design software

:thumb: OK then have you tried Google Sketchup v7..?? I am just getting to grips with it & I am finding it brilliant... & the best thing is it is FREE..!!!!!!:yho: You can look at it & download it free from here...!!!!
http://www.gardendesignpro.co.uk/acatalog/free_garden_design_software.html

 

I used Punch Lanscape Pro a few years ago, it was very fiddly but it does 3D and lets you add photos so you can get a very realistic walk-through your design. It lets you create a movie of the walk-through so I put mine onto a DVD to show the rest of the family what I intended to do. I bought it very cheaply at PC World : http://www.punchsoftware.com/index.htm (It is American so the plants and decking are not what you might expect, but you can change and add most things)

I'd give Marley's google sketchup a try first though, I've never used it but for free you can't go wrong and at a qucik glance seems to do everything.

 

Hi John, I am still getting to grips with the googles sketchup v7 but it is turning out to be just brilliant.. !!! I have tried others but they were either so complex it was too mind blowing or they didn't do enough.... Yet again Google have come up trumps..!!!! I have a design job to do for our Parish council of landscaping a huge area & it is proving invaluable as you can email what you have done back & forth if you want too.. It seems to do everything that I can see one would want & easily as much as allot of software you have to buy.... :thumb: So for me Sketchup is the one...:thumb: