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Monthly Newsletter December 2020
Jan 13, 2021

• Support Ending for CAD 2016

• Land F/X Holiday Power Tip

• Limited Staff December 21 through January 1, 2021
Land F/X Monthly Newsletter December 2020
Monthly Newsletter

December 18, 2020
Support Ending for CAD 2016
Support Ending for CAD 2016
We will no longer be able to support F/X CAD or AutoCAD 2016 as of the end of this year. We invite you to upgrade to F/X CAD 2021, the most recent version of our Autodesk-authorized CAD engine.
WHAT'S NEW IN F/X CAD 2021?
Land F/X Holiday Power Tip
Holiday Power Tip: Long Way Home
Sometimes you have to stand up and do the right thing, even though it's difficult. Sometimes that thing means helping a stranger. Sometimes it means a friendly quasi-athletic competition/wager between two mythical (but very real) beings. If only the right thing always involved Legos, we'd know that everything is going to be OK. Happy holidays from the Land F/X team.
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Limited Staff December 21 through January 1, 2021
Happy Holidays! Limited Staff Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, 2021
We'll offer limited support as our team recharges for a new year, and you may experience slightly longer wait times than normal. We anticipate and appreciate your patience.


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Grow Your Know! #68
Jan 13, 2021

• NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK

• WEBINAR: Advanced Local Data Administration

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Design F/X Overview
Grow Your Know! # 68
January 12, 2020
No Power Tip This Week
WEBINAR: Advanced Local Data Administration
Webinar-Advanced Local Data Administration
DATE: January 15, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Mike Bennett

Whether you're a full-time IT admin or are simply stepping up to help figure out your office's network situation, running Land F/X on Local Data can present some specific challenges. Specifically, you'll find that a few components running in the background are crucial for the plugin's proper operation. We'll go over some common failure points and give you the tools to resolve them and get all your Land F/X users up and running. We'll also go over how to migrate to and from a Single-User Local Data install.
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Design F/X Overview
Recorded Webinar-Design F/X Overview
Previously recorded on January 8, 2020
Presented by Paul Houchin

Design F/X incorporates a comprehensive detail system with a collection of tools that replace (and improve on) native AutoCAD tools. To supplement the substantial amount of video content we’ve already created on the detail side, we wanted to focus on this toolbox designed to streamline your drafting process. Take a tour of the many time-saving features included in a Design F/X license.
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #67
Jan 13, 2021

• NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK

• WEBINAR: Design F/X Overview

• RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Grow Your Know! # 67
January 5, 2020
No Power Tip This Week
WEBINAR: Design F/X Overview
Webinar-Design F/X Overview
DATE: January 8, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Paul Houchin

Design F/X incorporates a comprehensive detail system with a collection of tools that replace (and improve on) native AutoCAD tools. To supplement the substantial amount of video content we’ve already created on the detail side, we wanted to focus on this toolbox designed to streamline your drafting process. Take a tour of the many time-saving features included in a Design F/X license.
REGISTER NOW
RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Webinar-2020 Recap
Previously recorded on December 11, 2020
Presented by Jeremiah Farmer

A year without trade shows has provided an unexpected opportunity for us to focus even more on our development tasks. We'll show off a few of the numerous features we rolled out in 2020, and give you a sneak peek at what we have in store for next year. Join us as we put the year under wraps and look ahead to a fun and productive future.
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #66
Jan 13, 2021

• POWER TIP: Long Way Home

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Grow Your Know! # 66
December 29, 2020
POWER TIP:  Long Way Home
Recommended by Land F/X

Sometimes you have to stand up and do the right thing, even though it's difficult. Sometimes that thing means helping a stranger. Sometimes it means a friendly quasi-athletic competition/wager between two mythical (but very real) beings. If only the right thing always involved Legos, we'd know that everything is going to be OK. Happy holidays from the Land F/X team.
Watch Power Tip
No Webinar This Week
RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Webinar-2020 Recap
Previously recorded on December 11, 2020
Presented by Jeremiah Farmer

A year without trade shows has provided an unexpected opportunity for us to focus even more on our development tasks. We'll show off a few of the numerous features we rolled out in 2020, and give you a sneak peek at what we have in store for next year. Join us as we put the year under wraps and look ahead to a fun and productive future.
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #65
Jan 13, 2021

• POWER TIP: Hardware Recommendations Recap

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Grow Your Know! # 65
December 15, 2020
POWER TIP:  Hardware Recommendations Recap
Power Tip: Hardware Recommendations Recap
Recommended by Land F/X

Didn't catch our Hardware Recommendations for 2020 webinar? We'll fill you in with some of the main topics from that presentation and give you our latest recs. Whether you're on the hunt for a newer system or just looking to upgrade your existing one, we'll help narrow the market a bit by showing you which components will need your special attention.
Watch Power Tip
No Webinar This Week
RECORDED WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
Webinar-2020 Recap
Previously recorded on December 11, 2020
Presented by Jeremiah Farmer

A year without trade shows has provided an unexpected opportunity for us to focus even more on our development tasks. We'll show off a few of the numerous features we rolled out in 2020, and give you a sneak peek at what we have in store for next year. Join us as we put the year under wraps and look ahead to a fun and productive future.
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #64
Dec 10, 2020

• No Power Tip This Week

• Recap 2020

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Grow Your Know! # 64
December 8, 2020
No Power Tip This Week
WEBINAR:  Recap 2020
WEBINAR: 2020 Recap
DATE: December 11, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Jeremiah Farmer

A year without trade shows has provided an unexpected opportunity for us to focus even more on our development tasks. We'll show off a few of the numerous features we rolled out in 2020, and give you a sneak peek at what we have in store for next year. Join us as we put the year under wraps and look ahead to a fun and productive future.

 
REGISTER FOR WEBINAR
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Previously recorded on November 20, 2020
Presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting

Join us for the first installment of our 2-part series on irrigation design for sports fields, presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting, FIC. Donald will offer some key insights into designing for optimum efficiency, informed by his 51 years in the landscape industry and 4 decades in water management. He'll provide some best practices on selecting heads for your design and spacing them correctly. You'll also learn the roles played by water velocity in a sports field irrigation system, as well as the effects of head placement and other elements, such as wind, on the design as a whole.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #63
Dec 10, 2020

• New Features from 2020

• No Webinar This Week

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Grow Your Know! # 63
December 1, 2020
POWER TIP:  New Features from 2020
POWER TIP: New Features from 2020
Recommended by Land F/X

In a year filled with the unpredictable, we were busy giving Land F/X users exactly what they could have predicted: some awesome new features. Here are just a few highlights from what we’ve added this year.
Watch Power Tip
No Webinar This Week
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Previously recorded on November 20, 2020
Presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting

Join us for the first installment of our 2-part series on irrigation design for sports fields, presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting, FIC. Donald will offer some key insights into designing for optimum efficiency, informed by his 51 years in the landscape industry and 4 decades in water management. He'll provide some best practices on selecting heads for your design and spacing them correctly. You'll also learn the roles played by water velocity in a sports field irrigation system, as well as the effects of head placement and other elements, such as wind, on the design as a whole.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #62
Dec 10, 2020

• Power Tip: Land F/X: What is it Anyways?

• No Webinar This Week

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Grow Your Know! # 5
November 24, 2020
POWER TIP: Land F/X: What is it Anyways?
Power Tip: Land F/X: What is it Anyways?
Recommended by Land F/X

We throw around a lot of “F/X” names – F/X CAD, Design F/X, Planting F/X, Site F/X, and, yes, Land F/X. Are you confused by all the F/X-ing? It’s understandable. Jump onboard an educationally absurd Lego® space odyssey that will propel you through the differences between all these terms. You'll be an F/Xpert in no time!
Watch Power Tip
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
RECORDED WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Previously recorded on November 20, 2020
Presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting

Join us for the first installment of our 2-part series on irrigation design for sports fields, presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting, FIC. Donald will offer some key insights into designing for optimum efficiency, informed by his 51 years in the landscape industry and 4 decades in water management. He'll provide some best practices on selecting heads for your design and spacing them correctly. You'll also learn the roles played by water velocity in a sports field irrigation system, as well as the effects of head placement and other elements, such as wind, on the design as a whole.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #61
Dec 10, 2020

• No Power Tip This Week

• WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations for 2020
Grow Your Know! # 5
November 17, 2020
NO POWER TIP THIS WEEK
WEBINAR: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
Webinar: Sports Field Irrigation Design - Part 1
DATE: November 20, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting

Join us for the first installment of our 2-part series on irrigation design for sports fields, presented by Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting, FIC. Donald will offer some key insights into designing for optimum efficiency, informed by his 51 years in the landscape industry and 4 decades in water management. He'll provide some best practices on selecting heads for your design and spacing them correctly. You'll also learn the roles played by water velocity in a sports field irrigation system, as well as the effects of head placement and other elements, such as wind, on the design as a whole.
 
Register for Webinar
RECORDED WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations for 2020
Recorded Webinar: Hardware Recommendations 2020
Previously recorded on November 6, 2020
Presented by Brian Hodge

Trying to figure out how to keep all your applications running at their best? Up-front costs for new equipment may give you some pause, but we've found that making the right purchases in the first place will save you money in the long run. Here are our latest recommendations for the hardware that will help keep all your software – including ours – humming along happily.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #60
Nov 16, 2020

• POWER TIP: Naked Detail Callouts

• WEBINAR: Twilight Highlights

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations 2020
Grow Your Know! # 5
November 10, 2020
POWER TIP: Naked Detail Callouts
Power Tip: Naked Detail Callouts
Recommended by Steve Cook

Sometimes you need a detail callout that’s a little less flashy, without block symbols or leaders, so it fits within a simple multiline text (MTEXT) note. That's where naked callouts come in: They function the same as standard detail callouts but are stripped down to a smart MTEXT field. We'll go over a few ways you can slide naked callouts right into those tight spaces in your detail or drawing.
 
Watch Power Tip
WEBINAR: Twilight Highlights
Webinar: Twilight Highlights
DATE: November 13, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Alex Zahn

You need to render your lighting plan in 3D, but the learning curve of 3D rendering software has you in the dark. Tune in to learn how Land F/X and the Twilight Render plugin for Google SketchUp will help you flip the switch on the rendering process. We'll show you some techniques that will have you creating realistic renders, using accurate models of landscape lighting manufacturers' light fixtures, in no time.
 
Register for Webinar
RECORDED WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations for 2020
Recorded Webinar: Hardware Recommendations 2020
Previously recorded on November 6, 2020
Presented by Brian Hodge

Trying to figure out how to keep all your applications running at their best? Up-front costs for new equipment may give you some pause, but we've found that making the right purchases in the first place will save you money in the long run. Here are our latest recommendations for the hardware that will help keep all your software – including ours – humming along happily.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #59
Nov 16, 2020

• POWER TIP: Watt is a Volt-Amp?

• WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations 2020

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Making a Decision About Land F/X
Grow Your Know! # 5
November 3, 2020
POWER TIP: Watt is a Volt-Amp?
Power Tip: Watt is a Volt-Amp?
Recommended by Alex Zahn

Lighting manufacturers often specify the power consumption of their light fixtures in watts, volt-amps (abbreviated as VA), or both. Given the common faulty generalization that watts and volt-amps are interchangeable, making sense of these distinct units can certainly be a challenge. We'll clear up the haze by highlighting the differences between watts and volt-amps with the help of a refreshing analogy.
 
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WEBINAR: Hardware Recommendations 2020
Power Tip: Hardware Recommendations 2020
DATE: November 6, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Brian Hodge

Trying to figure out how to keep all your applications running at their best? Up-front costs for new equipment may give you some pause, but we've found that making the right purchases in the first place will save you money in the long run. Here are our latest recommendations for the hardware that will help keep all your software – including ours – humming along happily.
 
Register for Webinar
RECORDED WEBINAR: Making a Decision About Land F/X
Recorded Webinar: Making a Decision about Land F/X
Previously recorded on October 30, 2020
Presented by Krystal Bozarth

Check out our Virtual Trade Show wrap-up webinar, where we guide you through the most important considerations involved in purchasing a new design platform. You'll learn the importance of taking full advantage of your trial, and pick up some valuable tips on implementation. This presentation will leave you with an even better grasp of our software's incredible functionality and flexibility, plus the unmatched levels of time savings, training, service, and support we offer.
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #58
Nov 16, 2020

• POWER TIP: Calculating a Repetitive Design

• WEBINAR: Making a Decision About Land F/X

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Sheet Setup and Management
Grow Your Know! # 5
October 28, 2020
POWER TIP: Calculating a Repetitive Design
Power Tip: Calculating Repetitive Design
Recommended by Jake Lott

Are you working on a larger site where all or part of the design has to be duplicated in several areas of the same plan, such as a development plan with multiple lot options? Our advanced scheduling tools for plants and Reference Notes are just what you need for these seemingly overwhelming projects. We'll show you how to use multiple scheduling techniques for your plants and Reference Notes, including merging schedules together in MS Excel for further calculations, that are sure to simplify your repetitive designs.
 
Watch Power Tip
WEBINAR: Making a Decision About Land F/X
Webinar: Making a Decision About Land F/X
DATE: October 30, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Krystal Bozarth

Join us for our Virtual Trade Show wrap-up webinar, where we'll guide you through the most important considerations involved in purchasing a new design platform. You'll learn the importance of taking full advantage of your trial, and pick up some valuable tips on implementation. This presentation will leave you with an even better grasp of our software's incredible functionality and flexibility, plus the unmatched levels of time savings, training, service, and support we offer.
 
Register for Webinar


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IA 2020: Virtual Classes
Nov 10, 2020 - Nov 17, 2020

Although the events of 2020 have closed the door on an Irrigation Show in San Antonio, it has opened the door for expanded virtual education and innovative ways for exhibitors to reach a larger audience.

Join our very own Jake Lott for CEU accredited classes during the IA Education Week:

Classes:

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
CAD Basics: Learning How to Draft in AutoCAD – Beginner | 1 CEU
Presenter: Jake Lott, Irrigation Specialist, Land F/X
Join this interactive class to get an in-depth lesson on CAD basics, including an understanding of what blocks are and how to work with them inside of CAD. We will also show you how to bring in imagery or additional external referenced files, known as Xrefs, and set up your plan to start your irrigation designs. Sample files will be provided for those who wish to follow along on their own computer during this webinar.


Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020
Landscape Irrigation Design Within AutoCAD – Advanced | 1 CEU
Presenter: Jake Lott, Irrigation Specialist, Land F/X
This course is aimed at attendees of the earlier training class (CAD Basics – Learning How to Draft in AutoCAD) or for those who are familiar with the use of AutoCAD. Learn the ins and outs of the tools available for designing irrigation within AutoCAD. Sample files will be provided to those who wish to follow along on their own computer.

To register for the IA classes for free use personalized coupon code IILANDFX


Who's going?

Jeremiah Farmer

Jake Lott

Presenter


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Monthly Newsletter October 2020
Oct 23, 2020

• Land F/X Virtual Trade Show

• Support Ending for CAD 2016

• 50% Off New Licenses
Land F/X Monthly Newsletter October 2019
Monthly Newsletter

October 15, 2020
Land F/X Virtual Trade Show
Land F/X Virtual Trade Show October 26-30
We've entered the time of year when our team is normally gearing up for a busy trade show season. But this isn't just any year! In the absence of in-person trade shows and conferences in 2020, we've decided to set up our own Land F/X Virtual Trade Show. Join us October 27–29 for three full days of FREE virtual classes on Land F/X and planting & irrigation design, and the chance to chat it up with our trade show team from the comfort of your own home or office. We'll also be offering 50% off new Land F/X and F/X CAD licenses from October 26 through 30. 
REGISTER NOW
Support Ending for CAD 2016
Support Ending for AutoCAD 2016
We will no longer be able to support F/X CAD or AutoCAD 2016 as of the end of this year. We invite you to upgrade to F/X CAD 2021, the most recent version of our Autodesk-authorized CAD engine.
WHAT'S NEW IN F/X CAD 2021?
50% Off New Licenses October 26-30
PURCHASE ON OCTOBER 26-30


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Grow Your Know! #57
Oct 23, 2020

• POWER TIP: Work Areas

• WEBINAR: Sheet Setup and Management

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
Grow Your Know! # 5
October 20, 2020
POWER TIP:  Work Areas
Power Tip- Work Areas
Recommended by Paul Houchin

Work Areas allow you to split up your plan into separate sections without having to leave your drawing. Essentially, this means you can work on a drawing within a drawing, which gives you several advantages for your workflow. Check out this week’s Power Tip to learn all about using Work Areas.
 
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WEBINAR: Sheet Setup and Management
Webinar: Sheet Setup and Management
DATE: October 23, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Paul Houchin

Proper configuration of your sheets – the different layouts that make up your drawing set – is a crucial component of design in AutoCAD. Setting up and maintaining sheets for design plans, construction drawings, and other documents is essential for landscape architects. Our Sheet Index is a simple yet incredibly helpful tool for managing your sheets. We’ll explore the Sheet Index and demonstrate our recommended setup process for maximum organization and efficiency, including creating a separate DWG for each layout and title block, and Xrefing your main drawing into sheet files.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design - Going Beyond Neutral
RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design - Going Beyond Neutral
Previously recorded on October 2, 2020
Presented by Eustacia Brossart of CMG

It's time for landscape architects to rethink our climate impact. If we work to minimize the carbon emissions from the built environment, we can help solve the climate crisis. The Climate Positive Design Challenge is a call to action that empowers designer and client alike to foster a better designed environment. Join Eustacia Brossart of CMG as she lays out the Challenge and shows how the global landscape architecture profession has the opportunity to remove one gigaton of CO2 from the atmosphere voluntarily, without new mandates or policies, by 2050. 
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #56
Oct 23, 2020

• POWER TIP: Best Practices: Shared Online Folder

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
Grow Your Know! # 5
October 13, 2020
Land F/X Virtual Trade Show October 26-30
POWER TIP:  Best Practices: Shared Online Folder
Power Tip-Best Practices: Shared Online Folder
Recommended by Yara Alsuwailem

Working from home doesn't have to mean slow connections and decreased performance. What if you could access your LandFX folder, and all the content within it, seamlessly from any location with an Internet connection? Find out how easy and beneficial it is to install our software on a shared online folder, eliminating the need for an office server or a virtual private network (VPN). We'll go over our main requirements and recommendations for running Land F/X with a shared online folder. Whether you're working remotely full time or just need to work from outside the office every once in a while, these tips might just change your life!
 
Watch Power Tip
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
Previously recorded on October 2, 2020
Presented by Eustacia Brossart of CMG

It's time for landscape architects to rethink our climate impact. If we work to minimize the carbon emissions from the built environment, we can help solve the climate crisis. The Climate Positive Design Challenge is a call to action that empowers designer and client alike to foster a better designed environment. Join Eustacia Brossart of CMG as she lays out the Challenge and shows how the global landscape architecture profession has the opportunity to remove one gigaton of CO2 from the atmosphere voluntarily, without new mandates or policies, by 2050. 
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Grow Your Know! #55
Oct 23, 2020

• POWER TIP: What Is An IES File?

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
Grow Your Know! # 5
October 06, 2020
Land F/X Virtual Trade Show October 26-30
POWER TIP:  What Is An IES File?
Power Tip-What is an IES File?
Recommended by Alex Zahn

In the realm of lighting design, you may encounter IES files. These text files contain numerical data representing the three-dimensional “shape” of a light fixture’s projection. Closely related to “beam spread,” or “beam angle,” an IES file captures the nuanced light output pattern emitted by a particular fixture. We’ll shed some light on how manufacturers capture this photometric data, and how designers use it. 

Visit our Lighting Features page for even more lighting design tools.

Special thanks to Puneet Sharma for the goniophotometer footage.
 
Watch Power Tip
NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
RECORDED WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
Previously recorded on October 2, 2020
Presented by Eustacia Brossart of CMG

It's time for landscape architects to rethink our climate impact. If we work to minimize the carbon emissions from the built environment, we can help solve the climate crisis. The Climate Positive Design Challenge is a call to action that empowers designer and client alike to foster a better designed environment. Join Eustacia Brossart of CMG as she lays out the Challenge and shows how the global landscape architecture profession has the opportunity to remove one gigaton of CO2 from the atmosphere voluntarily, without new mandates or policies, by 2050. 
 
Watch Recorded Webinar


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Monthly Newsletter September 2020
Oct 02, 2020

• Support Ending for CAD 2016

• Land F/X Virtual Trade Show

• Portuguese Landscapes: 12 Projects Exploring the Relationship Between Natural and Built

• New Manufacturer Content Added
Land F/X Monthly Newsletter October 2019
Monthly Newsletter

September 23, 2020
Support Ending for CAD 2016
Support Ending for CAD 2016
We will no longer be able to support F/X CAD or AutoCAD 2016 as of the end of this year. We invite you to upgrade to F/X CAD 2021, the most recent version of our Autodesk-authorized CAD engine.
WHAT'S NEW IN F/X CAD 2021?
Land F/X Virtual Trade Show
Land F/X Virtual Tradshow - More Information Coming October 1
We've entered the time of year when our team is normally gearing up for a busy trade show season. But this isn't just any year! In the absence of in-person trade shows and conferences in 2020, we've decided to set up our own Land F/X Virtual Trade Show. Join us October 27–29 for three full days of virtual classes on Land F/X and planting & irrigation design, and the chance to chat it up with our trade show team from the comfort of your own home or office. We'll also be offering 50% off new Land F/X and F/X CAD licenses. 

MORE INFORMATION COMING & SIGNUPS START OCTOBER 1.
Portuguese Landscapes: 12 Projects Exploring the Relationship Between Natural and Built
Pedreira Do Campo Urban Planning / M-Arquitectos. © Artur Silva
Pedreira Do Campo Urban Planning / M-Arquitectos. © Artur Silva
Article from Archdaily.com

Modern Portuguese architecture has a renowned tradition of exploring the virtues of the landscape, either by integrating or emphasizing the natural elements to create new landscapes that result from the overlapping of culture and nature. Some fine examples include the Boa Nova Tea House and the Leça da Palmeira Tide Pools, both designed by Álvaro Siza, reacting to the rocky seascape where they lie, each in its own way.

However, it is not just modern architecture that is concerned with the landscape. In Portugal, contemporary works have been revealing exciting examples of the possibilities of approaching the natural environment and exploring its potential without compromising its integrity. To illustrate, we have gathered 12 contemporary projects that use different resources to explore the relationship between natural and built.
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New Manufacturer Content Added
New Manufacturer Content
New Manufacturer Content
As the year enters its home stretch, our content schedule remains full. Our content team continues to be hard at work with additions, changes, and discontinuations from our manufacturer partners. We take great joy in this labor of love, and in seeing our manufacturer partners continue to thrive in the face of this year’s uncertain climate.

We're happy to announce that the following items are available for you to view and place in your projects:
  • Anova: Trash and recycling containers, bench seating, tables and chairs
  • Unique Lighting: Well lights, uplights, Pro-Force transformers, Satin Copper finish (for select models only)
  • CST: Enhanced Low Flow (ELF) Sensor SP3 models
  • Weathermatic: MAX and MAXPRS shrub and turf sprays
  • Maglin: Lexicon single- and multi-section bar-height and standard-height tables.
The following items have been, or will soon be, discontinued by the manufacturers and replaced by other products:
  • Weathermatic: LX and LXPRS shrub and turf sprays
  • Unique Lighting: Multi-Matic transformers (Note: These Unique Lighting products will remain available for custom order as needed but will no longer be stocked. As such, they are scheduled for removal and replacement in our system as of October 31, 2020.)
Head over to our Content News page for more detailed information on the products we’ve added and updated over the past month.
MORE INFO


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Grow Your Know! #54
Oct 02, 2020

• POWER TIP: What To Do During A Cloud Outage

• GUEST WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Working with Blocks
Grow Your Know! # 5
September 29, 2020
POWER TIP:  What To Do During A Cloud Outage
Power Tip: What to do During a Cloud Outage
Recommended by Shaun Rittenhouse

Our Cloud Data service is a great solution for sharing your Land F/X data across your workforce, working remotely, and protecting your office from the significant downtime that can result from local server crashes. Though a rare (and brief) occurrence, an outage of any of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers powering Cloud Data can disrupt your workday. Fortunately, you have some options in place for staying informed on and even mitigating an outage. Find out how to check the AWS cloud servers' status on our website and tether with your phone as a temporary option to continue working in the meantime.
 
Watch Power Tip
WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
GUEST WEBINAR: Climate Positive Design – Going Beyond Neutral
DATE: October 2, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
PRESENTER: Eustacia Brossart of CMG

It's time for landscape architects to rethink our climate impact. If we work to minimize the carbon emissions from the built environment, we can help solve the climate crisis. The Climate Positive Design Challenge is a call to action that empowers designer and client alike to foster a better designed environment. Join Eustacia Brossart of CMG as she lays out the Challenge and shows how the global landscape architecture profession has the opportunity to remove one gigaton of CO2 from the atmosphere voluntarily, without new mandates or policies, by 2050. 
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Working with Blocks
Recorded Webinar: Working with Blocks
Previously recorded on September 18, 2020
Presented by Jaymz Wooden

Blocks are essential components of any CAD design. It's important to maintain a proper standard for the blocks you use, as well as to make sure your blocks are easy to adjust and place. We'll go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. You'll come away from this presentation well versed in the power of the block.

 
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Grow Your Know! #53
Oct 02, 2020

• POWER TIP: Portal Tour

• NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Working with Blocks
Grow Your Know! # 5
September 22, 2020
POWER TIP:  Portal Tour
Power Tip: Portal Tour
Recommended by Forrestt Williams

Have you ever struggled to hunt down information in your Land F/X profile, such as ticket history, billing information, or license count? The hunt is over! We've compiled all these items and more in our new Land F/X Portal. Log in to find all your Land F/X stats in one centralized, easy-to-find location. Learn what the Portal is, how it works, and how it will benefit you.

Check out this page for more information about the Portal: Portal FAQs.
 
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NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Working with Blocks
Recorded Webinar: Working with Blocks
Previously recorded on September 18, 2020
Presented by Jaymz Wooden

Blocks are essential components of any CAD design. It's important to maintain a proper standard for the blocks you use, as well as to make sure your blocks are easy to adjust and place. We'll go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. You'll come away from this presentation well versed in the power of the block.

 
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Grow Your Know! #52
Sep 21, 2020

• POWER TIP: Creating a Specifications List

• WEBINAR: Working with Blocks

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Grow Your Know! # 5
September 15, 2020
POWER TIP:  Creating a Specifications List
Power Tip: Creating a Specifications List
Recommended by David Dahlke with WDI

 If you're using our details and Reference Notes tools together, you're likely also trying to link them with your construction specification documents. We don't just give you that capability – we make it fast and easy. As an example, we'll show you a quick method of exporting a list of CSI Master Specifications numbers used in a drawing to coordinate the specifications you need, even after a design change. 
 
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WEBINAR: Working With Blocks
Webinar: Working With Blocks
DATE: Friday, September 18, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
Presenter: Jaymz Wooden

Blocks are essential components of any CAD design. It's important to maintain a proper standard for the blocks you use, as well as to make sure your blocks are easy to adjust and place. We'll go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. You'll come away from this presentation well versed in the power of the block.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Recorded Webinar: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Previously recorded on September 4, 2020
Presented by Jake Lott

The prospect of creating a 3D model of your design can present some unique challenges. Clients will often expect this service for their understanding of the space, but many won’t want to pay for it. Tune in to learn about some essential tools and tricks for maximizing the quality of your 3D rendering while minimizing your time spent on it. Opening with a tutorial on creating your base files within SketchUp, directly from the finished CAD plans, we’ll move on to a few pointers on where to focus your time within the model and how to use other post-processing tools to create a realistic representation as efficiently as possible.

 
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Grow Your Know! #51
Sep 21, 2020

• POWER TIP: The Origins of Land F/X: A Brief Oral History

• No Webinar this Week

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Grow Your Know! # 5
September 8, 2020
POWER TIP:  The Origins of Land F/X: A Brief Oral History
Power Tip: The Origins of Land F/X: A Brief Oral History
Recommended by Land F/X

Land F/X is a family to the core – it’s a concept that pervades our history and remains central to our daily operations. We invite you to come be a fly on the wall in a conversation between our co-founders, Jeremiah Farmer (CEO and head developer) and his landscape architect father, David Farmer. Learn how the Farmers collaborated to simplify the most complex elements of computer-based landscape design and turned that family collaboration into a groundbreaking software company called Land F/X.
 
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NO WEBINAR THIS WEEK.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Recorded Webinar: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Previously recorded on September 4, 2020
Presented by Jake Lott

The prospect of creating a 3D model of your design can present some unique challenges. Clients will often expect this service for their understanding of the space, but many won’t want to pay for it. Tune in to learn about some essential tools and tricks for maximizing the quality of your 3D rendering while minimizing your time spent on it. Opening with a tutorial on creating your base files within SketchUp, directly from the finished CAD plans, we’ll move on to a few pointers on where to focus your time within the model and how to use other post-processing tools to create a realistic representation as efficiently as possible.

 
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New Products: Maglin's Lexicon Collection
Sep 15, 2020

Maglin consistently strives for versatility and adaptability in developing its site furnishings...

Maglin consistently strives for versatility and adaptability in developing its site furnishings. The Lexicon table series, now available in the Land F/X database, is no exception to this approach.

The Lexicon Collection incorporates multi-functional, modular components designed to provide a full spectrum of customization possibilities. You can choose between 4- and 6-foot narrow tables with the following options:

  • Standard or bar height
  • Optional single or dual extensions (Lexicon Single series)
  • Optional center and dual extension (Lexicon Multi series)

Varying material options:

  • Metal, in perforated steel
  • Wood, in Ipê or thermally modified ash
  • HDPE with orange peel appearance, in 8 possible colors

If you're looking for even more variation, you can use Maglin's Product Builder or contact Maglin directly to configure the options you need for your project.

You can browse Maglin's catalog within our Reference Notes and Site Amenities managers.

See the full catalog

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Grow Your Know! #50
Sep 04, 2020

• POWER TIP: Mechanics Of Pipe Sizing

• WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Digital Design Tools on the Go
Grow Your Know! # 5
September 1, 2020
POWER TIP:  Mechanics Of Pipe Sizing
Power Tip: Mechanics of Pipe Sizing
Recommended by Jake Lott

Sizing your pipes isn't just critical for calculations and callouts – it's a necessary step for ensuring accuracy in your irrigation system after almost every design change you need to make. Need a refresher on how pipe sizing works? We'll take you back to school on the basics of the effects velocity and flow have on your pipe size.
 
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WEBINAR: Simplified SketchUp Modeling
Webinar-Simplified SketchUp Modeling
DATE: Friday, September 4, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
Presenter: Jake Lott

The prospect of creating a 3D model of your design can present some unique challenges. Clients will often expect this service for their understanding of the space, but many won’t want to pay for it. Tune in to learn about some essential tools and tricks for maximizing the quality of your 3D rendering while minimizing your time spent on it. Opening with a tutorial on creating your base files within SketchUp, directly from the finished CAD plans, we’ll move on to a few pointers on where to focus your time within the model and how to use other post-processing tools to create a realistic representation as efficiently as possible.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: Digital Design Tools on the Go
Recorded Webinar: Digital Design Tools on the Go
Previously recorded on August 28, 2020
Presented by Paul Houchin

Are you tired of fumbling with your laptop as you try to get some work done while away from the office? Whether you need to travel, visit a job site, or meet with a client, you have myriad technological options that can make it immeasurably easier to make design decisions and show off your work. We’ll take a look at some phones and tablets, as well as a few pertinent applications that will help maximize your efficiency and creativity while on the go.

 
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Grow Your Know! #49
Sep 04, 2020

• POWER TIP: Using Illustrator to Spice Up a CAD Plan

• WEBINAR: Digital Design Tools on the Go

• RECORDED WEBINAR: The Manufacturing of Modern Site Furnishings
Grow Your Know! # 5
August 25, 2020
POWER TIP:  Using Illustrator to Spice Up a CAD Plan
Power Tip: Using Illustrator to Spice Up a CAD Plan
Recommended by Alex Zahn

You’ve finished a plan in CAD, and now you want to make it look a little more organic and aesthetically pleasing. With Adobe Illustrator, you can use raster images and vector-based graphics to bring your design to life. Tune in to pick up a few Illustrator techniques for creating visually pleasing groundcovers, foliage, and pavers from any image.
 
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WEBINAR: Digital Design Tools on the Go
Digital Design Tools on the Go
DATE: Friday, August 28, 2020
TIME: 10 a.m. Pacific Time
Presenter: Paul Houchin

Are you tired of fumbling with your laptop as you try to get some work done while away from the office? Whether you need to travel, visit a job site, or meet with a client, you have myriad technological options that can make it immeasurably easier to make design decisions and show off your work. We’ll take a look at some phones and tablets, as well as a few pertinent applications that will help maximize your efficiency and creativity while on the go.
 
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RECORDED WEBINAR: The Manufacturing of Modern Site Furnishings
RECORDED WEBINAR: The Manufacturing of Modern Site Furnishings
Previously recorded on August 21, 2020
Presented by David Traphagen of Anova Site Furnishings

When specifying furnishings and amenities for your designs, you naturally want to select products that will best fit your project sites. David Traphagen of Anova Site Furnishings will provide insight into the industrial design processes carried out by site furnishings manufacturers. You’ll learn about different design philosophies, manufacturing methods, and technologies used along the way. David will also discuss how manufacturers can promote sustainable manufacturing processes and apply innovative techniques in creating the perfect functional objects for your sites and the clients who use them.

 
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Grow Your Know! #48
Sep 04, 2020

• POWER TIP: Detail Referencing Tricks

• WEBINAR: The Manufacturing of Modern Site Furnishings

• RECORDED WEBINAR: Streamlined Life Cycle of a Site & Hardscape Project
Grow Your Know! # 5