This premium software can be used on the Mac platform for creating exterior designs. All the designs can be created from scratch. 2D customizable symbols, columns, outdoor cabinets, plant inventory, roofing system and much more can be designed when using this software. Garden Planner by Small Blue Printer is an accessible garden and landscaping design tool that is available for both Windows PC and Apple Mac. On either platform, this is a drag-and-drop interface. The iScapes app is by far the best free landscape design app among its peers, having quality graphics, a solid user-interface, and a good plant library. In the table below, I provided a breakdown of some of my ratings for each of the five design apps. In case the image is too small, click here to download the pdf version. SketchUp Free also possesses some functions of the free architectural design software and lets you draw and create 3D models right in the browser. It is possible to share files using the CAD project management tool. Also, this online landscape design tool includes such features as color and text editing as well as useful drawing tools.
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The concept landscape architecture includes landscape planning, design and creation, as well as the management of resources and buildings. With reference to smaller scale projects the design stage and planning are referred to as landscape design. Accordingly, for owners of private houses the time scales and size of projects are smaller, and the section for such projects is referred to as garden design. The specific design documentation is created independently from the scale of project, and at this stage the irreplaceable assistant for you is ConceptDraw. Included in the project documents are:
In addition to this, included in the working documentation besides various estimates and pages are also:
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The convenience of ConceptDraw is that although you can only place available library objects on the page of the document, you can always create an object and add it to your own library for later use. Objects in ConceptDraw can be connected to each other or to a group. For example, if you show a water pipe in the form of a connection between two final points, when moving these points it will automatically be extended or shortened. As the plan created using ConceptDraw is not a static document, it can be used not only in the work of landscape architects and engineers, but also by landscape managers who maintain artificial landscapes such as parks and gardens, or natural landscapes like woodlands or nature reserves. The landscape manager or engineer can easily transfer ConceptDraw objects of landscape design directly to a document in order to view the end result, as well as use ConceptDraw smart objects to understand their physical influence on the environment. For example, how the shadow from an object will change depending on the position of the sun, how the finished work will look when viewed from a different angle such as the window of a building, what changes the addition of new objects to an existing landscape will make, or even how much a tree will bend in a strong wind. | ||||
It goes without saying that a plan or drawing created using ConceptDraw can be printed or exported to a variety of formats such as:
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Pic. 1. Landscape Design Software for Apple OS X and Microsoft Windows
The Landscape & Garden solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM includes a wide collection of templates and samples to help you draw any landscape-related diagrams and schemas as quickly as possible.
Pic. 2. Landscape Architecture solution
This solution contains four libraries which are very useful for creating such plans. The Parking and Roads library contains elements for comfortable parking projection: ramps, driveway, intersections, parking lines and parking stalls.
The Site Accessories library contains useful elements with various urban objects: benches, lamp posts, site lights, drains, gates etc. You can add elements from this library to a parking plan or a street plan.
The Trees and Plants library contains various shapes of trees, tree crowns, evergreen shrubs, hedges, grass, etc. The Vehicles 2D library contains vector shapes of cars, trucks, pickups, buses and vans. This library is useful for lane planning, parking plans, etc. You can color them with any shade you like.
It is worth mentioning that all these elements are stretchable, and you can customize them in every way you want.
The following features make ConceptDraw DIAGRAM the best Landscape Design Software:
- You don't need to be an artist to draw professional looking diagrams in a few minutes.
- Large quantity of ready-to-use vector objects makes your drawing diagrams quick and easy.
- Great number of predesigned templates and samples give you the good start for your own diagrams.
- ConceptDraw DIAGRAM provides you the possibility to use the grid, rules and guides. You can easily rotate, group, align, arrange the objects, use different fonts and colors to make your diagram exceptionally looking.
- All ConceptDraw DIAGRAM documents are vector graphic files and are available for reviewing, modifying, and converting to a variety of formats: image, HTML, PDF file, MS PowerPoint Presentation, Adobe Flash, MS Visio.
- Using ConceptDraw STORE you can navigate through ConceptDraw Solution Park, managing downloads and updates. You can access libraries, templates and samples directly from the ConceptDraw STORE.
- If you have any questions, our free of charge support is always ready to come to your aid.
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