Re: Landscape design programs?

**"* C* <d*@sympatico.ca>**

Hi Tom.
I guess I'm  old school but I still do 'em by hand.
Mind you- I have the time to dither away. Besides, I like to use my colour 
pencils and almost always stay in the lines.
If I had my druthers- I really liked LandCad which worked with the AutoCad 
platform- yes many dollars involved. However, you could do anything with it. 
Professional architects, big steel draughtsmen and the very important 
"checkers" that I know prefer it. Big time investment though puts it out of 
the pocketbook of most of us.  It also took a long time for me to learn.
In the landscape industry in my part of Ontario, Dynascape seems to be the 
preferred system for the small to medium business. It is easy to learn- 
providing the student has a bit of understanding about the business of 
landscaping, it has excellent tech support and many companies- like mine- 
have our catalogues available in a compatible format. Makes it easy for 
take-offs, pricing etc.Most of the drawings that come to us for quoting use 
Dynascape.
Hope this helps,
Dan 

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