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I'm sure this has been discussed a number of times in other posts. But, I am needing a real answer from someone in the field about whether or not Civil 3D is a comprehensive program for landscape design. I know that Land or Irrigation F/X will be needed as well. The question I pose is if Civil 3D is worth it, or if ACAD will suffice. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I'm not a PLA but there's not enough specific landscape type features to make original C3D a one-stop shop for a landscape designer. It lacks finesse in fine grading and has nowhere near the amount of pipework parts needed for a doing full irrigation design (don't even mention sprinkler heads). It does have some 3D tree blocks which is nice 🙂 but the rest provides minimal capabilities depending on what product you are putting together. Hope this helps!
What constitutes "comprehensive"? That can be different for everyone ?
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Fair enough question. I suppose I should have been clearer in expressing what I'm looking for.
Which is, a program with landscape design in mind. Yes engineering tools/capabilities are a plus. But, the majority of the work coming across my desk is relatively basic. I'm looking for more "plug and play" than anything, though I don't care for that term.
I'm leaning towards ACAD with the Land F/X add-on.
Civil 3D works for basic operations and plans. As earlier mentioned, pipenetworks aren´t the best here. I am using a Norwegian extension to C3D that gives me access to what i need in my daily work.
We use C3D for both Civil and Landscape design. It's almost too powerful (think Broadsword vs Scalpel) for doing Landscape Design, but if you already have tree/irrigation blocks set up, C3D does everything that Vanilla Acad will do, with the added benefit of being able to manipulate styles to make contours, cogo points, etc. look the way you want them to.
One thing you will run into is units. You will have to enter lengths in as decimal feet. You can't use an Architectural DWT where units are in inches while most Civil commands assume feet.
If you aren't using any of the survey or terrain features, I'd say you're good with straight AutoCAD.
Mike Caruso Autodesk Certified Instructor 2014 AutoCAD/Civil 3D Autodesk Certified Professional 2014, 2015, 2018 www.whitemountaincad.com
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