Robert Anderson

Scott,
You sound like your open to anything. I have had experience with both Vectorworks, Autodesk and Microstation and I would have to say that Vectorworks Landmark has been the superior software.
Once you have made a decision keep me in mind. With my practice I’ve also started providing technical guidance including transitioning to Vectorworks.

Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

Kyle,
Not sure if you have taken the plunge yet or not but I wanted to respond. To your question if there are compatibility issues between platforms with sketch up and “CAD”. As for sketch up I personally use mac as part of my consulting business and it seems to work better on mac than windows. The days of cross platform compatibility are long in…[Read more]

Tanya,
A lot of this depends on what you are going to use it for and even to a certain extent what software you are currently using for design.
Vectorworks recently launched Cloud Services with a fully integrated system for accessing your drawings from the cloud and editing or annotating in the field with an iOS device through Nomad. Check out…[Read more]

Miles,
Its really a matter of getting the draw to start from there the heat carries the column of smoke up. We have a chiminea that is – by design intended to make smoke – and the “flew” is only 24 long. This carries the smoke away from everyone except on the windiest of days.
Good luck with your project.
Robert

Dustin,
I was just talking to some colleagues about this last week. I too recalled that there are accommodations for warnings other then truncated domes. The only thing I could find was in ADAAG A4.4.1 fig A4 for cane technique. The problem with this is that you end up having a preponderance of bollards. We are somewhat sensitive to forests of…[Read more]

Jon,
During the last 18 years of using auto cad and even micro station I finally changed over to Vectorworks in 2010. The change in process from AutoCAD is a bit of a challenge and the way in which you manage other consultants backgrounds is very different but…
The productivity and quality and speed of creating planting plans and even doing site…[Read more]

Justin,
Have you considered Vectoworks Landmark. I suggest you look into it in place of landfx. It has a great interface for windows or mac and can do so much more that just planting plans.

Alan,
These other packages are great but have you considered Vectoworks Landmark? I’ve been using it for over a year and the 3D modeling, grading and Landscape are far superior to Autodesk’s solution for a fraction of the price.