Consider using gCADPlus, landscape design software, to create professional landscape plans. With gCADPlus, you can produce high-quality CAD drawings. Custom templates reduce drafting time by incorporating previous design work and photos into new plans. You can also automate the creation of plant schedules and quickly email your work to clients without printing. Imagine the possibility of visiting with your client and making real-time alterations to the concept.
Watch gCADPlus in action.
Typical landscape design created with gCADPlus
This movie highlights the use of gCADPlus to provide a detailed set of drawings for a childcare centre. The design is presented on an A0 sheet and presents a design for the spaces around an outdoor play area for children. The layout sheet shows photos of species used in the design, a plant schedule, and magnified views of portions of the design.
Tip: The images displayed on a layout sheet in gCADPlus are sourced from SppDb, a plant database application that integrates with gCADPlus. Purchase gCADPlus and receive a complimentary copy of SppDb.
gCADPlus is an affordable landscape design software with no ongoing fees. You can try it for free. For a one-time payment of $AUD 120.00 (approximately $USD 95.00), you can own professional landscape CAD software. gCADPlus is compatible with the Windows operating system and can also run on Macs using emulator software such as CrossOver or Wine on Linux computers.
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What others say
“Botanica Garden Styling is a boutique landscape architecture business in Melbourne. In the past, plans were hand-drawn, and CAD work was outsourced when required … until we discovered gCADPlus. Admittedly, we were slightly nervous about picking up this new skill but having a landscape design software program specifically tailored for garden design work is fantastic.
For what you get, the program is of excellent value and the support is second to none. I regularly contact Keith with queries and in no time he has created a video and put it on Facebook for all of us to learn from. The tutorials are excellent, and we have gone from no knowledge of drawing or design programs to star pupils. We probably haven’t touched the sides of what the program offers, but within quite a brief period have mastered the basics and can produce accurate, attractive, and useful plans for clients and landscapers for quoting purposes.”
“For the solo garden designer or small landscape design-build firm like mine, no other landscape design package offers so many features in such a solid package for such a small cost. For small companies like ours, spending $2,000+ on design software doesn’t make sense, especially when that software comes with additional yearly or monthly maintenance fees that add hundreds of dollars more per year to that cost. Chris M – The GreenMan, Florida USA”
I have used gCADPlus since 2016. It has been a trusted and reliable partner to my landscape design business from day one. Simple to use with great support tools available. Management has equally impressed me with a high level of support and super quick response to any inquiry over the years. Highly recommended. Theo A
www.curvesld.com.au
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Requirements
gCADPlus landscape CAD software has minimal demands on computer resources. Any computer capable of running Windows will suffice for professional designers. Most commercially sold computers in the $750-$1000 range can run gCADPlus without issues. A mouse with a scroll wheel is recommended, as this feature is used for quickly zooming in and out of the design under development. Since the mouse is extensively used when working with gCADPlus, we recommend purchasing a quality mouse for your copy of gCADPlus.
gCADPlus can be used on a Mac. Again, the hardware used does not have to be state-of-the-art’. We run gCADPlus happily on our 5-year-old iMac using a Windows emulator called Crossover. Several of our professional landscape designers use this combination, but other Windows software emulator applications for Macs can also be used.
Tip: Before purchasing gCADPlus, please download and install gCADPlus and test by using it in demo mode in your environment.
Digital design work saves paper and is good for the environment.
Advanced specification for commercial landscape designers
Especially if you expect to produce 3D models of your designs using software such as SketchUp, consider purchasing a computer with the following specifications:
- Windows 10 operating system
- Intel i5 processor (i7 preferred)
- 8Gb RAM (16 Gb preferred)
- 500Mb hard disk drive (SSD preferred)
- Mouse with scroll wheel
- Dedicated graphics card with at least 2Gb memory supporting Open GL 2.0 or later
- 1280 x 800 screen resolution or higher