Software To Help Design A Virtual Garden Model - 3

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

DIY landscape project

And, completing the review of software materials that help to better design a virtual garden model, I present a couple more programs for designing the landscape of a summer cottage:

TurboFLOORPLAN Landscape and Deck 12

Developer: IMSI / Design Program website: https://www.imsidesign.com/Products/TurboFLOORPLAN/LandscapeDeck/tabid/396/Default.aspx Required free hard disk space: 750 MB Running: Windows 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP2) / Vista Distribution Method: shareware (15-day demo - https://www.imsidesign.com/Products/FreeTrials/tabid/437/Default.aspx) Price: $ 39.95

TurboFLOORPLAN Landscape and Deck is a solution for designing and rendering landscape projects (Fig. 8), targeted by developers for a wide audience. Includes a landscape project planner and an extensive illustrated encyclopedia containing concise information about more than 7.5 thousand plants and rules for caring for them (Fig. 9), as well as background information on the main diseases and pests of horticultural crops. This solution has the basic functionality for this kind of applications and allows you to create projects taking into account the terrain and the size of buildings and landscape structures, but it cannot be classified as fast working. In addition, many operations in this solution, in my opinion, are not implemented in the best way (you have to repeatedly click on the buttons and open various windows),and there are no wizards - as a result, it will take more time to master it, and the development of the project will be longer.

Projects are created from scratch, it is possible to install scanned "paper" drawings as a background. Work on the project begins with the formation of the relief. After that, buildings are added by choosing one of the typical options for houses or manually - in this case, you will have to determine the contours of the foundation, erect walls and create a roof (all this taking into account the length and height of the corresponding objects), and then embed windows and doors. Upon completion, all elements of the buildings are textured, it is possible to apply textures to the house made from real photographs. At the next stage, they proceed to the landscape design itself - paving and laying paths, constructing retaining walls for plant areas, planting plants in them and placing other elements: a terrace with a staircase, a fence with a gate, small architectural forms, a pool, a pond or a fountain,as well as all kinds of lanterns and lamps. When introducing plants, their age is taken into account. Embedded objects can be of two types - 3D models and two-dimensional images cut from photographs, which can be taken not only from the built-in library, but also imported.

The created plan is viewed in a perspective projection, from any of the installed cameras, or in the form of a volumetric image with realistic lighting and shadows - in the latter case, various rendering options are possible, including rendering with a miscalculation of global illumination. It is possible to view the landscape in the daytime and at night, in different months (taking into account the country), and also after a specified number of years. There is functionality for printing a project plan and generating an AVI presentation based on it. It is possible to draw up an estimate - this estimate is easy to print and export to a text file.

Solutions from Punch! Software

Developer: Punch! Software Program website: https://www.punchsoftware.com/products/ Required hard disk space: 540 MB to 700 MB Operation under: Windows (all) Distribution method: Punch Master Landscape and Home Design and 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe - comercialware (no demos); Punch! Super Home Suite - shareware (15-day demo version for 100 launches - ftp: //[email protected]/SuperDemoSetup. EXE) Price: Punch Master Landscape and Home Design 10 and Punch! Super Home Suite 3.5 - $ 49.99 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 9 - $ 39.99

Punch software solutions! exist in several modifications - the 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 9, Punch Master Landscape and Home Design 10 and Punch! Super Home Suite 3.5. They all relate to solutions intended for landscape design, and have a similar interface. These programs allow you to design the exterior of the house and, using the same 3D Landscape Design module, to develop its landscape design (Fig. 10). As for the differences, the Punch! Super Home Suite also allows you to model the interior of your home. And the Punch Master Landscape and Home Design program has advanced tools for landscape work (there are more types of objects available and there is a Plantfinder module,providing an effective selection in the base of the desired vegetation) and supports PhotoView technology, which allows you to create projects based on real photographs.

The creation of the project (Fig. 11) in all the named solutions begins with the formation of the relief by drawing topographic curves, or by loading a real topographic plan of the area. Then the walls are erected - either on the basis of one of the typical layouts, or manually, designing each of the walls separately (the length, thickness and height of the walls are easily adjusted, and their alignment is performed automatically). After that, windows, doors and a roof are added to the house under construction, choosing the necessary elements from standard options, and, if necessary, an open veranda or a patio is attached to the house. If a real house has already been built, then you can not create it, but immediately embed the corresponding photo into the project (only in Punch Master Landscape and Home Design). Then they start landscape design - they create paths, fences,mini-fences and support walls, form paved areas, etc., and then decorate all objects with textures from the library. You can also build mini-reservoirs, however, there is no special tool for this purpose - the same Fill tool is used as for paving, just when texturing the reservoir, the texture of the water is set. At the last stage, flower beds are created and plants are planted - for any plant object, you can specify the age and specify the degree of light-loving and moisture-loving in the properties of the object. At the last stage, flower beds are created and plants are planted - for any plant object, you can specify the age and specify the degree of light-loving and moisture-loving in the properties of the object. At the last stage, flower beds are created and plants are planted - for any plant object, you can specify the age and specify the degree of light-loving and moisture-loving in the properties of the object.

Created projects are viewed in two-dimensional and three-dimensional representations (in perspective and orthogonal projection), you can also see how the landscape will look in a few years. For a more natural rendering of the project, it is easy to adjust the lighting by determining the position of the sun and the intensity of its glow, and add shadows. The finished project is printed, its two-dimensional plan can be saved in a DXF file, and the volumetric representation of the project can be exported to a graphic file. There is also an automatic calculation of costs for the acquisition of materials necessary for the implementation of the project, the formation of an estimate and its printout.

On sale you can find the Russian-language edition of the 3D Home Architect Landscape Design Deluxe 9 program - "3D-modeling: Landscape Design" (publisher: Russobit-M - https://www.russobit-m.ru/catalogue/item/3d_home_architect_landscape_design/), offered at a price of 207 rubles.