Realtime Landscaping Architect 2013 v5.17

Realtime Landscaping Architect includes everything you need to design professional landscape plans and presentations. Create photo-based designs, plan drawings, and even full 3D walkthroughs with this easy-to-use software. No prior CAD experience is required. "It has been great discovering what Realtime Landscaping Architect can do to create realistic plans. It is far better than anything I've used before!" - Karen Faulkner, The Inspired Garden Landscape Design.

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Feature Summary:

. Photo-Based Landscape Design: Import a photo and design the landscape. Ideal for creating before-and-after views of your property.
. 3D Landscape Design: Design houses, decks, fencing, edging, lawns, gardens, and more. Walk through your designs in realtime 3D. Create movies and presentations of your landscaping ideas.
. Water Features: Add sprinkler systems, fountains, waterfalls, custom swimming pools (above and below ground), spas, ponds, streams, and more. Includes PebbleTec custom pool finishes.
. Landscape Plans and CAD drawings: Design professional landscape plans, installation instructions, and CAD drawings. Unique Plan view automatically creates the 3D view as you design.
. Total Objects: Includes pictures, models, and symbols. The number of plants is shown in parenthesis.

Product Features:

. Create 3D landscape designs
. Design over a photo
. Maximum terrain size
. Realistic lighting and shadows
. Day and night visualization
. Accessories including gazebos, custom fencing, and much more
. Unlimited undo
. Plant growth tool
. Project estimates and material lists
. Integrated picture editor
. Edging and retaining walls
. House columns
. Poster-size printouts
. Layer support
. Advanced curve editing tools
. Import digital photos
. Import custom materials
. Import custom models (3ds and SketchUp)
. Create custom models using integrated modeling tools
. Fences
. Fence gates
. Freely edit in 2D or 3D
. Realtime walkthroughs
. Create custom plant varieties
. Raised flower beds
. Dimensions and lot boundaries
. Decks
. Custom fence styles
. 3D house design (exterior only)
. Create movies in AVI format
. Slopes and hills
. Advanced terrain sculpting
. Building pads and sloped driveways
. Hedge creation tool
. Landscape wizard
. Print to scale
. House, Deck, and Fence wizards
. Model creation wizard
. Curved deck stairs and railing
. Shape boolean operations (add, subtract, intersection)
. Sprinkler systems
. Swimming pools
. Custom spas
. Curved pool walls and decking
. Ponds and streams
. Fountains
. Waterfalls and spillways
. Create landscape plans and CAD drawings
. Hand-drawn plant symbols
. Color pencil, marker, and solid color washes
. Add company logo to printouts and movies
. CAD drawing tools
. Customizable appearance in Plan/3D views for most objects
. Title blocks
. Plant label wizard
. Symbol import and creation wizards
. Includes A0-A4 drawing templates
. Automatic plant mass blending
. Plan view drop shadows
. Plant keys and container sizes
. Adobe PDF support
. Add OLE objects to the Plan view such as Excel spreadsheets, AutoCAD drawings, and Word documents.
. Automatic plant legend
. Solid, gradient, and picture area fills

System requirements

. 1-2GHz CPU
. 512MB - 2GB System RAM
. Video Card with 256MB - 1 GB of video memory
. Windows 8, 7, Vista, or XP
. Mouse, Laptop Touchpad, or other pointing device