Landscape Design 3.0 lets you design before you dig!

Product Information

From shrubbery to sandboxes; gravel to gateposts, now you can design the lawn and garden of your dreams with a few clicks of the mouse, and the powerful, user-friendly tech tools exclusive to Instant Landscape Design 3.0 on CD-ROM.

Developed especially for the at-home user seeking a designer-quality alternative to costly landscape architecture plans, Instant Landscape Design 3.0 avoids the inaccuracies of flat, photo-based design programs in favor of precise 3D geometry and professional-grade specialty functions. By accessing the virtual contents of your design toolbox, you'll install driveways and sidewalks to your customized dimensions, add fence panels and gates of myriad styles, and plant a wide variety of trees, flowers, and shrubs - even watch as they grow onscreen before your eyes! Use the finishing tools to drop designer touches - everything from a pond to painted edgings - into your drawing. When you're ready to view your completed handiwork, the touring tools let you set the pace of your three-dimensional walk-through. Whether changing your yard's topography, or building the ultimate children's playground, let Instant Landscape Design 3.0 take your surroundings from boring to blooming.


Product Features

Let Instant Landscape Design 3.0 customize your lot, with a user-friendly suite of powerful, progressive rendering tools and exclusive 3D viewing options to make your ideal lawn and garden a reality.


2D and 3D Screen Viewing Options

Plan Full View
Your default setting for the design window, Plan Full View is your two-dimensional on-screen work table.

3D Quarter View
Allowing you to devote the majority of your window to your 2D drawing, 3D Quarter View provides a three-dimensional look at your work-in-progress.

Split Plan/30 View
With some tools activated only through the 3D option, Split Plan/30 View lets you complete your task as you keep a firm eye on your 2D design.

3D Full View
Used primarily for the application of finishing design touches, 3D Full View shows you every angle and detail of your drawing.



Tool Options

For drawing, embellishing, and touring your newly created virtual vista, the Instant Landscape Design 3.0 toolbox contains everything you need to finish the job.

SHAPE

Pathway Tool
Select the shape, length, and material of your sidewalks, driveway, and garden paths by using the Pathway Tool templates or custom options.

  Pathway options include:

• Concrete

• Asphalt

• Brick

• Gravel

Fill Region Tool
Choose a classically shaped flower bed from the preview menu, install a pond, or design a unique playground for the kids, with the drag & drop options of the Fill Region Tool.

  Fill options include:

• Dirt

• Mulch

• Gravel

• Sand

Edging Tool
Utilize the Edging Tool to create borders and plant boundaries from the array of preview shapes and styles, or define your own with a couple of mouse clicks.

  Edging options include:

• Cedar

• Pine

• Painted surfaces

Topography Tool
The Topography Tool lets you set the precise elevation of your property, allowing you to set the measurements for existing or desired hills, mounds, and valleys.

CAD Tool
The ultimate behind-the-scenes feature, the CAD Tool facilitates the placement of two-dimensional schematic geometry for in-ground sprinkler systems, at the same time concealing it within your 3D design view.

SHOVEL

Ground Covering Tool
Use the Ground Covering Toot to preview, select, and apply a wide array of exterior ground cover, as you define the perimeter and shape of your garden.

  Ground cover options include:

• Annuals

• Trees

• Shrubs

Landscaping Tool
Refine your selections even further with the Landscaping Tool showing color renderings of your selected plants at any age from 3 months to 50 years.

  Landscape options include:

• Plant Growth Scale letting you visualize increased & decreased age & size of your plantings

• Individual Plant Details window listing soil, water & sun requirements

Fence Tool
Position multiple enclosure sections with the drag & drop capability of the fence Tool allowing for a host of configurations and placements.

  Enclosure options include:

• Privacy fences

• Picket fences

• Ranch fences

• Split-rail fences

Gate Tool
Install single or multiple standard-sized gates from the drop-down menu, or re-size an existing template to your specs; the Gate Tool ensures that your gate conforms to the style of your fence!

Objects Tool
Employ the Objects Tool to place hundreds of pieces of clip-art exterior items into your completed Landscape Design.

  Features include:

• An elevation feature allowing you to place object upon object

SHOW:

Walk-through Tool
You control the pace and eye elevation of your 3D lot tour with the Walk-through Tool. The more you move the mouse, the faster you walk, while a right click adjusts the view height.

Fly-around Tool
The faster mode of 3D touring, the Fly-around Tool uses left and right clicks to control direction and elevation, as well as zoom in/out capabilities.

Windows Requirements

• Windows 95, 98, Me, XP

• Pentium 333MHz processor

• 64 MB of RAM

• 100 MB free on Hard Drive space minimum

• DirectX version 8.0 or higher required

• 4X CD-ROM drive

• VGA Video Card set at 16-bit color depth