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GrowIt Gold Works V10 Professional (tm)
PlantCAD Module (Landscape Design)

Copyright (c) 1990-2007, Brian Rondel, Innovative Thinking Software, All Rights Reserved

The PlantCAD module is a highly sophisticated tool for Drawing and Designing a Landscape Plan, allowing you to Drag and Drop plant objects onto the plan, Size the plant objects and then enter the details of the plants into a Database for later retrieval.

By simply Clicking on any Plant object in the landscape plan the information previously entered concerning the plant is instantly displayed on the screen. As you make plant purchases, you can enter all the relevant data concerning the plant into the Database, Botanical Name, Common Name, Cost, Where Purchased, When Planted etc and any other relevant information you may wish to enter

If a plant is Transplanted to another area, you only need to Drag and Drop the Plant object in its correct position. If a plant dies you can Delete the plant from the plan and remove the information from the database.

If you forget where a plant was placed in the garden, you only need to Search the Database for the record and then ask the database to Highlight where it is on the plan.

You can have plans up to Twice the Width of your screen and up to Twice the Depth of your screen. You can use the Zoom function to view the entire plan on the screen. There are 340+ Objects in Two Libraries supplied and these can be Added to by the user.

The Grids are user definable. You can select the Grid Size and Colour together with the measurement settings of Metric or Imperial. There are Rulers to assist you to Draw to Scale and the Mouse Cursor Position is shown both in the Menu Bar and on the Rulers making drawing to scale a breeze.

Drawing tools include an Arc and drawings can be Edited, Resized, Repositioned, Duplicated and Deleted at any time. The drawing Colours and Fills can also be changed at any time. As you draw lines the Length of the line is shown in the Taskbar in the chosen settings of Metric or Imperial.

Text objects can be added to a plan and these can also be Edited, Repositioned, Duplicated and Deleted at any time. The Text Colours and Backgrounds can also be changed at any time.

You can Import a background Picture of an existing plan or drawing to use instead of, or in addition to, drawing your own plan from within the program. Import in any of the formats BMP, JPeg, Gif or Metafile. Import via a Disk File, using your Scanner or from Windows Clipboard.

The plans can be Printed out to Any Paper Size that your printer supports. The plan will be Scaled to fit the chosen paper size. You can print the Whole plan or if you are using a plan that is larger then the screen, you can print the plan in Plan view (entire plan) or separately in the four sectors. There is a Print Preview with the ability to Manipulate the plan Size and Position on the paper, add Borders or your Letterhead etc.

You can simulate Plant Growth by selecting the number of Years, then watch you garden Grow.
You can Auto-Generate an Object Legend from within a project.
You can Measure areas of a plan with the Measurement and/or Angle shown in the Task bar

PlantCAD is a very functional module and takes the place of all those hand drawn plans of your house and garden or those of your Clients. Landscape Architects find PlantCAD invaluable.

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