Some examples of landscape design work created by gCADPlus users are shown below—these range from small courtyard gardens to large-scale environmental projects. Designs are usually presented on a series of layout sheets and can be printed to PDF and emailed to clients with substantial benefits in time and reduced printing costs.
Tip: The commands used to place and edit entities are similar to those used in AutoCAD, so any skills developed using AutoCAD are transferable.
Selected designs
Some examples of landscape design work created by gCADPlus users are shown below.
Choosing species
Plant selection is simplified using gCADPlus, as plant database files can be attached directly to the drawing. Work with simple ASCII text files to ensure that each symbol in a plant schedule has the correct botanical spelling.
gCADPlus provides many database files, but users can also easily create and manage their own. The figure below shows a plant database file with more than 500 entries attached to a drawing. Species can be sorted ‘on the fly’ for several characteristics, including botanical name, common name, code, pot size, cost, etc. Individual symbols are then tagged in the list, enabling the automatic generation of a plant schedule.
In addition, digital design work saves paper and is good for the environment. You can try gCADPlus for free in demo mode.
Digital design work saves paper and is good for the environment.
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