Vectorworks Landmark V12.5 Win/Mac

Landscape design software doesn't have to be too expensive or too difficult to use. A short learning curve, advanced 2D and 3D site design capabilities, automatic schedules and reports, a vast plant database, a suite of architectural building tools, free landscape and site object libraries, plus DXF/DWG and GIS compatibility will help you become more productive, more competitive and more profitable.

Easy to learn and use

VectorWorks Landmark allows you to do what you like to do best-design. With VectorWorks Landmark, drawing on a computer screen is as easy as drawing with pencil and paper, and just as flexible, yet much more efficient. A simple interface that's tuned to landscape design and land planning makes VectorWorks Landmark easier to learn and use than traditional CAD programs. In addition to offering traditional CAD tools, VectorWorks Landmark allows you to design with real-world landscape components. You can quickly sketch ideas with VectorWorks Landmark's 2D drawing tools. Then you can rework, refine and document your designs with plants, landscape walls, patterned walkways and more. Landscape objects are easy to edit and automatically display correctly in 2D and 3D views. So creating 3D models of your 2D drawings is fast and easy. And VectorWorks Smart Cursor¿ technology replaces manual drafting tools, making it easy to find snap points, offsets and tangents, as well as draw precisely and quickly.A complete solution

Unlike most other CAD programs, VectorWorks Landmark offers a comprehensive range of 2D, 3D and production management capabilities that benefits all phases of the design process, saving you extra time and effort. With this one program, you can create all the detailed working drawings, site models and maps you need. You can also easily create 3D client presentations and animated walk-throughs. Mapping and GIS

You can easily import maps and aerial photographs or even scan in site data with VectorWorks Landmark. Plus, new import and export options make it easy to work with GIS maps and data. With support for Shapefiles (.SHP files), you can import georeferenced maps and map data into your drawings. You can use these maps as they are or use the outstanding drawing, modelling and graphics capabilities within. VectorWorks Landmark to embellish them. .SHP export allows maps created in VectorWorks Landmark to be shared with colleagues using other GIS and mapping programs. Site modelling and analysis

VectorWorks Landmark makes it easy to create 3D terrain models and 2D contour maps of your site. Powerful site sculpting tools make drawing grading plans and performing cut and fill calculations easy. With just a few clicks, you can easily subdivide large parcels of land and then add improvements such as roads, paths, building pads and retaining walls. You can study a site's slope and site lines, as well as create site elevation and section profiles.Free-form modelling

VectorWorks Landmark is the only landscape design program that offers free-form NURBS modelling tools. You can easily extrude or sweep 2D shapes to create 3D objects, or model directly in 3D to create massing models and urban studies, as well as create unique landscape elements. Quickly create plans

A suite of precision 2D drawing tools and landscaping, irrigation and site design objects makes it easy to quickly lay out plans, elevations and detail drawings. You can import or scan in base plans from architects or engineers. Or you can use the Property Line or Site Modelling tools in VectorWorks Landmark to quickly define a site's boundaries. A suite of architecture tools makes it easy to document existing buildings and add new architectural elements. Flexible 2D drafting tools allow you to easily lay out beds and planting areas. You can also use the exclusive Place Plant tool within VectorWorks Landmark to precisely place plants at exact spacing intervals or in groupings. A convenient Hardscape tool makes it easy to create patterned walkways and areas. A unique Freehand tool makes it easy to draw organic shapes for beds and water features. Plus, free landscape, site object and detail libraries mean everything you need to lay out your plans is just a mouse click a way. Create spectacular 2D illustrations

VectorWorks Landmark provides advanced graphics capabilities not normally found in CAD programs, so your 2D drawings don't have to look dull and sterile. With VectorWorks Landmark, you can easily control line weights, as well as add colour, patterns, hatches and even gradient fills to your designs. Exclusive sketch rendering technology allows you to turn hard-lined drawings into soft, hand-sketched illustrations. You can even easily import digital images into your designs or graphics created in PhotoShop® to use as backgrounds or to illustrate design ideas. 3D visualization

VectorWorks Landmark allows you to do what you like to do best-design. With VectorWorks Landmark, drawing on a computer screen is as easy as drawing with pencil and paper, and just as flexible, yet much more efficient. A simple interface that's tuned to landscape design and land planning makes VectorWorks Landmark easier to learn and use than traditional CAD programs. In addition to offering traditional CAD tools, VectorWorks Landmark allows you to design with real-world landscape components. You can quickly sketch ideas with VectorWorks Landmark's 2D drawing tools. Then you can rework, refine and document your designs with plants, landscape walls, patterned walkways and more. Landscape objects are easy to edit and automatically display correctly in 2D and 3D views. So creating 3D models of your 2D drawings is fast and easy. And VectorWorks Smart Cursor¿ technology replaces manual drafting tools, making it easy to find snap points, offsets and tangents, as well as draw precisely and quickly. Extensive plant database

VectorWorks Landmark ships with an editable database of more than 1,200 plants. If you can't find what you're looking for, you can easily create your own plant definitions or import plant records from existing databases. You'll also find one of the largest plant image libraries available in any CAD program, as well as a completely editable library of 2D plant symbols and 3D plant models. Track costs and materials

Built-in database and worksheet features allow you to track costs and materials associated with your design and easily generate plant lists, irrigation reports and schedules. Because drawings and data are linked, any changes to your drawing will automatically be updated in your report-which means no more counting. Share files easily

With superior DXF/DWG translation, VectorWorks Landmark allows you to work with whatever and whomever you need to get the job done. You can also add digital images to your designs or export your drawings as images that can be included in your company's brochures and website. You can even import GIS .SHP files. Create high-end presentations

VectorWorks Landmark can help you sell the job. You can create high-quality renderings with dramatic lighting effects. Artistic rendering options allow you to choose from several soft, hand-sketched effects. You can also import digital photos and scanned images. You can map textures and add shadows, backgrounds and weather effects to give your presentations a photorealistic look with the advanced rendering plug-in RenderWorks. Affordable

It's easy to see why VectorWorks is used by more than 400,000 designers and sold in more than 80 countries-no other software offers so much for so much less. VectorWorks Landmark can help you save money right from the start. But affordability goes beyond the initial purchase price. With VectorWorks Landmark, you also get free technical support, affordable training, free updates and reasonable upgrades. Not to mention the gains in productivity you'll see almost immediately, since VectorWorks Landmark is so easy to learn and use.

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