AutoCAD for Landscape Design

How to use AutoCAD as your primary landscape design software.

What you'll learn
How to set up AutoCAD LT for landscape design
How to create accurate base plans of existing project sites
How to create landscape layers in AutoCAD
How to use 24 of the most used landscape commands in AutoCAD
How to dimension patios
How to import a Plat of Survey
How to work with XREFS (other files from AEC indsutry)
How to create a plant list
How to draw a topography/contour section
How to set up your landscape plan on paper
How to export your landscape plans for client meetings

Requirements
No AutoCAD experience required
Free version or full version of AutoCAD LT
Description
The hardest part about learning a new software is overcoming the learning curve and knowing you will be confident within the software once completed. Rest assured, this course is designed to teach you a method to repeatedly use on all future landscape plans with pre-built tools to start designing immediately.

This course is strucutred to teach a complete beginner of AutoCAD the ins and outs of what’s important in the software if you’re a landscape designer. All tutorials focus on landscape design and cuts out the general use of the program. However, the course is also designed to enhance the knowledge and speed of an intermediate landscape designer who already uses AutoCAD as it provides individual tutorials on AutoCAD commands that you may not have used before.

During the course, materials are provided to expedite the learning curve and for you to use on all your future landscape projects. These materials include

100+ AutoCAD Layers for Landscape

Plant Symbols

Site Diagrammatic Symbols

Title Blocks

Pen Settings

24 AutoCAD Comannds for Landscape Design eBook

Landscape Design Checklist for Homeowners

By the end of this course, you will understand AutoCAD and how to use it for landscape design. The course and sequential videos will be the foundation to all of your future landscape plans. The pre-built assets / tools can also be used on all your landscape plans to eliminate the need to create tools from scratch.

Who this course is for
Landscape designers looking to learn AutoCAD as their primary software to develop 2D landscape plans
College students looking to get experience in AutoCAD for a resume
A designer who cares about precision, accuracy and presentation
Someone who is tired of looking for online AutoCAD trainings for landscape design