Landmark 2025 was recognized as one of the industry’s most innovative software applications for landscape professionals, based on an evaluation by the publication’s editorial team and advisory board.

Vectorworks Landmark 2025

“Compact, precision, electric, and autonomous—these were common ways to describe this year’s winners of Green Industry Pros’ Editor’s Choice award,” said Green Industry Pros Content Director Marina Mayer. “This year’s winning products are designed or enhanced to help landscape professionals balance the daily demands of their business, save on time, money, and labor, and work smarter, not harder.”

Vectorworks Landmark 2025 wins award from Green Industry Pros magazine.

Vectorworks Landmark is widely regarded as a unique, leading BIM tool for landscape design professionals, including garden designers, registered landscape architects, and urban planners. Landmark 2025 offers powerful site modeling features that are easy to use, along with comprehensive planting design and management tools, such as irrigation systems and much more. It also includes the same advanced rendering options found in Vectorworks Architect, which are used by architects and interior designers.

“We’re honored that Green Industry Pros has recognized Vectorworks Landmark 2025 with this award,” said Eric Gilbey, PLA, ASLA, Product Marketing Manager – Landscape at Vectorworks. “The 2025 version continues our mission of empowering landscape professionals with the tools they need to design, collaborate, and deliver exceptional outdoor spaces. From precise site modeling to stunning presentations, every feature is designed to enhance productivity and support sustainable design practices.”

Users can learn more about Vectorworks Landmark 2025 here.

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“The introduction of Allplan 2025, Vectorworks 2025, and Archicad 28 underscores our dedication to empowering architects, engineers, and designers with cutting-edge digital solutions. These products are not only about improving workflows but also about driving innovation and sustainability in the AEC/O industry,” said Yves Padrines, CEO of the Nemetschek Group, on the parallel launch of the three flagship products. “We are providing our customers with a true choice. Our AI-powered tools and enhanced collaboration features will help professionals design more efficiently and sustainably, making a lasting impact on the future of construction and design.”

Allplan 2025

Allplan, the popular German AEC industry BIM solution used worldwide, announced cutting-edge new AI-driven features and automation in ALLPLAN 2025. Allplan also announced a new ALLPLAN Civil product that delivers a comprehensive set of civil and structural modeling capabilities in a product formerly known as ALLPLAN Bridge for the more generalized civil and transportation infrastructure market. This Civil product offers the market a complete design-to-build workflow for all types of transportation infrastructure sector projects.

All three Nemetschek Group BIM solutions now available worldwide.

New features in ALLPLAN 2025 boast real-time collaboration capabilities, new connected workflows to structural engineering, and advanced detailing tools. AI Visualizer technologies are also included as part of ALLPLAN 2025.

Vectorworks 2025

The latest version of the popular Vectorworks BIM/CAD software product line offers cutting-edge and industry-first features in a highly intuitive interface. Delivering solutions for architecture and urban design, interiors professionals, landscape design professionals and entertainment industry professions across a range of targeted solutions, users of Vectorworks 2025 products gain new Onscreen View control capabilities useful to 3D model navigation, sophisticated and industry-first Object Level visibility controls that can be associated and driven by data logic, plus a brand new Vectorworks Cloud Document Reviewer which sets the stage for 3D model viewing and further integrations with sister company Bluebeam.

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Vectorworks 2025 further solidifies its leading position in the entertainment industry with its Vectorworks Spotlight 2025 and Vision 2025 products alongside BraceWorks and ConnectCAD for professionals in film, tv, theater, music entertainment and events design.

Archicad 28

Archicad 28 is the latest version of the popular global BIM solution and the latest product brings further enhancements to collaborative workflows, integrations with Bluebeam Sessions, advanced automation, unique Design Options capabilities, improved workflows with Revit files and much more, including excellent new Key Noting tools.

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Archicad 28 also complements new BIMcloud and BIMx features—the latter of which delivers BCF support for field to office workflows, new view by layers capabilities and object mode view isolation features turning BIMx into one of the industry’s best BIM model viewer applications in the market. Additionally, BIMx supports Apple’s Vision Pro headset. A key focus in Archicad 28 is sustainability, helping architects design better-performing buildings when it comes to energy consumption. Archicad was also the first solution within the Nemetschek Group to integrate AI Visualizer technology into its rendering workflow options.

Driving Innovations

The Nemetschek Group feels bolstered and proud of its three main BIM solutions and their technical leadership in driving digital transformation in the AEC/O industry. ALLPLAN 2025, Vectorworks 2025, and Archicad 28 are now available worldwide in multiple languages.

To learn more about the Nemetschek Group visit them here.

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The Green Industry Pros Editor’s Choice Awards acknowledge the finest products in the landscape industry, celebrated for their innovation and practicality among end-users and industry experts.

Editor’s Choice Award

Within a highly competitive field, Vectorworks Landmark 2024 stood out by showcasing advanced features and technologies.

“We’re thrilled to announce the 2024 Editor’s Choice Awards winners,” said Sarah Webb, Editor of Green Industry Pros. “These awards highlight the ongoing innovation within the green industry and recognize products that meet the evolving needs of landscape contractors. Vectorworks Landmark 2024 exemplifies excellence in design and functionality.”

Vectorworks Landmark 2024 wins Editor’s Choice Award 2024 from Green Industry Pros.

“Being named a standout product in this year’s Green Industry Pros Editors’ Choice Awards is a tremendous honor,” said Vectorworks Product Marketing Manager – Landscape Eric Gilbey, PLA. “This recognition highlights our commitment to advancing the tools available to designers and propels our mission to deliver advanced, sustainable solutions for designers to create landscapes and spaces far beyond their imagination.”

Vectorworks Landmark is the industry-leading, landscape-focused BIM software solution in the global market, created specifically for the needs of the professional landscape architect and landscape designer. The 2/3D BIM/CAD solution empowers landscape professionals to design, model, and create compelling presentations, along with detailed database reports and professional construction drawing documentation features. Vectorworks Landmark 2024 is a full BIM application for the landscape design industry.

Learn more about the award-winning software for landscape designers at vectorworks.net/landmark or experience it first-hand with a 7-day free trial.

Vectorworks 2025 will be released soon with a new set of interactive features. Learn more about the upcoming version here.

View the award recipients, including Vectorworks Landmark 2024, in the July/August issue of Green Industry Pros or visit GreenIndustryPros.com.

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Convergence Defined

“Convergence is the blending of previously separate technologies, processes, and data to create new combinations of products, services, and experiences,” says the report. These new combinations are having a direct impact on reshaping current industries and structures within them. Most businesses today acknowledge that convergence will impact them in some form.

The global pandemic has brought about an acceleration of digital transformation technologies. Innovative practices like virtual communications, personalized digital engagement, immersive modeling, rapid prototyping, and efficient collaboration are now mainstream due to workforce transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

So what comes next?

The Research

Altimeter and Autodesk surveyed 749 leaders from companies in the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan, and China across Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC), Design & Manufacturing (D&M), and Media & Entertainment (M&E) industries. What they found is the disruption caused by the pandemic has created two classes of companies:

• Low-Level Digital Maturity — this first class of companies is still struggling to implement innovative practices and are still in the process of catching up.
• High-Level Digital Maturity — this second class of companies had already implemented the latest innovative practices and have thrived during the global pandemic. This class of companies is now prepared for the next wave of digital disruption, a practice known as convergence.

The research found that 58 percent of respondents have either given thought to convergence or acknowledged it is one of the most critical parts of their business.

The global research revealed a key takeaway—that digital maturity is a strong predictor of how much a company believes it will be impacted by convergence. To determine the degree of digital maturity respondents were asked to self-select one of the following stages to define their organizations: (see above

• Stage 0 — Digital transformation is not a priority for us, nor do we expect it to become one in the short term.
• Stage 1 — We’ve just begun to build a business case for digital transformation.
• Stage 2 — We’re starting to understand customer journeys, improving digital skills, mapping processes, and seeing early traction.
• Stage 3 — We’ve begun to digitize our operations at scale, but modernizing platforms and processes is happening on a departmental basis.
• Stage 4 — We have digitized operations and are now focused on integrating them so that data can be used more strategically across the organization.
• Stage 5 — We have laid a strong digital foundation and are now focused on leveraging data and AI to optimize processes; products and services; and customer experiences.

For companies that said they were stage 5 (the highest level of digital maturity), 59 percent said convergence was one of the most critical influences on their business. As digital maturity decreases, so too does the recognition of the importance of convergence as a disruptive trend.

Higher digital maturity stages are more likely to see Convergence as critical influence on business.

The report notes the logic of less mature companies seeing converge as less important to their business operations makes perfect sense. This is partly because they are playing catch-up on digital transformation. Their eyes are focused on the next steps for them. If you look at the chart above there is a wide gap between stage 5 firms and the rest as only stage 5 firms are mature enough to be looking at the next possible steps to take with digital transformation and convergence is a big one.

The report suggests that less-mature firms shouldn’t wait to think about convergence because they can still catch up with other digital transformations while laying the foundation for convergence. The argument is that the earlier a company lays the foundation for convergence the deeper the rewards once they get to that stage.

Levels of Convergence

The research has revealed four levels of convergence:

• Process Convergence —  prior discrete processes and workflows are now being connected across business for greater efficiency and integrated goals
• Technology Convergence —  technologies like Cloud, IoT, AI, Supply Chain Management, AR/VR are converging to create new cases and solutions.
• Data/Information Convergence — prior silos of data or information is now more accessible and being used across business and industry to power a range of new products and services.
• Industry Convergence —  prior discrete industries are becoming more similar and connected, creating new opportunities for value creation.

The use of these convergence levels enabled the Autodesk and Altimeter researchers to chart the impact of each type of convergence and how it varies by industry, as some industries are further along in convergence on these different levels. Here at Architosh in our research studies and reports, we offer the industry, we would also say these levels are the major vectors of convergence and that they are aided along by various institutional alignments and market dynamics. For example, in the EV (electric vehicles) industry transformation, government policies like infrastructure bills aimed at increasing EV charging stations are forms of institutional alignments that overlay market dynamics like private investment in the formation of more EV companies. These two items compound each other creating exponential curves on charts and vectors that represent direction and acceleration.

Convergence layers. How respondents see convergence across AEC and D&M industries. 

Overcoming Hurdles

Despite the clarify of benefits coming from convergence, some firms face significant challenges in implementing the steps needed in order to fully prepare themselves for convergence. These include:

• Culture — where firms fall on the spectrum of resistance to the encouragement of change. Many firms, particularly those with legacy systems and practices, tend to have high levels of resistance to change.
• Data for Machine Learning — many companies are concerned about feeding AI engines outdated or biased data and there is general concern about deploying AI incorrectly.
• Designing for Convergence — convergence requires designers and project planners to be far more forward-thinking, including expansive, visionary, and disciplined thinking than they have deployed in the past. This requires training and the use of tools that can help facilitate this kind of thinking.
• Hiring the Right Skills — As with other disruptive innovations, hiring people with the right skills to thrive with areas of convergence is challenging. These skills are scarce and in high demand at the start of the disruption curve.

“By assessing their digital maturity, and top investment priorities, companies can use this data to benchmark themselves and chart a roadmap for transformation,” says Charlene Li, Founder and Senior Fellow at Altimeter. “Doing so can effectively enable businesses to prepare for any type of digital disruption, and even thrive because of it.”

To download the full report go here.

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What is Lands Design

Lands Design has three major feature areas, says the company Asuni CAD S. A..

With Lands Design users can create landscape designs in 3D and 2D. Features include the ability to design with actual 3D plant species, create civil work elements like sidewalks, work with terrains and utilize free-from modeling. The tool also enables users to produce documentation, setting out plans, plant schedules, watering systems and zoning. For terrain modeling, it features its own terrain modeling tools for creating accurate terrain models for sites, based on imported GIS data.

01 – Lands Design is a new landscape architecture design tool built on Rhino.

Lands Design features an extensive plant database with over 1800 species. The plant database has technical specifications and detailed characteristics of each species. Use it to arrange trees, shrubs, ground covers, etc. Plan out plans individually, in rows or as even forests. Customize each plant in 2D and 3D.

Lands Design features the capacity to render landscape designs and create virtual tours and walk-throughs.

Price, Availability and the Mac

The company says the current beta is free to use. Once a first commercial release is ready a final price will be set for Lands Design. Additionally, a Mac OS X version of Lands Design will be possible, says the company, though it needs McNeel to have all the components in the Mac version of Rhino to allow third-party development.

To learn more visit them here.

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Across Design Disciplines—Expanded Academic Scheduling Accommodation

For this year’s competition the company has expanded the schedule for the submission  period to accommodate varying academic schedules worldwide. The prize scholarship also allows students to submit multiple projects. Submissions are due 15 July 2017.

01 – The 2017 Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship.

“We greatly value the unique experiences and backgrounds of the next generation of designers,” said Alice Lowy, marketing director at Vectorworks. “With this in mind, we established this program three years ago to reward talented students and to support their academic endeavors in the classroom and beyond so that they can kick-start their careers.”

Submission Requirements

To apply, students must submit their best individual or group project and answer three questions in 150 words or less each. Eligible students must be enrolled in an accredited design program and registered for six or more credits or have graduated during the 2015 or 2016 school term. A notable panel of judges will evaluate submissions based on design integrity, originality, the effective use of computer technology and communication of design vision. Winners will be revealed on Friday, 18 August 2017.

The 2015 Vectorworks Design Scholarship received more than 2,000 entries and awarded 15 scholarships to individuals across the architecture, landscape and entertainment design fields in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Benno Schmitz from the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin won the Richard Diehl Award for his project, The Museum of Contemporary Arts in Bonn. Vectorworks, Inc., has awarded more than $90,000 in scholarship funds to date.

To apply to the Vectorworks Design Scholarship or to learn more visit here.

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So what’s new in Twinmotion 2016?

Award-winning Twinmotion is a real-time visualization technology developed for the Windows OS that is changing the way designers and engineers interact with their models. Compatible with every 3D modeling software on the market today, Twinmotion is a great fit for any landscape, urban planning or building professional. Designed with an easy, intuitive user interface, it can be used right out of the box. In addition to being incredibly easy to use, Twinmotion creates high quality images and animations in the blink of an eye.

01 – Watch Twinmotion 2016 Trailer to find out what’s new

Twinmotion 2016 has gone through a graphical optimization that makes it 25% faster both in the preparation and in the final rendering phase.

Productivity enhancements

• automatic management of product updates
• new Revit 2014/2015/2016 plugin
• new SketchUp import
• point cloud import and automatic conversion to a terrain in Twinmotion
• terrain import from Google Earth (via SketchUp) and conversion to a Twinmotion terrain
• enriched object library: vegetation, animated characters, vehicles, fountains
• expanded material library: ceilings
• project phasing

In addition, BIMmotion, the revolutionary stand-alone viewer, allows Twinmotion users to share an interactive executable (.exe) file with their clients, enabling them to explore the project on their own, following it from start to finish. All this is now possible without having to install Twinmotion. (Windows only.)

Readers can download a free 30-day trial version of Twinmotion 2016 here.

Meet Abvent Live!

From November 2 to 6 at Batimat, Paris – Nord Villepinte in Hall 5B, “Bâtiment du Futur” and at Abvent booth R50. From December 1-3, Autodesk University; Las Vegas, Nevada—The Venetian, Abvent Booth #1426

About Abvent

Since 1985, the Abvent Group has offered innovative image and design solutions for CAD professionals in the fields of architecture and design, and photography. Abvent’s cutting edge approach to digital imagery has resulted in products and services that are innovative, powerful, and easy-to-use.

Abvent develops and publishes Artlantis, a family of stand-alone 3D rendering applications developed especially for architects and designers; iVisit360 for Panoramas, iVisit360 VR Objects and animations; and Render[in], a powerful, fully-integrated rendering engine developed for SketchUp. Abvent is the worldwide distributor of Twinmotion, a visualization and 3D immersion software developed for architects, designers, and engineers.

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The release includes more than 100 updates and features for its award-winning CAD and BIM design solutions, including Vectorworks® Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks®.

From streamlined project sharing, graphical scripting and point cloud support, to subdivision modeling and a system that measures a design’s energy performance, users will be poised to generate, define, build and explore form and function through enhanced workflows and improved design processes.

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“Designers know that the successful development of their best ideas requires flexibility and precision while leaving open the opportunity for discovery. That’s why Vectorworks 2016 software empowers creativity throughout the entire process – particularly in a BIM workflow,” said Sean Flaherty, CEO at Vectorworks. “Over our 30-year history, we’ve always looked to our users for feedback to improve our software. As we move forward under our new brand with the release of Vectorworks 2016, we will continue to turn to them, both as a company inspired by great design and as a creator of tools that work how designers think, enabling visionaries to explore, model and solve their next design challenge all in one software package.”

Valuing customers feedback

To fully support Vectorworks’ customer-centric philosophy, over 70 percent of the 2016 version’s updates and features were born from customer feedback, with the entire research and development efforts for the new release led by the company’s Chief Technology Officer Dr. Biplab Sarkar.

“Delivering accurate modeling information while remaining true to a designer’s vision is the pivotal point of any artistic enterprise,” said Sarkar. “Vectorworks 2016 software’s first-class tools and customizable workflows give you more resources than ever to design with confidence and precision, no matter your discipline, while supporting the creative process.”

01 – The latest version of Vectorworks 2016 family of CAD/BIM products feature over 100 updates including updates to the Cinema 4D render engine. Marionette, Energos, Project Sharing, Point Cloud and subdivision surfaces modeling round out the major feature additions.

Today’s announcement marks the beginning of Vectorworks 2016’s worldwide rollout, which continues with the release of localized versions in nine additional languages over the next several months. Some of the tools and features in this release include:

• Project Sharing —  is an intuitive means for teams to communicate and collaborate while working concurrently on the same Vectorworks design file.
• Subdivision Modeling — allows designers to transform primitive shapes like spheres and cubes into any form imaginable.
• Marionette — is the first and only cross-platform, Python®-based graphical scripting tool in the AEC, landscape and entertainment industries. Designers can work algorithmically, creating visual scripts that take advantage of Vectorworks software’s 2D and 3D modeling capabilities, integrating seamlessly with BIM environments.
• Energos — offers a dynamic, intelligent gauge of a building’s energy performance during the design process and is based on the Passivhaus calculation method.
• Point Cloud Support — allows designers using their preferred 3D scanning device to capture a physical location and import a 3D point cloud object into Vectorworks software to manipulate and measure.’
• Roof Components and Styles — will interact with wall components ensure accuracy in the documentation of sections and elevations. Roof faces and roof objects now have the same component representation as walls and slabs, further extending the power of BIM.
• Landmark Site Modifier and Hardscape Tool Improvements — help landscape professionals and urban planners design more efficiently and be more creative with pavements and walkways, including sloping hardscapes.
• Spotlight Improvements — offer tools to design and document overhead stage rigging, create stages and quickly access symbols to explore any idea imaginable.
• Several New Features and Improvements — in our Renderworks module include an upgraded MAXON Cinema 4D® render engine, Caustic Capabilities with refraction of light through translucent surfaces, Ambient Occlusion that adds depth to designs with more realistic shadowing and the New Grass Shader, as well as new camera effects, such as depth of field, exposure, vignette and bloom, allow for more realistic and striking visualizations and animations.

The English-language version of Vectorworks 2016 software is available to Vectorworks Service Select customers today by download. Shipping of the English-language version to all other customers will begin on September 23, 2015. Visit vectorworks.net/2016 to learn more.

About Vectorworks, Inc.

Vectorworks, Inc. is a global design software developer serving the architecture, landscape and entertainment industries. Since 1985, we have been committed to helping designers capture inspiration, nurture innovation, communicate effectively and bring their visions to life. We’ve developed the best CAD and BIM software for Mac and Windows that puts BIM at the heart of the design process, enabling the flexibility needed for efficient iteration throughout the design life-cycle. Located in Columbia, Maryland, Vectorworks, Inc. is a part of The Nemetschek Group. Learn more about how we empower more than half a million designers to create experiences that transform the world at www.vectorworks.net.

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Following the release of its more professional tools in VUE xStream 2015, VUE Infinite 2015, the following products for 3D enthusiasts and 3D artists are also now available: VUE Pioneer 2015, VUE Esprit 2015, VUE Studio 2015 and VUE Complete 2015. This completes the 2015 product line-up for the year.

VUE for 3D Artists and Enthusiasts

VUE Pioneer, Esprit, Studio and Complete versions are available in English and for Windows and Mac OS X platforms—64 bit systems only.

While these versions of the VUE family come in various capabilities, new features in VUE 2015, generalized include:

• Faster rendering
• High-amplitude displacement mapping
• Non-photo real engine analyzes renders like an artist to create stylized artwork
• Faster previewing
• Energy conservative anti-aliasing
• Import geo-located terrains
• Export rocks
• Fast content browser with large previews, search and more…
• Double-sided materials
• Auto-scale clouds with altitude
• Modulate Spectral clouds sharpness using a function graph
• and a lot more…

VUE Pioneer is the free entry-level application to get folks started with this product line and often an intro into the world of digital nature scenery.

01 – e-on software’s full VUE 2015 product line is now completely shipping. It is a product designed for digital nature creation and editing in diverse workflows. (image: e-on software. All rights reserved).

VUE Esprit features extend from Pioneer and include extended import and scenery controls. It also features Poser integration. VUE Studio is an advanced digital nature application with powerful vegetation and rendering features. VUE Complete combines into a single application a multitude of cutting edge features that lets 3D artists easily create and control rich EcoSystems™ of wind-swept trees and plants, hyper-realistic atmospheres and detailed terrains in fully animated scenes.

Pricing

For the 2015 product line, VUE Pioneer is free and can be obtained here.

VUE Esprit retails for $199.USD. VUE Studio retails for $399.USD. VUE Complete retails for $599.USD. Upgrades and side-grades are possible. You can see the complete price lists here. Trial versions of these products will be available later in the year.

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e-on software broadly labels their products into three camps of users: CG professionals, 3D artists and 3D enthusiasts. It really doesn’t matter what you might call yourself, the way to acquire these products is to review them around their functionality and your experience level. If you are new to digital nature scenery creation tools, starting with Pioneer may give you that quick taste you are looking for. From there you can move up to the 3D artists tool options or if you are a CG pro, go straight to xStream or VUE Infinite, both of the latter two products cost well over $1000.USD.

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With TurboFloorPlan for Mac users can design and develop all phases of their home project, from the foundation, HVAC, electrical to the doors, windows and roof and everything in between. Tools provide a way to visualize the overall house and individual rooms. The program features a Cabinet Designer™ and cost estimation tools. For 3D visualization RoomView™ is a feature that helps you view the inside of small spaces, while the whole building can be developed and viewed in 3D with RealModel®.

Key Features Include

This is a partial list of the key features of TurboFloorPlan: Home & Landscape Pro 2015 for Mac.

• QuickStart™ for a simple way to create custom home designs
• Floor Plan Trace to scan and trace your own floor plans
• Professional Designed Home Plan Templates
• Getting Started Tutorials
• Training Center with over 100 videos to boost your skills
• Thousands of drag-and-drop symbols

The program also features 2D/3D design and precise auto-dimensioning. Tool sets include architectural, design, landscape and building structural tools. There are also design tips employed in the software to help users build green.

01 – An image of a rendered 3D home design from TurboFloorPlan 2015 for Mac.

As mentioned earlier there are cost estimation features so you can generate an accurate cost estimate of your new home. On the landscape front you can plan decks with IntelliDeck™ software, import background photos of skies or other real world backgrounds, and use the Topo Designer to add real world topography to your building site. It automatically cuts and adds fills to establish your building pad for your design.

These are just some of the features. TurboFloorPlan: Home and Landscape Pro for Mac 2015 retails for 149.USD typically but is available now online for $99.USD. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and 256 MB of video RAM. To learn more visit here.

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In particular they can now:

• Create any kind of vegetation, from simple grass to super elaborate hero trees
• Create vegetation by painting it, assembling simple building blocks, or completely graphing all plant properties
• Generate procedural geometry and materials of unlimited detail
• Animate all plant aspects using precise wind and breeze algorithms
• Export 3D vegetation to any 3D application as standard .OBJ, .3DS or animated .FBX
• Render stills and animations for compositing jobs or for use as billboards
  Expand their plant library through a dedicated 3D plant model store

The Plant Factory Nursery currently has over 100 plant species that continues to grow just like a community garden. Most of the plants available are fully animated with wind and breeze and contain health and age settings.

01 – e-on software’s Plant Factory is a wunderkid type of tool for artists who need to customize and create digital nature.

Artist can join the Cornucopia3D Brokering program to share and sell their plant content. With current TPF compatible products the entire Plant Factory product lines are available for all VUE 11 and VUE 2014 users and other e-on software applications are in the works. Any users of standard 3D applications such as 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Modo etc can benefit from the TPF content with the use of the Plant Factory Converter, a simple affordable application the converts TPF to standard 3D formats.

For simple direct access to all Plant Factory contents, free or paid visit here.

For more info on the Plant Factory.

For more info on Cornucopia3D

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“For a design and landscaping firm, the scalability of the business is all about the number of projects that can be completed simultaneously. But itʼs not just about volume—itʼs also about making sure projects are manageable and profitable, particularly in todayʼs economy,” says Adrian Slatter, Sales Director at Design Software Solutions (one of our Vectorworks resellers in the UK). “One issue facing these firms is the need to re-enter all the information from the design software it has used into the estimating software it also uses. This takes time, costs money and can introduce errors,” he continues.

01 - Benchmark Estimating plugin for Vectorworks Landmark allows landscape design professionals to integrate estimation through the utilization of Benchmark's software.

Benchmark Plugin

The Benchmark plugin to Vectorworks adds a menu item that allows the user to attach a takeoff to any drawn object in the Vectorworks program. Once the take-off is complete, the user exports the data to a file that the Benchmark Estimating Software can now import in and understand. Within Benchmark the user runs the Import from Vectorworks command and the software automatically generates the relevant sections and specifications for the objects and creates an estimate.

The Vectorworks plugin is priced at 299 euro. To learn more please visit Design Software Solutions.

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