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    Can any one recommend a good landscape design Program and where I can purchase it.


    Thanks

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    http://www.itsoft.com.au

    I have thought about buying this myself.

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    Default Re: Landscape design Software

    Thanks for the link that is pretty impressive.

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    Default Re: Landscape design Software

    a few points to consider when purchasing landscape design software:

    Cad compatiable as architects will be your working partners on designs and they will want to transfer designs of homes via cad and you will want to do visa versa.saves heaps of time travelling between offices and homes.

    printer should be large enough to print to architects prefered size.could be a3-a1.plus produce quality reproductions.

    computor large enough to handle program.

    native oz plant data base.

    construction drawings compataibale with coucil regulations.

    one can do courses on cad at home.

    cad sketch is suiatble for garden design.

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    some thing like this maybe
    http://www.cad.com.au/general/landscape%20cad.html
    bit pricey..like photo shop.
    which i bought for do the before and after photo's
    me putting this 1 in my wish list
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    Quote Originally Posted by m287j View Post
    http://www.itsoft.com.au

    I have thought about buying this myself.
    This is an older thread is there anything better out there today or is this still the one to get for garden design software?

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    Like any software programme , if you dont understand the theory of design it doesnt matter what software you have...ive seen some contarctors have a crack at design using software , but unfortunaletly they lack the knowledge of garden design and the flare ..garden design gets down to what you actually know about plants ,hard landscape etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    Like any software programme , if you dont understand the theory of design it doesnt matter what software you have...ive seen some contarctors have a crack at design using software , but unfortunaletly they lack the knowledge of garden design and the flare ..garden design gets down to what you actually know about plants ,hard landscape etc
    Don't worry mate i understand garden design just need a fancy program to bedazzle my potential clients and wipe the floor with my competitors. Have you seen what landscapers charge for garden design, yes please easy money for mine beats pushing a mower for $45 bucks a lawn.

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    I ended up getting Turbo Floorplan Home and landscape PRO

    http://imsidesign.com/Products/Turbo...5/Default.aspx

    I was not familiar with landscape software so it took me a lot of getting used the instruction book is 330 pages lol.

    Scooby Happy to post it to you if you want to give it a try and see if its suitable.

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    good onya scoob knowing how to is design is good mate your will kill them ... qualified designers get up to 5k for a design ..mate give the mower away your will do fine...its a great tool to have in the shed to get on top of the oppostion

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    Default Re: Landscape design Software

    try any CAD programmes, harvey norman have some but this programme is very reliable and relative simple to use....you need the abilty to have drag and drop functions to create your design
    As the old wise man said , mowing a customers lawn on a regular basis allows you to open up so much more in the back yard..you have the customers attention and then can create additional income from extra tasks such as landscaping etc....couldnt count the number of landscape design and construction done from simply mowing the lawn.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bgs View Post
    I ended up getting Turbo Floorplan Home and landscape PRO

    http://imsidesign.com/Products/Turbo...5/Default.aspx

    I was not familiar with landscape software so it took me a lot of getting used the instruction book is 330 pages lol.

    Scooby Happy to post it to you if you want to give it a try and see if its suitable.
    Thanks for the offer Bgs very nice of you, hold off on sending it just yet we will see what everyone else says and go from there it might save you the trouble cheers mate from Scooby.

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    I do limited design stuff,
    Used Smart draw for the trial version which i thought was quite good, however I dont do enough to warrant buying it.

    What about google sketchup?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bgs View Post
    I ended up getting Turbo Floorplan Home and landscape PRO

    http://imsidesign.com/Products/Turbo...5/Default.aspx

    I was not familiar with landscape software so it took me a lot of getting used the instruction book is 330 pages lol.

    Scooby Happy to post it to you if you want to give it a try and see if its suitable.
    Bgs did you end up using this program and if so how did you find it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scooby Steve View Post
    Bgs did you end up using this program and if so how did you find it.

    Yeah as I said I was not familiar with this type of programme and I am not a landscape designer so it took me a long time to get the hang of it. Especially slopes and retaining walls,

    The first design I did took me weeks of staying up late every night, once you know the functions it gets easier I am sure there must be some more user friendly programmes out there.

    Some good features were you could take photos of the finished design from different angles at different times of the day and you could also create a video walk through

    I just noticed the web site has a free 15 day trial download as well if you did want to have a play around

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