Getting Started

 

Land F/X Menu Layouts

Watch the video on the description of the Land F/X icon and pulldown menu groups. View the menu groups.

 

Preferences

Watch the video on Preferences Sections: General; Planting; Plant Sizes; Irrigation. Read about the configuration of preferences.

 

Starting a Land F/X Project

Watch the video on starting or opening Land F/X Projects and their control.

Do This:

§	From within AutoCAD, start a new Land F/X project, named and numbered as you wish.

§	Open the drawing 1.01 Base Drawing in the LandFX Tutorial folder. Go to Project Files and make your project the active.

§	Verify the current project by going to the LandFX pulldown menu and see the name of the current project (your project’s name) within the pulldown.

 

Setting the Land F/X Drawing Scale

Watch the video on setting the scale and scale control

Do This:

§	On the previous drawing where you made your project active, go to the Land F/X Scale function and set the scale for 1”=20’, and ensure it is in imperial units and not checked for Decimal Units.

§	Verify the current project name and scale setting by going to the LandFX pulldown menu and see that the name and the scale are indicated within the pulldown.

 

General CAD Habits and Land F/X

Watch the video on general CAD habits that make working with Land F/X a little easier.

 

Drawing Setup Topics for the CAD Beginner

Watch the video on some basic questions we have gotten on how to generally set up a drawing to prepare for Land F/X implementation.