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Somehow, I can't imagine a petition to Lego working though... At least not yet.
Have you taught yourself?
There are several CAD systems, mainly Vectorworks, Autocad and Sketchup.
Vectorworks and Autocad both have a Landscape design option. You can add a variety of libraries to these systems, with added trees, flowers, etc... they usually have a comprehensive library of plants, be careful with American systems, as they usually of course refer to their own geographical areas (hardiness, etc). Sketchup is what I call my quick and dirty system, I usually do some draft designs, input it in skethcup to see what it looks like in 3 D, soemtimes, drawign in plan doe snot allow you to "see" the volume of design elements, so this is very quick. You can teach yourself with their tutorial- one afternoon and you have the basics.Vectorworks and Autocad are software systems which do take some time, dedication and continuous work. It's like photoshop, there is always something new to discover! I use all of them for my practice, but still hand render and do all my skletching in pen, I like the mix and so do clients. I still take autocad lessons once in a while. I took courses in both to get the basics.
For what it's worth.
Roger
In reply to what the Complete Garden plant advice encyclopaedia CD-ROM does. You might find seeing demo secion of the website.
The demo shows that you can find plants by simply selecting a colour, aspect, month / season, soil type, height and name. Click search and the CD finds and displays images of the best plants to match your requirements.
I'm not a computer wizz so I asked the programmers to make the CD-ROM very simple to use. I think he's done a great job. I've paid freelance authors to do the plant care advice and I do the photography.
I decided to make this British interactive plant database after working as a wildlife cameraman. I wanted to find plants that would suit my garden and with this simple knowledge I could plan and design a garden for seasonal colour and interest. I alsi wanted to make plant lists and reminded what plants I have that need pruning a what to do.
The CD-ROM has been designed for the end user i.e me and other garden enthusiasts who want to find and record plant advice without having to search for hours looking through books and the internet.
The software is both PC & MAC compatible.
I have three versions. they all do the same but the 2,700 version has 2,700 UK garden plants and 7,200 photographs Price £24.95, the 3,500 plant version has 3,500 plants and 9,000 photographs Price £39.95. The multi list 3,500 plants has the same data and images but you can make multiple plant lists and individual notes as requested by garden designers, students and gardeners. Price £49.95
I can do a discount for lanscapejuice members if this is of interest. Please drop me a line.
I rely on word of mouth and reviews so if any of you guys are interested in a copy to review then please contact me.
best wishes
Neil
neil@complete-gardens.co.uk
P.S The Complete Gardens CD-ROM is not a garden design software. It helps you find the right plants and advice for your garden.
niall gibb said:
Sketch up is a great little program and I use it a lot, but it is not precision drafting software like Autocad. This was my first Sketchup drawing, used to illustrate a deck we later built for a client.
Since then I have used it many times, particularly for structures like benches or raised beds.
The last occation was for us: we needed to apply for permission to build a log cabin in the garden and they needed 6 different views. The joy of CAD is that you draw it once and view it from any direction to create the drawings they need.
For serious scaled drawing work you need serious drafting software and this is where Autocad / TurboCAD. LandCAD / Vectorworks and all the other programs come in.
Colin the Gardener
www.garden-design.co.uk www.gardendesignfrance.com www.gardendesignacademy.com
I've only downloaded Sketchup twice. Once for Ver 6 and recently for the new Ver 7. I don't remember seeing the question that you refer to. However, I doubt if your interested in Google Earth for your purposes and as I mentioned before, you can just draw plans if you want. You usually start with a plan anyway and use the "Push/Pull" to transform a shape into a 3D object. Might be an idea if you looked here http://sketchup.google.com/training/videos/new_to_gsu.html to see some training videos for beginners.
Cheers,
Rog
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