LANDWorksCAD v6 for AutoCAD® and BricsCAD®

Arguably the best software for landscape design and architecture, LANDWorksCAD, is now available as a powerful plug-in for AutoCAD (and BricsCAD).

AutoCAD users no longer need to miss out on the best landscape design application in the business. LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD (and BricsCAD) adds all the landscape tools found in LANDWorksCAD's popular stand-alone product, but as an Add-on application. Add LANDWorksCAD to your CAD software today and be much more productive. More...

Sue Beveridge, Echuca Moama Garden and Landscape Design

Highlights

Purpose Built for Professional Landscapers

LANDWorksCAD is an easy-to-use professional level software specifically created for Landscape Designers and Landscape Architects and is not an engineering software for computer nerds.

All landscapers using AutoCAD (or Bricscad) will benefit from the incredibly easy to use features that LANDWorksCAD brings to the user interface in a single, simple to understand menu.

Take the power of your AutoCAD (or Bricscad) software to the next level.

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Learn FAST

The software ships with a comprehensive PDF manual and links to YouTube videos to teach you right from the start. you will be using the tools in minutes, the software will pay for itself immediately you start using it.

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Versatile

Use LANDWorksCAD to create sketch plans, 3D perspectives, sections, concept plans, planting plans, hard works plans, construction details, plant schedules, contour plans, irrigation plans, lighting plans, elevations, presentations and more. The plant library alone is reason enough to purchase the software - You can use your existing blocks too if desired.

Excel Database Driven

LANDWorksCAD is totally unique in using an Excel spread sheet for the plant database, keeping it sooo simple (KISS). The library is huge with more than 2,200 separate species and the ability to easily edit and create your own plant list to suit your needs. You are not locked in to plants from any one region, zone, continent or supplier. 

John Prince, Deep Rainforest Co Aust P/L

Compatible

Because LANDWorks for AutoCAD (and Bricscad) works natively with .DWG files, you can continue to share your designs with architects, town planners, surveyors and public authorities. You can open and edit their files or even scan and accurately scale existing paper based drawings ready to start your design.

Head Start

Scanned drawings can be imported into LANDWorksCAD where they can be accurately rescaled and used as an underlay for your designs. Ideal too for aerial photographs, Google Earth images and site plan information. Survey drawings can be 'converetd' to Existing Tree drawings ready for documenting and editing. No need to redraw, automatically convert the surveyors tree circles to Existing Tree blocks with attached attribute data. Automatically number and label existing foliage and generate instant accuarte Tree Schedules.

Image Conscious

Digital or scanned photographs and other bitmap images can be incorporated into your drawings allowing for complex logo's and graphic illustrations of the plants and surrounds that relate to your design. Let nature's own imagery paint a picture for you and your clients to appreciate.

John Prince, Deep Rainforest Co Aust P/L

Get Automated

Click on a plant or feature and LANDWorksCAD will give you the correctly named label (call-out) to place just where you want and in the style you choose. Multiple plants are also counted and quantities added to the label if desired.

Accurate Count and Legend

One more click and let LANDWorksCAD count all the plants and place an accurate plant schedule and legend in your drawing. It knows which plants are proposed and which are existing plants, it even knows if you have forgotten to label a plant!

Good Measure

Accurate take-off and costing tools linked to your office standard layers calculate the materials for each job with confidence. Calculate areas, lengths, angles and quantities straight off the drawing, even around complex curves.

Sue Beveridge, Echuca Moama Garden and Landscape Design

Intuitive

Because LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD (and BricsCAD) uses standard CAD commands, you don't have to learn a completely new program. Just add the new tools to your existing palette of commands for instant access and use.

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Instant Changes

If there was just one feature that made you buy LANDWorksCAD today it would be this... Make sweeping changes to your drawings without having to redraw. Switch between a basic concept appearance and a final detailed look for your plants with one click, and swap out plants of one type with another, easy. All the schedules and Labels update immediately on your command.

Sue Beveridge, Echuca Moama Garden and Landscape Design

John Prince, Deep Rainforest Co Aust P/L

Get Supported

Want extra help? Choose full expert technical annual support with the support subscription plan for total peace of mind. We can assist you with practically any question.

LANDWorksCAD v6 New Features

Up to 70% faster loading of Plant database No waiting. Now get near instant access to your plant list with almost no wait time. Select from the Insert Plant dialog in an instant.

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Super-easy and super-fast search filter Choose your desired search field such as 'common name' and start typing your search for your desired plant. The selectable plant list automatically updates as you type, filtering your choices for really quick and easy plant selection.

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Personalized Plant Palettes Just like an artist with his choice of media you can now create and recall your own named palette of plants to select from, rather than trawl through every plant in your database. Use plants from a previous job, or ones that suit your specific criteria such as only those that are allowed in specific region. Use your horticultural knowledge to build new plant palettes over time and recall them as needed.

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Visual Database Editing Woohoo! No more guessing which CAD or Image file to use when you are building or editing your database. Now you can visually see and select the figure or bitmap to use for each plant from a pictorial catalogue

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Mass Planting Version 6 lets you plant out entire regions with just a few clicks. It uses actual plant figures or just a hatch pattern to represent them; LANDWorksCAD v6 knows what plants are in the region and treats them as fully editable groupings of plants. Set out your Mass Planting in rows and columns or offset patterns and even add a randomness factor to generate natural distribution or just to make it look less formal.

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Ground Cover Not only can you do mass planting of individual species, you can now apply ground cover species to areas of your design and have those areas included in your labelling, scheduling and quantity take-offs. Double click on an area and a dialog will tell you what plant, how many and what area, easy.

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Super Flexible Labelling The most flexible labelling system is now in your hands. Set the font style and label style including straight and curved leaders, single and multiple leaders, single or double leader elbows, show container size and even underline your text. LANDWorksCAD v6 shows you what your label will look like BEFORE you place it in your drawing and more importantly labels automatically update as changes are made in your drawing. The enhanced Auto Labelling tool now lets you choose where the text goes relative to the Plant's centre and with all label types you now get to see what your labels will look like before you place them. In Concept Planting you can edit the headings and descriptions and the labels know which plants are the same and what has and hasn’t been labelled. Very clever and easy to use.

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Fully Customise your Plant Schedules LANDWorksCAD v6 lets you create Customised Schedules Types with your desired display columns as well as different text and heading styles and sizes. Save each of the combinations with a different name for future use. V6 gives you more logical sizing options and haloing of heading text. Fully export the schedule data to an Excel file for use in other applications such as costing.

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Beautiful Automated Shadows Add instant depth and artistry to your plans with the completely new instant shadow tool. Uniquely choose from a range of supplied shadow styles and shapes or create your own. We have pre-set v6 with the most commonly used shadow shape (half-moon) but you can assign any shape to each plant as desired. Set the location of the Sun to get the correct shadow angle for your design or just rotate the shadow settings with your mouse for the best visual effect in your drawing.

Questions & Answers

Q: What is the difference between the original LANDWorksCAD that uses RealCAD as its core CAD 'engine' and this one, LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD or BricsCAD?

A: When you purchase the original LANDWorksCAD, you get RealCAD included, so you don't need any other CAD software - the original LANDWorksCAD is therefore a stand alone program, but when you purchase LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD or BricsCAD you will need either AutoCAD full or BricsCAD to use the software. 

Also, the original RealCAD based version uses the .CAD file extension, whilst AutoCAD and BricsCAD use the .DWG file type. DWG is more common and therefore if you need 100% .DWG compatibility you should use the BricsCAD or AutoCAD version of LANDWorksCAD.

Q: Can I use LANDWorksCAD with AutoCAD LT?

A: No. AutoCAD LT does not support the use of plug-in applications. If you are an AutoCAD LT user and want to run LANDWorksCAD we recommend switching over to BricsCAD. It is more powerful and less expensive whilst being almost identical. We can provide special assistance and pricing to make this option very attractive.

Q: I don't use CAD at the moment, should I buy LANDWorksCAD stand-alone software that comes with RealCAD or LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD and BricsCAD?

A: As you mentioned in your question, LANDWorksCAD stand-alone software includes RealCAD. RealCAD is much easier to learn and use than AutoCAD and has a couple of additional features as well as being much cheaper than AutoCAD, so the LANDWorksCAD stand-alone would typically be a better option for someone new to CAD design.

If you are in an office that already uses AutoCAD or you communicate with clients and associates who insist only on DWG file format then we recommend LANDWorksCAD for BricsCAD. BricsCAD is reasonably priced and almost identical to AutoCAD, and it uses DWG natively as its file format.

Q: Is LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD (and BricsCAD) the 'LT' (2D) or 'Pro' (2D and 3D) version?

A: LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD (and BricsCAD) is the full 'Pro' version and includes both 2D and 3D functionality.

Q: Is LANDWorksCAD for AutoCAD available for the Mac version of AutoCAD?

A: No. Not at this time. Most users choose a PC as the Mac version of AutoCAD is very different from the PC version. Clients with Macs often run Windows on their Mac along side their Mac O/S. 

Support and Training

Expert Support

In a recent marketing study we found that one of the core reasons Landscape Designers and Landscape Architects choose LANDWorksCAD as their preferred design tool is the excellent support and ease of learning. We are very proud of our reputation and go the extra mile to ensure you get the best value from your purchase. Support is fast efficient and affordable. Choose from Support alone or Support plus Upgrades Premium Support

Online Training Courses

Get clear, concise and easy to understand training online to get you up to speed using your new design tools today. Our LANDWorksCAD training is self-paced and remarkably simple to follow. Perfect for beginners through to existing users who just want to hone their skills.

System Requirements

• PC or iMac⁽¹⁾ running Windows XP, Vista, 7 or Windows 8 (x86 -32bit- and x64 -64bit- compatible)
• Full AutoCAD 2010, 2011, 2012 2013 and 2014
• BricsCAD v13 -32bit and 64bit- (LANDWorksCAD v6)
• BricsCAD v12 (LANDWorksCAD v5 version only)
• Screen resolution 1024 x 768 (or greater preferred)
• Mouse with scroll wheel
• 450MB Hard Drive Space
• 2GB RAM (or more preferred)
• Microsoft Excel⁽²⁾ (for the plant database)
• Graphics Card supporting OpenGl with 256Mb RAM (or greater)

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