Your tips for Gardens and Landscaping
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I've been asked if I could have a go at preparing a design for a friends garden and before I start doing things the long/difficult/wrong way like I normally do, I thought I should seek your advice.
Are there any tips/rubies that you think are particularly helpful when doing this sort of thing? I'm more used top dealing with practical sheet metal than beauty and organic stuff
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@grizzler said:
I've been asked if I could have a go at preparing a design for a friends garden and before I start doing things the long/difficult/wrong way like I normally do, I thought I should seek your advice.
Are there any tips/rubies that you think are particularly helpful when doing this sort of thing? I'm more used top dealing with practical sheet metal than beauty and organic stuff
For a start I would avoid 3D plants, use a post program to add in veg if you are rendering especially. Face-me components are always a good option.
I would include at least the back of the house this will give you a back ground for the image exports.
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Geolocating your model and adjusting the correct north angle, will help you selecting the right plants for different places.
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@tobobo said:
For a start I would avoid 3D plants, use a post program to add in veg if you are rendering especially. Face-me components are always a good option.
I would include at least the back of the house this will give you a back ground for the image exports.
That sounds like good advice, now what's a "post program"?
Good idea re' showing the house wall too!
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@unknownuser said:
what's a "post program"?
He meant a Post Processing program like PhotoShop or GIMP.
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@rich o brien said:
@unknownuser said:
what's a "post program"?
He meant a Post Processing program like PhotoShop or GIMP.
Yeah sorry, I was in a bit of a rush.
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Hi Grizzler
Once you've geolocated your building, it'd be useful to do a massing model of the house (and any other nearby buildings) and check shadowing, which will also help your plant placement. It can make a nice graphics with grey existing buildings and a colourful garden amongst them.
If it's a steep site remember that Google height data is only very approximate, although often better in hilly areas,
so doing some basic 'eyeball' contours may be better than Google's contours. -
@unearthed said:
Hi Grizzler
Once you've geolocated your building, it'd be useful to do a massing model of the house (and any other nearby buildings) and check shadowing, which will also help your plant placement. It can make a nice graphics with grey existing buildings and a colourful garden amongst them.
Regarding this (which sounds great by the way) and other advice from you experts, when using terms that you wouldn't use in conversation with your Grandparents, could you please elaborate or provide a link to a tutorial if possible? I know this must be a pain for you, but I only ever post in the "Newbie" section for good reason
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There was a cool Base Camp about that
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Yes, anything by Daniel Tal you will find very helpful.
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/authors/daniel-tal-google-sketchup-for-site-design/
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