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Power Tips
Our weekly Power Tip videos showcase features or techniques that maximize efficiency and accuracy in the design process. Presented by our in-house landscape architects and irrigation designers, these brief but insightful educational tools are based directly on client requests. Can't access Vimeo or YouTube to watch these videos at work? Download directly from landfx.com.
Power Tip: Superjoin
Recommended By: Aaron Smith, Insight IrrigationMar 02, 2016
Feature: Superjoin Tired of dealing with other CAD users' messy linework, or spending hours cleaning up drawings that originated in other programs like SketchUp or Revit? Watch this handy Power…...
Power Tip: SketchUp Performance Tips
Recommended By: Amanda BerryFeb 29, 2016
When you're trying to model a large plan with the Land F/X SketchUp Connection, the number of trees can sometimes bring your computer to a grinding halt. Free up the…...
Power Tip: fxREF
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerFeb 18, 2016
The process of attaching an Xref to a drawing includes some complexities that can cause problems related to scaling and origin point. Our fxREF tool helps you navigate more easily through the…...
Power Tip: Advanced Labeling Techniques
Recommended By: Christina Ahlers with Girvin AssociatesFeb 11, 2016
Spend less time labeling plants and Reference Notes by applying these efficiency hacks. You might be tempted to withhold how you were able to get the plan out in half…...
Power Tip: Planting Schedule Variations
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerFeb 03, 2016
We make it easy to run a plant schedule for your design. Still, you might not be aware of all the capabilities of our Plant Schedule tool. In this Power…...
Power Tip: Use QSELECT for Complicated Land F/X Scale Changes
Recommended By: Allan Darwent with Talma Mill Studios Ltd.Jan 28, 2016
Have you used QSELECT in your Land F/X workflow yet? Make sure you add this handy AutoCAD tool to your kit, with the help of this Power Tip. We'll handle…...
Power Tip: Technical Support
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerJan 19, 2016
If you run into issues while using a Land F/X product, you can submit a support ticket directly from AutoCAD (or F/X CAD). Before we can diagnose the issue, we'll…...
Power Tip: Set a Viewport Scale with Land F/X
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerJan 14, 2016
Have you ever wanted a foolproof method for setting the Viewport Scale? Just use our Plot Scale tool! Watch how easy it is to assign a viewport with any scale…...
Power Tip: Verify Mainline
Recommended By: Eric Stanley with GSBSDec 21, 2015
Before you size the mainline pipe in your irrigation design, we recommend checking for errors in your layout. Our newly updated Verify Mainline tool takes care of this crucial step in mere…...
Power Tip: Import Plant
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerNov 02, 2015
If you've already saved and edited plants for a project, or spent time carefully setting up a plant template, you'll want to be able to use these plants in other…...
Power Tip: Intro To Nuke
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerOct 22, 2015
Drawing cleanup is absolutely integral to designing with AutoCAD – yet too many CAD users know little or nothing about it. The unfortunate result? Complications that lead to lost work…...
Power Tip: Plant Color Render
Recommended By: David FarmerOct 19, 2015
Check out all that our Plant Color Render tool has to offer! With Shrub Area coloring now available, and many more marker-style symbols to choose from, you can turn your…...
Power Tip: Colored Blocks
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerSep 30, 2015
As you may know, Land F/X offers quite an extensive selection of blocks, including our Plan and Elevation Graphics. We've recently updated these block libraries with a new feature that…...
Power Tip: Including Flow For Existing Planting
Recommended By: Danah with Madrone LandscapeSep 28, 2015
Have you ever wondered how to account for additional flow requirements for existing plants when doing an irrigation/planting retrofit? Take a look at this handy Power Tip on using irrigation…...
Power Tip: Assign a Custom SketchUp Component to a Plant
Recommended By: Casey with GC, Inc.Sep 17, 2015
Want to make your SketchUp models as realistic as possible? If so, you'll need to assign your own highly realistic tree components to the plants you specify. This Power Tip…...
Power Tip: Dynamic Block Support
Recommended By: Aaron Emerson with Mills Design GroupSep 05, 2015
Land F/X now supports dynamic blocks! With the help of Aaron Emerson of Mills Design Group, we were able to come up with a great new way to place blocks…...
Power Tip: RefNote Object In Drawing
Recommended By: BMLAAug 27, 2015
Like many Land F/X users, you might like to use our Plan Graphics to place generic objects – such as benches, birdbaths, rocks, or play equipment – early in your…...
Power Tip: Convert Imperial Details to Metric
Recommended By: Michael Magnan with O2 Planning + Design IncAug 25, 2015
It’s common to find yourself in a situation where you need to convert a detail from Imperial to metric units in order to have it scale properly in a metric…...
Power Tip: How to Create a Dimscale Block
Recommended By: Tim Wood with B+C StudioAug 18, 2015
What do you do when a symbol is too big for small scales, but too small for larger scales? You make a Dimscale block! We'll show you to save a…...
Power Tip: Customizing Drip Hatches
Recommended By: Jinna Cooper with Prevost Stamper.Aug 10, 2015
As you place your area for dripline or area for drip emitter, you'll notice that we've already taken the time to set up and provide you with several hatches to…...
Power Tip: Advanced Detail Callouts
Recommended By: Amanda BerryAug 04, 2015
De-clutter your detail callouts with some simple yet effective methods offered by Land F/X. In this Power Tip, we'll show you how to build upon the default information for detail…...
Power Tip: Circuiting
Recommended By: David FarmerJul 22, 2015
Want a quick and flexible method of grouping your irrigation head types into valve stations? Try our Circuiting tool! This Power Tip shows you how to use Circuiting to see…...
Power Tip: Save Details by Jurisdiction
Recommended By: Amanda BerryJul 06, 2015
Take a moment to watch how you can take standard City or Municipality details and save them into the detail explorer for quick access during a routine project. We go…...
Power Tip: Work Areas In Xrefs
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerJun 18, 2015
In previous versions of Land F/X, the software would only recognize Work Areas within the main drawing. We now offer the ability to also respect Work Areas within inserted Xrefs!…...
Power Tip: Section Cut Details from Sketchup
Recommended By: Amanda BerryJun 12, 2015
Save time on detail edits by adding SketchUp into the mix. Keep your details of structures, fences, and other features accurate by using SketchUp. Make them easy to read by…...
Power Tip: Detail Blocks
Recommended By: Jake LottJun 10, 2015
Creating details has never been easier – especially when you use our detail blocks as a starting point. From using the existing detail library to saving your own, making details…...
Power Tip: Dockable Plant Palette
Recommended By: Stephanie Kennedy with WDIJun 01, 2015
We've recently overhauled the Plant Manager, equipping it with new capabilities designed to ease and speed up the drafting process. You can now dock your Manager and turn it into…...
Power Tip: Creating An Excel Macro
Recommended By: Jon Howard with PECMay 23, 2015
Jon Howard of PEC needed to send his Plant Schedule to a spreadsheet to run calculations on a tree replacement plan. In order to do so, he needed a few…...
Power Tip: Creating Hedges
Recommended By: Ian Douglas RobinsonMay 19, 2015
Spend two minutes to learn a few fast tricks for drawing hedges that are visually clean, spaced to your preference, and accurate on quantity. Once you've seen our Power Tip,…...
Power Tip: Tree Remediation
Recommended By: Allison with Inside OutMay 05, 2015
Have you ever needed to show the locations of existing trees on a site? Or had to show the removal or relocation of a certain tree? Let Land F/X show…...
Power Tip: Training Resources
Recommended By: Jeremiah FarmerApr 17, 2015
Take a look at the immensely valuable training resources we have to offer. From our trainer to webinars and documentation, we are here to make learning the software easy and…...
Power Tip: Importing And Exporting Plants To SketchUp
Recommended By: Dave FarmerApr 10, 2015
Land F/X offers a seamless connection between SketchUp and CAD through the SketchUp Connection tool. Accessed in CAD, this feature allows you to export a CAD design and an associated…...
Power Tip: Grass Mix
Recommended By: Kim with Allee LandscapesMar 18, 2015
Have you ever needed to mix a specific combination of grasses to fill one of your groundcover areas? Find out how to create accurate mixtures – including seed mix, sod…...
Power Tip: Lateral And Mainline Piping
Recommended By: Eric Stanley and Dave FarmerMar 13, 2015
Take a look at a few cool piping tools you might not have known about. From Head AutoSnap to flow tallying, Land F/X helps speed up your piping process even…...
Power Tip: Detail Sheets
Recommended By: Bill CurtisMar 09, 2015
Do you have a set of standard details that you tend to use in each of your projects? Placing each detail individually can become tedious and time consuming. Land F/X…...
