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  1. Documentation
  2. Site & Hardscape Design Overview
  3. Introduction to Site & Hardscape Design

  • Site & Hardscape Design Overview

Site & Hardscape Design Overview

Customize Site & Hardscape
Site Amenities & Blocks
Site & Hardscape Design Overview Cat
Reference Notes (RefNotes)
Site Planning & Zoning
Hardscape Hatches & Lines
Site & Hardscape Tool Kit
Grading Tools
Site Annotation
Lighting
Power Tip: Dimensioning Tips and Tricks
Power Tip: Site Tools in 6 Minutes
Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project
Power Tip: Using Illustrator to Spice Up a CAD Plan
Designing Rooftop Amenity Hardscapes

Customize Site & Hardscape

Power Tip: Color Rendering Index (CRI) Explained
Mastering TrueType Fonts
Implementing Your Office CAD Standards
Power Tip: Creating High-Detail Blocks
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Flip Parameter
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Polar Parameter
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Linear Parameters
Power Tip: Colored Blocks
Power Tip: Customizing Land F/X Dimension Styles
Dynamic Blocks
Rock Out With Your Block Out
Intro to Site Tools
Power Tip: Create a Discipline Block with Attributes
Using Presentation Graphics
Use Hand Graphics in a Land F/X Workflow
Power Tip: Dynamic Block Support

Site Amenities & Blocks

Dynamic Blocks
Updated Blocks and Block Folder Structure (2019)
Breakline Symbol
Saving & Editing Dynamic Blocks
Edit Object (Block Data)
Site Amenities (Smart Blocks or Amenity RefNotes)
Assign Data to Generic Blocks (Convert to Smart Land F/X Blocks, aka Reference Notes or RefNotes)
Elevation Graphics
Plan Graphics
Discipline Graphics
Fundamentals of Blocks
Power Tip: Site Amenities Color Picker
Getting Started with RefNotes
Power Tip: Parking Lot Design Tools
Power Tip: Content Creation with Jaymz Wooden
Power Tip: Re-Creating Custom Blocks from Default Blocks
Power Tip: Viewing a Land F/X Plan Without Land F/X
Power Tip: Creating High-Detail Blocks
Working with Blocks
Manufacturing Modern Site Furnishings
Permeable Surfaces with Concrete Paving
Power Tip: Generic Block Keyboard Commands
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Flip Parameter
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Polar Parameter
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Linear Parameters
Landscape Lighting Codes, Guidelines, and Techniques
Power Tip: Colored Blocks
Power Tip: Understanding Dynamic Blocks: Visibility States
Site Furniture Selection and Placement Guides
Dynamic Blocks
Power Tip: Hide or Fade Hatches Under Blocks
Power Tip: Generic Plant Blocks
Rock Out With Your Block Out
Designing for Lighting Effects
Power Tip: Make Your Mark in Land F/X
Understanding the Manufacturer Connection
A Practical Approach to Engineering the System (Low-Voltage Lighting)
A Practical Approach to Low-Voltage Lighting Design
Power Tip: Manufacturer Connection: A Tool for Manufacturers
Power Tip: Manufacturer Connection
Power Tip: Creating a Quick Elevation Drawing
Implementation of Public Art into Landscapes - Presented by Tom Elliot with m-tec
Intro to Site Tools
Power Tip: Create a Discipline Block with Attributes
Power Tip: Getting the Latest Land F/X Blocks
Working With Blocks
Power Tip: Dynamic Block Support

Site & Hardscape Design Overview Cat

Site & Hardscape Overview

Reference Notes (RefNotes)

Reference Notes Schedule (RefNote Schedule)
Reference Notes Callouts
Reference Notes (RefNotes): Getting Started
Length Reference Notes
Notation Reference Notes
Area/Volume Reference Notes
Amenity Reference Notes (Site Amenities)
Edit or Delete Reference Notes (RefNotes)
Reference Notes Organization & Divisions
Importing Reference Notes or Site Amenities from a Template or Project
Add/Place Site Blocks & Hatches
Creating General Notes Using Reference Notes
Site Color Render: Add Color to Area/Volume Reference Notes (RefNotes) Hatches
Limiting Site Schedules (Including the Reference Notes Schedule) Using Work Areas
Ask Us Anything! Spotlight on RefNote Schedules
Power Tip: Site Amenities Color Picker
Getting Started with RefNotes
Power Tip: Site Color Render
Power Tip: Parking Lot Design Tools
Power Tip: Mimic Tool
Power Tip: Advanced RefNote Tips
Power Tip: Site Tools in 6 Minutes
Power Tip: Calculating a Repetitive Design
Power Tip: Work Areas
Migrate an Existing Plan into Land F/X
Excel With The Right Tools
Power Tip: Importing Excel Spreadsheets Into CAD
Understanding the Manufacturer Connection
Hardscape Design
Concept Site Plan Tools
Power Tip: Manufacturer Cloud Content Library
Power Tip: Converting an Existing Plan to a "Smart" Plan
Power Tip: Manufacturer Connection: A Tool for Manufacturers
Power Tip: Manufacturer Connection
Power Tip: Calculate Edging Using RefNotes
How The Manufacturer Connection Works
Power Tip: Creating General Notes Using RefNotes
Power Tip: Create an Amenity RefNote with an Assigned SketchUp Component
Power Tip: Create a Change Order Schedule Using RefNotes
Setting up Templates and Preferences for Repeat Clients
Power Tip: RefNote Object In Drawing
Power Tip: Reference Note Screening
Using RefNotes & Cost Estimates
Reference Note (RefNote) or Detail Callouts are Empty
Using CSI Format for Organization

Site Planning & Zoning

Selecting Colors
Create a Customized Scale Bar Block
Calculation Tools (Length Total & Area Total)
Concept Graphics Manager
Concept Areas (Site Development/Estimator)
Zoning
Hardscapes
Power Tip: Parking Lot Design Tools
ADA after 30 Years
True Color in CAD
Power Tip: Customizing Color Wheels
Tools at Early Design
Power Tip: Site Tools in 6 Minutes
Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project
Designing Rooftop Amenity Hardscapes
Soundscape Design for Outdoor Spaces
The Changing Landscape Of Skatepark Design
The Importance of Concept Graphics
Power Tip: Importing Excel Spreadsheets Into CAD
Concept Site Plan Tools
Site Plans and Land F/X
Intro to Site Tools
Land F/X 102: Comprehensive Concept and Site Plan Drafting
Land Planning And Site Builder Tools
Density Cost Estimation
Guidelines for Designing and Understanding a Skateboard Facility
Site & Grading Tools
Concept to Construction

Hardscape Hatches & Lines

P-Hatch (PHATCH)
Railing
Placing & Editing Hatches
Line Graphics
Hatches
Power Tip: Hatch Library Overview
Getting Started with RefNotes
Power Tip: Site Color Render
Power Tip: Customizing Color Wheels
Power Tip: Advanced Hatch Techniques
Power Tip: Advanced P-Hatch
Power Tip: P-Hatch
Importance of Lines in Design
Power Tip: Hide or Fade Hatches Under Blocks
Power Tip: Spline Support

Site & Hardscape Tool Kit

Clone Object in CAD – Site
Keyboard Commands for Placing Blocks
PolyDivide: Divide a Closed Polyline into Equal Portions
Mimic Object & Clone Object in CAD – Site
Verify Callouts
Array & Mirror – Site & Hardscape Blocks
Copy Site Objects Along a Path
Mimic Object in CAD – Site & Hardscape
Xhair Angle (Formerly Known as Snap Angle)
Hardscapes
Moasure®: A New Way Of Measuring
Making Text Work In CAD
Power Tip: Lamp Color: The Temperature is Just Light
Power Tip: Explaining Custom Land F/X Dimstyles
Getting Started with RefNotes
Power Tip: Site Color Render
Power Tip: Coordinate UCS between CAD, SketchUp®, Rhino®, and Revit®
Power Tip: Parking Lot Design Tools
Power Tip: Mimic Tool
True Color in CAD
Power Tip: Customizing Color Wheels
Power Tip: Advanced RefNote Tips
Tools at Early Design
Power Tip: Xhair Angle
Power Tip: Land F/X User Coordinate System (UCS)
Power Tip: Viewing a Land F/X Plan Without Land F/X
Power Tip: Work Areas
Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project
Power Tip: Organize your Project List
Power Tip: Simplify Your .DWT Template
Power Tip: Customizing Land F/X Dimension Styles
Power Tip: XCOPY and XCORO for Repetitive Design
The Importance of Concept Graphics
Grading A, B, C for Landscape Architects
Power Tip: Copy Along Path Tools
Power Tip: PolyDivide
Using Work Areas
Power Tip: How to Start a Project in Land F/X
Grading and Drainage
Power Tip: Converting an Existing Plan to a "Smart" Plan
Intro to Site Tools
Power Tip: Mimic Object or Plant (Match Properties) Window Selection
Land Planning And Site Builder Tools
Advanced Planting & Site Tools
Site & Grading Tools

Grading Tools

Spot Elevation Z Align
Spot Elevation
Northing/Easting Points
Slope Callouts & Slope Areas
Grading & Drainage Tools & Resources
Cut & Fill Grading Options
Civil and Survey (Grading Tools)
Tools at Early Design
Power Tip: Slope Callout and Area
Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project
Grading A, B, C for Landscape Architects
Grading and Drainage
SketchUp Introduction to Site Grading
Site & Grading Tools
Power Tip: Automated Grading

Site Annotation

Area Callouts
Convert Multiline Text to an MLeader (Mtext2MLeader)
Placing Text in Your Drawing (Text Manager)
Site Dimensions
Dimension Styles (DimStyles)
Multileaders (MLeaders)
Site Callouts
Leaders
Making Your Own Fonts
Power Tip: Create a Custom Font
Mastering TrueType Fonts
Making Text Work In CAD
Power Tip: Text Tools to Capitalize On
Power Tip: Understanding Text: Get To The Point
Power Tip: Slope Callout and Area
Power Tip: Customizing Land F/X Dimension Styles
Working with Dimensions in Land F/X
Power Tip: Spot Elevations In Irrigation
Power Tip: Make SketchUp Topography from F/X Spot Elevations
Power Tip: Create Spot Elevations with Z Elevation
Power Tip: Site Area Callouts
Power Tip: Spot Elevations and Slope Callouts
Site & Grading Tools

Lighting

Verify Lighting: Check Your Plan for Errors
Label Lighting Fixtures, Wires, and Equipment
Placing a Lighting Schedule
Creating Lighting Circuits (Zones)
Lighting Manager: Adding and Placing Lighting Equipment
Power Tip: Color Rendering Index (CRI) Explained
Power Tip: Lamp Color: The Temperature is Just Light
Power Tip: Lighting Wiring
Power Tip: Site Tools in 6 Minutes
Twilight Highlights
Power Tip: Watt is a Volt-Amp?
Power Tip: What Is An IES File?
Smart Control Technology
Power Tip: Voltage Drop
Working with Lighting Tools in Land F/X
Landscape Lighting Codes, Guidelines, and Techniques
Looking Back on Development in 2019
Designing for Lighting Effects
A Practical Approach to Engineering the System (Low-Voltage Lighting)
Guest Webinar: A Practical Approach to Low-Voltage Lighting Design
A Practical Approach to Low-Voltage Lighting Design
Manufacturer Spotlight: SPJ Lighting
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Top 5 Site & Hardscape Videos

Land F/X has the tools to meet your site and hardscape needs. We've carefully culled our extensive video learning collection and selected the best five videos to help you find your footing. While watching, if you want to know more about a feature in Land F/X, check out our documentation for more information.

1. Power Tip: Site Tools in 3 Minutes

Take the rush-tour of the site and hardscape capabilities in Land F/X. In three minutes, you'll get a look at how to place blocks, polylines, and hatches embedded with data such as description and cost. Your hardscape plans can be finished efficiently with our labeling, scheduling, annotation, and grading features.

2. Manufacturer Connection: Specifying Hardscapes

This is a great place to start for beginners to site and hardscape design. You'll learn about the complex blend of 2D surfacing requirements, detailed sections, and 3D spatial visualizations. Find your groove between these spaces to design the best landscape intervention possible.

3. Intro to Site Tools

While we'll cover the basics of what the Land F/X Site tools have to offer, expect to learn several new tricks and discover new features – such as the implementation of MLeaders into our RefNotes and Site Leader tools. We'll also play with the Zoning, Estimator, Concept, and Custom Line tools and explain when to use these powerful yet under-utilized features.

4. Common Land F/X Questions

This webinar is for those who want to know what they don't already know about Land F/X. We'll answer some common questions we've culled from technical support calls and paid personalized training sessions. We'll also highlight tools that have a lot of power but not a lot of usage, giving you the goods to pull ahead of your competition.

5. Power Tip: Site Color

Spice up your presentations by adding splash of color to your site! Save time and get a high level of rendering with the Site Color tool. It's designed to reduce or even eliminate the time you spend fine-tuning in Photoshop.

Want more?

No problem! There are plenty more videos, some general and some specific, in the Power Tips or site and hardscape related webinars.

Reference Notes (RefNotes)

Site Planning & Zoning

Hardscape Hatches & Lines

Site & Hardscape Tool Kit

Grading Tools

Site Annotation

Lighting

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