Install a Trial of Land F/X for AutoCAD
Updated on: January 28, 2026
This guide applies to:
The following steps will install a trial of Land F/X – including the Irrigation, Planting , Site, and Details tools – using Cloud Data.
Land F/X licensing for your trial
A Land F/X trial provides a license for our Irrigation F/X plugin, which also includes the Planting F/X and Detail F/X plugins. During the trial period, you'll have access to all functionality of our plugins, including Planting F/X for Revit, SketchUp, and Rhino. You'll even be able to have one of these 3D platforms open at the same time, on the same computer, as our F/X CAD Autodesk engine. The license for your Land F/X trial will check out to your computer, and as long as that machine can handle the load, you'll be able to use it with all our applications at once – even on multiple CAD versions at a time if you have different years installed.
Trying out a 3D plugin (Revit, SketchUp, or Rhino)?
Following the steps in this article will only install our Land F/X plugins for CAD. Want to try out 3D design with Land F/X? Install our Planting F/X Plugin for:
Revit®is a restricted trademark of Autodesk™.
Prerequisites
To complete this installation of your Land F/X trial to use with CAD, you will need:
Your Land F/X Support ID*.
*You or your office will have received your Support ID in an email from Land F/X.
The location where you will be storing your LandFX folder.
This folder will contain all data associated with your Land F/X installation and projects. More information >
A single office computer, home computer, or laptop that already has a compatible CAD engine and is not already configured to connect to Land F/X on a server.
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Step 1: Download the installer
1A. Right-click the Land F/X Cloud Installer download link below.
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1B. Select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" from the menu that appears, and save the file to your desktop.
Step 2: Install Land F/X Server
2A. Go to your desktop, and locate the file setup_LandFX_trial.exe if you saved it there. If you clicked the link directly, this file will likely be in your Downloads folder.
Double-click the setup_LandFX_trial.exe file and proceed through the installation steps, paying special attention to the screens pictured below.
2B. You may see the Welcome to the Prerequisites Setup Wizard screen pictured below to the left. If so, click Next, and then click Next on the screen that pops up (pictured below to the right) to begin the installation process.
If you have already installed Land F/X on this computer, you won't see these screens.
2C. Enter your Support ID* when prompted.
*You or your office will have received your Support ID in an email from Land F/X.
"The Wizard was interrupted"
Did you receive this error after entering your Support ID? Solution >
2D. File Location and License Terms
During the File Location and License Terms step, you'll be asked where to install the LandFX folder. Our installer will create this folder automatically in the location you choose.
Click Browse to browse to and select a location for the LandFX folder.
The LandFX folder will need to be shared on your network, so make sure it's in an appropriate shared location and your users have full read-write permissions for that location.
Check the box to agree with the License terms and conditions, and click Next when finished.
Does the installer seem as if it might be frozen? An installation window for a supporting application (such as C++) may be open behind the Land F/X installer, meaning you'll need to locate and click through that additional window before the Land F/X installer can complete.
Step 3: Set up a backup system for Land F/X
It's extremely important to implement a good backup system for the Land F/X database.
See our article on backing up your Land F/X data.
What's next?
Our extensive Learning Resources section includes everything you need to know about our software, with resources ranging from instructional articles to short Power Tip videos, in-depth webinars, and more.
- Go to our Learning Resources page.
- View our three-part webinar series for Land F/X beginners to learn what Land F/X is, how it works, why it’s such a valuable design tool, and much more.
- Browse our documentation section.
- See our How to Effectively Utilize the Land F/X Trial webinar for a guide to the installation process, an introduction to key Land F/X tools, and some expert tips to help you get started quickly.