ENVR046 - Landscape Design Basics with SketchUp Pro

Course Description

Whether your preferred medium is pen and paper or a conventional two-dimensional CAD program, the ability to work in three dimensions and view your work from all angles will undoubtedly enrich your creative design process. The fluidity of non-static, three-dimensional models will empower you to communicate your ideas to landscape decision makers who do not have the designer's ability to mentally project a two-dimensional drawing into images of a real live landscape. 

Course Outline

• Conventional presentation documents including a full set of 2-dimensional landscape plans. 

• Computer-based presentations, slide shows and animations.

• Integration with imported design components, including base maps and construction elements 3-dimensional landscape modeling.

• Terrain modeling Integration with Excel spreadsheets and Word documents Integration with Google maps.

Notes

This course is suitable for:

• Landscape designers and architects Permaculturists
• Farmers Land planners
• Educators
• Anybody tired of drafting by hand!

Required Software:

• Information regarding purchasing course software will be provided in the first course lesson.
• You must have a desktop or laptop computer that meets the hardware and software requirements of the Sketchup Studio program.
• It will not be possible to complete the assignments on a tablet, phone or similar hand held devices.
• Please review the technology tab above to learn more.