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Affordable easy-to-use landscape software
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Add symbols
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Australian Native Species
Perennials
Climbers
Tropical
True color swatch palette
Assessing a site
Hedge symbols
Sketchy
Irrigation
30 Trees in Elevation
Deciduous trees in elevation
Hatch Patterns
36 Shrub Symbols
Tree planting
Human figures
Rocks & Walls
Colorful filled symbols
Plant lists
Make a new plant symbol
Database files
File
Printing
Manage lineweights
Printing fixed scales
Print on multiple sheets
Print PDF from Mac
Print fixed scale 1:50
Print 1:100 scale
Set print scale 1:96 (USA)
Plot fixed scale 1-64
Line thickness in PDF
Floating viewports
Positioning a plant schedule
Block manipulation
Reset block base point
Vectorworks to gCADPlus
Convert dwg files for SketchUp
Working with GardenCAD files
Recover plant database information
Save as PDF
Use free AutoCAD files
gCADPlus to AutoCAD
New design (USA)
3D Modeling
About SketchUp
gCADPlus on an iMac
Error exporting to SketchUp
Protecting drawings
Videos
View
Interface
Symbol library – plants
Floating viewports
Distance tool
Reuse symbols
High quality PDF
Viewport visibilty
4K Screen
Solve zoom extents problem
Format
Draw
Leader command
Polyline arc option
Dimensioning
Imperial
Modify
Selecting & manipulating entities
Array command
Change scale meters to mm
Fillet
Using match properties
Introduce variation in massed symbols
Move
Repairing fuzzy text
Tools
Using PDF files in gCADPlus
Library
New Plant Symbol
gCADPlus menu
Labeling symbols
Plant schedules
Mass planting
Broadscale planting
URL text
GPS
Massed mosaic planting
Arborist
Window
Help
Remote Access Learning
Landscape productivity tips
Upload PDF
Reformat plant schedules
Commands
Gridline command
Line command
Linetype Scale
Landscape Design
Building an Online Presence
Meeting Clients
Design Portfolio
Site Survey
Equipment Required
Measuring Sites
Drafting Plans
Benefits of CAD Drafting
From hand drafting – part 1
The CAD drafting interface
Complete design – rear garden – metric
Complete design – decimal feet (USA)
Base Plan from Mud Map
Design Objectives
Design in 2D but think about 3D
Vertical and Horizontal Planes
Paving, Pattern and Perception
Sustainable design
Designs based on underlying geometry
Allocating Spaces
3D Modeling
About SketchUp
Building 3D models using gCADPlus and SketchUp
Print fixed scale 1:50
Print a design to PDF at a fixed scale on an A1 sheet
Print a design to PDF at a fixed scale on an A1 sheet Print a design to PDF at a fixed scale on an A1 sheet