - Matt Alcide wrote a new post, Beyond the CEUs: 4 Benefits to Attending the ASLA Conference 2023 We all know getting those continuing education credits (CEU’s) are a practical benefit of attending the American […] ]]> a606348afefb958bac15dfcf8304f425 Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/6-reasons-to-attend-labash-2023-at-kansas-state-university/#comment-5402 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:41:15 +0000 #7 – the Passport Raffle! We will be raffling off a fully loaded MacBook Pro, and the other exhibitors always have excellent prizes as well.

In reply to - LABash Conference wrote a new post, 6 Reasons to Attend LABash 2023 at Kansas State University 01. The Lineup of Events 24 education sessions 6 spark talks 4 keynotes + a watercolor workshop    a sketch c […] ]]> 92931710b94f6a0eeba47fbe1ab1fb10 Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/why-landscape-architects-choose-vectorworks-landmark/#comment-3486 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 17:01:41 +0000 This article really highlights Vectorworks. I don’t mean as a software product, I mean as a company. As an obviously ethically-challenged company.
Most would consider Land8 a great source of information, with the understanding that such resources are to provide information, sure with possibly some bias, but some vague notion of journalistic…[Read more]

In reply to - Land8: Landscape Architects Network wrote a new post, Why Landscape Architects Choose Vectorworks Landmark In landscape architecture, many of the available software options seem to specialize in individual areas, […] ]]> 01fd1e9ca099eff3accf132f08afd323 Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/landscape-architect-todd-mccurdy-and-vectorworks-doing-bim-before-it-was-cool/#comment-3469 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:50:30 +0000 Oh look, another puff piece about Vectorworks, lol.

In reply to - Cheryl Corson wrote a new post, Landscape Architect Todd McCurdy and Vectorworks: Doing BIM Before It Was Cool Todd McCurdy, FASLA is a vice-president and director of landscape architecture and planning at the […] ]]> ac0a2c53be22117ad7e90c11e1af7e82 Jeremiah Farmer's profile was updated https://land8.com/activity/p/61739/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:35:56 +0000 0 d5136539815f889a67846f3753d4f969 Jeremiah Farmer posted a new activity comment https://land8.com/british-firm-wynn-williams-associates-takes-leap-of-faith/#comment-3444 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:54:22 +0000 Hey, I realize that Vectorworks is one of the sponsors of this site, but I don’t see the other sponsors placing fawning puff pieces on here. This article would be fine on their own site, but here it feels a bit off. Like, I honestly need to ask, were you paid by Vectorworks for this “article.” I really feel I need to put quotes around it. Why are…[Read more]

In reply to - Cheryl Corson wrote a new post, British Firm Wynne-Williams Associates Takes Leap of Faith As Matt Bird, senior landscape architect and BIM manager at Wynne-Williams Associates describes it, “the firm took on a m […] ]]> 24765aa5d9fa8156c34cdd4ecee81b88 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic Land F/X vs. VectorWorks Landmark for Design/Build in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/land-fx-vs-vectorworks-landmark-for-designbuild/#post-152235 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:34:16 +0000 Lucas,
Having just returned from the ASLA Expo, and our customer appreciation party there, I can relay the vastly common sentiment among our users, is that the Land F/X experience is like no other — the service, the quality of product, the response time, and so on.
Go ahead and grab a trial of Land F/X, and I’m fairly certain you’ll appreciate…[Read more]

]]> 0 437357edc7fab2cf4b837912e4112562 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic Land F/X or Vectorworks Planting; 2 questions in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/land-fx-or-vectorworks-planting-2-questions/#post-152502 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:40:32 +0000 Hi Deborah,
I’m the CEO and Developer for Land F/X.
Being on a Mac certainly does put you in a spot in terms of just testing our software, as you would at a minimum need to purchase Parallels and a license of Windows.
However, we have an all Mac office here, and Parallels allows us to run AutoCAD, as well as some other PC-based software such as…[Read more]

]]> 0 a1167d084024e463ff01172d87730d19 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153134 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:02:26 +0000 Well said x2.
–J

]]> 0 304574e3bb79d522916b3e8c1b9670f3 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153137 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:18:46 +0000 It just all depends on how you want to define “BIM”.
In the world I deal in, our clients need results.  They do not care if it satisfies some made-up term, or uses Proxy Objects or Cloud Services, or any other particular buzzword of the day.  They need to get plans done, have the quantities correct, have the plan accurate, and interface with o…[Read more]

]]> 0 e29301636776d1d8ec37144e1926db2f Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153139 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:58:32 +0000 The BIM portion you are referring to is done in SketchUp, and can be exported to open file formats (IFC, Cobie, etc.).
I am well aware of the capabilities of the software you keep referring to, yet you are apparently ignorant of the capabilities of our software.  So I don’t see where this discussion can lead.
–J

]]> 0 4fd66a793970ddfb60c9347a3218fa8c Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153142 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:38:34 +0000 Again, from the UK BIM Task Force directly:
“little of direct relevance to landscape yet”.
And actually, rootball clashes is the number one request from our users in terms of clash detection.
I get that you like BIM, that’s great.  Let’s just agree to disagree on how well it works for LA.  Right now I have to get back to work.
–J

]]> 0 923efba9bffed4ed1ce56b28937da7a2 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153144 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:39:33 +0000 We stick with standard AutoCAD objects, so the resultant dwg file can be opened by anybody, does not require additional libraries to view, modify, print, etc.
This is called Event-driven development, in contrast to Object-driven.  So only when using our tools do the “objects” in the drawing have intelligence.  Our object types are Plants (Tree, S…[Read more]

]]> 0 05e97d2d5b6586b98b40e9a1982d1701 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/#post-153146 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:18:06 +0000 I don’t want to get drawn into an argument on the subject, but I feel pretty strongly that “BIM” as it is thrown around doesn’t fit very well at all for Landscape Architecture.  Consider particularly:
– a database of Manufacturers and Model numbers, with warranty information, fire code validation, etc. — this does not apply to landscape at all,…[Read more]

]]> 0 66be70996f9b3dcc84c9259a5451cfa3 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/page/2/#post-153148 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:09:08 +0000 Why don’t you try out Land F/X? 😉
We’ve been doing BIM for Landscape Architects for eight years now.
We personally don’t like the term “BIM”, as it by definition doesn’t apply to Landscape Architecture.
–J

]]> 0 734779b6517f9f83fa60ac1adbe55237 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM in Landscape in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-in-landscape/page/2/#post-153153 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:26:48 +0000 I had some email correspondence with some of the BIM Task Force in the UK.
I felt that one of the most important points to stress regarding Level 2 compliancy was this:
“A quick review shows little of direct relevance to landscape yet”.
In terms of attempting to actually satisfy Level 2 requirements, that would require generating a BIM…[Read more]

]]> 0 06a732b36d5355f43ac3df4a79734cd3 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic Autocad 2014 versus 2013 in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/autocad-2014-versus-2013/#post-153597 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:46:52 +0000 First, if you have 2013, it’s not the full $4,200 to upgrade to the next year.
Although the changes from year to year will never be that stark, putting it off for a number of years will guarantee a large amount of downtime as you acclimate to the now dramatic changes.  Staying back a few years is also going to make it more challenging for new…[Read more]

]]> 0 2871ef44f5841eb8d670033cfe3ccfd8 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic name-style in AutoCAD? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/name-style-in-autocad/#post-154428 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:34:38 +0000 It’s really unfortunate, but a few firms cling to this really inappropriate way to handle plotting.
Color based plotting works great for the AEC industry, and most firms use that, with CTB files to correlate a layer color to a plot thickness. It’s elegant and it works. Meanwhile, Named Plot Styles were developed for those in the Mechanical,…[Read more]

]]> 0 d44434e875459f48b4ff81d759b098d8 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic Computing Advice Needed! in the forum GENERAL DISCUSSION https://land8.com/forums/topic/computing-advice-needed/#post-154479 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:31:25 +0000 Macbook Pro.
That way you are mobile, and can have both Mac and PC environments.

–J

]]> 0 1b729fb319007c3736121924c4c78fe3 Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic How To: Planting Plan Tricks? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-to-planting-plan-tricks/#post-154640 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:07:59 +0000 John,
The trend in the industry is towards more information, more accurate quantities, realtime cost take-offs, you name it.  Firms are demanding it, clients are insisting on it.  To tell a client you have no idea what the quantities are, and that they need to ask the contractor, inevitably means you will be value-engineering the project.  I ju…[Read more]

]]> 0 610d11fbd0cc34438a32225594563eea Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic How To: Planting Plan Tricks? in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/how-to-planting-plan-tricks/page/2/#post-154646 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:02:55 +0000 I’ve only seen a couple of vaguely usable techniques.
One was to place the Cross hatch in the area, then explode the hatch and use the intersections as snap points for the blocks.
The other was to offset the polyline inward, and use those concentric polylines with the Measure command.
But both of these run the risk of wildly overlapping plants –…[Read more]

]]> 0 07c408af320e48b06242dcbad69837ba Jeremiah Farmer replied to the topic BIM / Revit for Landscape Architecture in the forum TECHNOLOGY https://land8.com/forums/topic/bim-revit-for-landscape-architecture/#post-155250 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:28:33 +0000 Revit does not work for site or landscape.
Let’s put it this way — if the only way to draw a Window in Revit was to create a Door out of Glass and then just pretend it’s a window, architects wouldn’t use it.  But that’s what landscape architects have to do if they want to use it.  There’s no way to draw a Curb, so you have to draw little Walls, o…[Read more]

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