2010 has been a busy year so far, and we thank our clients and trial users for your continued support over the years.
March involved a lot of travelling, and David Farmer, ASLA, was proud to be given the opportunity to be a speaker at the Pennsylvania/Delaware State ASLA Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, and to the Texas ASLA Annual Conference in San Antonio. The presentations focused on using CAD technology to work smarter with fewer people. The talk included a history of document preparation and a presentation of the recent explosion of technological advancements that have been made for the Landscape Architectural profession. Direct examples were made on specific technological advancements and how various firms have used these advancements to save time, be more efficient, and operate with fewer people.
Dave also gave a presentation at LABASH 2010 in Las Vegas, and it was a pleasure to meet the up and coming faces of landscape architecture. The Land F/X booth was well attended, and students were excited to learn they could get the full version of Land F/X for free! Students have the chance to win an iPAD by submitting a design using Land F/X. Contest rules can be found here: http://www.landfx.com/studentcontest.php.
While Dave was doing a lot of presenting and travelling, Jeremiah was at the Gulf Landscaping Show in Abu Dhabi to present as well. The show was a tremendous success. We had a chance to touch bases with many of our existing clients, as well as meet many new interested companies. Below is a photo of the booth:
Jer was able to attend the presentation on Masdar City, the 50,000 community that Abu Dhabi is currently building, scheduled for a 2012 opening. Its goal is to be 100% sustainable, with 0 carbon footprint. Cars will be banned from the city, with the city comprised of narrow streets for pedestrian traffic. The city itself is canted 45 degrees, so that its North/South alignment will maximize shade, and the road layouts are also designed to funnel prevailing wind. A rendering of the city can be seen below:
In April, we will be hitting the road again to attend the ASIC (American Society of Irrigation Consultants) Conference in Monterey, CA. Come on by and say hello to Jeremiah and Jolene! It is always a pleasure to meet our clients as well as new users who may want to learn more.
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Blowout Sale!
April is tax season. Ugh.
So, to try and put a little pep in your step, we at Land F/X are offering a 20% discount of our software.
Save $700 if you buy Land F/X with irrigation, or pay only $1,595 for Land F/X without irrigation.
Contact our Sales Team for any questions at sales@landfx.com.
Success Story
Every month, Land F/X highlights a success story from one of our valued clients. The O'Doherty group is featured in the month of April. Many thanks to Sara Thiel for submitting this.
"Our office, O'Doherty Group Landscape Architecture, has many success stories using the Land F/X software for many of our projects. We have predominantly been using the software for generating planting plans and schedules, however we recently completed an irrigation plan for a large urban park in Germantown, Maryland. We are also finally starting to use the detail portion of the software for project specific details.
Our biggest success story has been a large 270 acre development in Clarksburg, Maryland. We were required to show planting schedules for each 30 scale sheet, for each 10 scale enlargement sheet, and two overall planting schedules for the eastern portion of the site and the western portion of the site. Overall the project contained approximately 53 plant schedules! I can't tell you how much time and money was saved on this project, just by using the planting aspect of Land F/X. Thank you Land F/X!"
New Features
Land F/X is beginning to roll out our new Design F/X system. Design F/X includes the great features seen in LFX's Details and Ref Notes, but now it can be applied to multidisciplinary firms such as architects and civils. Let our support team know if you would like to test Design F/X, and we will give you a few free licenses to try out. Contact them at support@landfx.com.
We also are highlighting our Plant Photo Callout feature. Watch the video Below
Plant Photo Callout Feature
To see a list of all our new updated features, click here
Free Training Webinar Schedule
Below is a list of dates, times, and topics that will be covered for the month of April.
April 9th, Friday at 10AM PST:
Dave will present a General Overview/Getting Started.
Are you new to Land F/X, or are you a current user that wants to back up and review getting started aspects? Dave will discuss the things you need to know to ensure you have covered all of the bases to make sure Land F/X runs smoothly. Topics will include the important initial Preferences that need to be reviewed, layer color and plotting, drawing setup, and starting a project and adding data.
April 16th, Friday at 10AM PST:
Dave will present Drip Irrigation with Metric Units.
The proper preferences for metric, pipe selection, scaling issues, adding equipment (including the Eurodrip Dripline), placing equipment and sizing. Examples will be made for projects in the Middle East area.
April 23rd, Friday at 10AM PST:
Dave will present Zoning and Site Development.
The Site Builder functions of Zoning and Site Development will be reviewed. There have been new advancements in both Zoning and Site Development, including the Zoning use of Floor Area Ratios, color intensity manipulation, and even a precipitation rate factor in Site Development.
April 30th, Friday at 10AM PST:
Dave will present Plant Data and Plant Photos.
Land F/X has two new additions to the planting aspect. Plant Data allows for you to review, add, or update data on plants and filter your selection by specific plant data. The Plant Photos is a great way to instantly get all the photo images you need of any plant, review them while working with the plants, and creating a photo story board for your project.
To sign up for the webinar events, just call us and ask to speak with Katie, or send her an email and let her know which webinars you would like to attend. She may be reached at katie@landfx.com.
If you ever miss a webinar, you may watch any previous ones here, just click on the topic that corresponds.