DynaSCAPE Design is professional landscape design software that helps you produce attractive, feature-rich drawings quickly and easily.  Here are some of the program’s main features and benefits:

	Create designs in a hand-drawn style that look simply amazing Produce painstaking detail in a fraction of the time Communicate great design ideas with great-looking designs Elicit great design ideas from every estimator on your team, regardless of drawing abilities Produce consistently professional-looking output that will help you win contracts Impress your clients with its easy to read, crisp, clean line weights
	Set up new drawings quickly and easily Just select your template, sheet size and scale Layers come pre-set so no additional set-up is required Line colors, weights and styles are pre-set for optimum visibility Even text and leader styles are predetermined to suit your drawing scale These are all editable if you need to make changes at any point in the drawing process Import images like property surveys to get you designing faster
	Insert pre-drawn shapes from extensive symbol libraries  Over 1200 pre-drawn library figures, for all areas of landscape design: planting, natural stone, paving stone, flagstone, mulch; swimming pools, ponds and water features; outdoor lighting, irrigation and woodworking Professional botanical symbols include trees, shrubs, evergreens, hedges, perennials & ornamental grasses All symbols are drawn to scale and identified by size and type All symbols are organized by type and sub-type, making it easy to find the ones you want Drag and drop ease makes symbol insertion easier and faster Add your own custom symbols and libraries
	Find and add plants from a Horticopia Powered Online Plant Database Choose from over 9,000 plants Select plants by name and view full color images and cultural information Search for plants by characteristic, bloom or color Build your own detailed plant material database for labeling
	Add plant photos to your drawings  Insert color photographs of all selected plants into your landscape drawings with the Add Image tools One tool lets you search for an image by name, another matches images to your plant label Both these tools access the Online Plant Database for images Helps you to show the intent of the design and material choices No need to haul books and catalogues to show clients the plants you've selected
	Label every component in your drawings Plants are quickly auto-counted and labeled Key labels allow plant schedules and material lists to be generated automatically Fast labeling routines apply intelligent labels to every piece of the design Customize your own softscape list or search the Online Plant Database for labels
	Build unique Plant Plant Picture Catalogues for your clients Create full color plant picture catalogues in minutes Plants from your material list are matched up with images and cultural information Plant picture catalogues are produced as Adobe PDF documents for easy printing Option to use your own images
	Add product details from leading landscape product companies Unilock patterns and stone catalogue price lists Nightscaping symbols, illumination patterns, fixture catalogue and voltage drop calculator AquaScape Designs pond designs, stream segments, components and product catalogue
	Calculate areas & quantities and add dimensions Clusters figures, groups them into massings and auto-counts them for label quantities Instantly calculates areas that would be time-consuming to calculate by hand Handles unusual shapes with ease Includes easy, quick tools for placing linear and radius dimensions on the drawing
	Create layout/staking plans Quickly create and print a dimension plan for on-site layout without having to redraw Improve communication of your landscape design ideas with the crews on site No more time wasted measuring plans by hand
	Output your landscape designs to multiple formats Print a drawing to any printer type, or send it to a print shop as a plot file *Plot option remains in the software but is not supported Save drawings as JPEG or PDF files Export to AutoCAD as DWG & DXF files Send drawings in PDF or JPEG format via e-mail to clients or printers that don't have DynaSCAPE landscape design software to open them
	Save time Repetitive tasks are made easy Drawing revisions require much less effort Store and reuse concepts and details Make multiple drawing views without having to redraw each time Use of layers allows multiple print-outs without having to redraw Copy scanned lot plans without having to redraw them
	Enjoy all the features of an advanced CAD drawing tool CAD functionality ensures drawing accuracy and speed Drawing tools are specifically tailored for landscape designers Multiple drawing layers can be revealed or hidden as required Makes smooth curved lines Scalable: no limits to the size or scale of the project Can import existing AutoCAD files in DWG & DXF format, such as existing site and floor plans
	Get up to speed quickly with our extensive training resources Learn step-by-step with the many self-paced video tutorials included with the program Follow realistic exercises to understand quickly how the software works Easier to use than Photoshop or Illustrator Printed training materials include a User Guide, Reference cards, Quick Start guides and Tutorial manuals Access the online DynaSCAPE User forums to look up answers to your questions Book special training classes for additional help with the initial learning curve
	Enhance the professionalism of your landscape drawings and your business Line thicknesses are pre-set by layer to industry-standard conventions Proper line hierarchy ensures that all of your output is consistently professional Aligned with green industry leaders Used and recognized by prominent landscape design schools

• Windows XP ® (Service Pack 2), Windows Vista® (32 bit and 64 bit operating systems), Windows 7®
• Pentium IV® or higher
• Minimum 512MB RAM (1.0GB strongly recommended)
• Minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels
• Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6 or later
• Internet connection (updates and access to the online plant database)

Microsoft Office Suite 2000® (or later) software is required for exporting materials to Excel® and Word®. Adobe Reader ® software is required for exporting plant picture catalogues.

Windows 7 Notice: If you use folder redirection for your My Documents folder, do not install or upgrade to Windows 7 until further notice.

DS|Quote and DS|Manage 4.5 will also be tested and if any major issues are found they will need to be addressed in an update (date to be determined).

Student Version Notice: Upgrading Vista to Windows 7 will cause the Student Version to lock-up. The next Student Version that will be Windows 7 compatible will be released for September 2010.

Recommended Printers for Design & Color

Canon imagePROGRAF iPF600