Using LANDCADD Landscape Design Software
A Practical Text Designed to Teach Students How To Get The Maximum Benefit from LANDCADD Landscape Design Software

First Edition
Kent A. Gordon

Using LANDCADD is a practical text designed to teach students how to get maximum benefit from LANDCADD landscape design software in the minimum amount of time.

Students are lead through a series of landscape design tutorials and exercises which parallel the normal production of construction documents in landscape design practice.

The book emphasizes how to use LANDCADD productively, creatively and efficiently in the course of creating CADD landscape designs.

It leads the reader through the creation of title block, base plan, construction and hardscape plan, planting plan, irrigation plan, 3D elevation and more. In addition, other tutorials and exercises show the reader how to produce customized symbols, macros and toolbars to make LANDCADD even more suitable for use in a landscape design practice.

Its tutorial approach makes this a perfect book for the professional self-paced user. Keywords: AutoCAD for Architecture Keywords: LANDCADD

Benefits:

• Using LANDCADD's three-part organization lets you target on the material needed to make you more productive: whether it's an introduction to LANDCADD, a real-world tutorial, or a tip to enhance productivity, you'll find it all here.
• The applied, real-world tutorials aid the student's transition to the workforce and increase worker productivity.
• Online Companion™ provides professional resources for the LANDCADD user.
• A CD-ROM with drawing files gets you up and running quickly with LANDCADD.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION TO AUTOCAD FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER - THE BASICS:
Introduction to AutoCAD for the Architectural Designer - the Basics. The Relationship Between LANDCADD and AutoCAD.

LANDCADD DRAWING EXERCISES - LEARNING TO USE LANDCADD COMMANDS:
Starting LANDCADD. Creating the Title Block. Developing a Base Plan. Creating the Hardscape & Construction Plan. Creating the Planting Plan. Creating an Irrigation Plan. Paper Space Drawing and Model Space Viewpoints. Creating Custom Details & Symbols. Converting 2D Drawings to 3D Drawings. Creating Elevation Drawings.

CONFIGURING LANDCADD - SETTING UP FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY and PRODUCTIVITY: Getting Started in LANDCADD and AutoCAD

608 pages - 7-3/8 x 9-1/4 in.
with Companion CD-ROM