Professional Landscape Design Software

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Feature Summary

Features Architect Pro Plus Photo
Photo-Based Landscape Design
Import a photo and design the landscape. Ideal for creating before-and-after views of your property.
Yes Yes Yes Yes
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.
Yes Yes Yes
Water Features
Add sprinkler systems, fountains, waterfalls, custom swimming pools (above and below ground), spas, ponds, streams, and more. Includes PebbleTec custom pool finishes.
Yes Yes
Landscape Plans and CAD drawings
Design professional landscape plans, installation instructions, and CAD drawings. Enhanced swimming pool and spa design. Unique 3D road tools. Unique Plan view automatically creates the 3D view as you design. Terrain sculpting using contour lines.
Yes
Total Objects
Includes pictures, models, and symbols. The number of plants is shown in parenthesis.
16,000
(6,700)
11,000
(5,000)
10,000
(4,600)
6,200
(4,100)
Price
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$349.95
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Product Features

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Features Architect Pro Plus Photo
Create 3D landscape designs Yes Yes Yes Yes
Design over a photo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum terrain size 50 acres 50 acres 50 acres n/a
Realistic lighting and shadows Yes Yes Yes Yes
Day and night visualization Yes Yes Yes Yes
Accessories including gazebos, custom fencing, and much more Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unlimited undo Yes Yes Yes Yes
Plant growth tool Yes Yes Yes Yes
Project estimates and material lists Yes Yes Yes Yes
Integrated picture editor Yes Yes Yes Yes
Edging and retaining walls Yes Yes Yes Yes
House columns Yes Yes Yes Yes
Poster-size printouts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced curve editing tools Yes Yes Yes Yes
Import digital photos Yes Yes Yes Yes
Import custom materials Yes Yes Yes Yes
Export to Adobe PDF Yes Yes Yes Yes
Import custom models (3ds and SketchUp) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create custom models using integrated modeling tools Yes Yes Yes
Fences Yes Yes Yes
Fence gates Yes Yes Yes
Freely edit in 2D or 3D Yes Yes Yes
Realtime walkthroughs Yes Yes Yes
Create custom plant varieties Yes Yes Yes
Raised flower beds Yes Yes Yes
Dimensions and lot boundaries Yes Yes Yes
Decks Yes Yes Yes
Custom fence styles Yes Yes Yes
3D house design (exterior only) Yes Yes Yes
Create movies in AVI format Yes Yes Yes
Slopes and hills Yes Yes Yes
Advanced terrain sculpting Yes Yes Yes
Building pads and sloped driveways Yes Yes Yes
Hedge creation tool Yes Yes Yes
Landscape wizard Yes Yes Yes
Print to scale Yes Yes Yes
House, Deck, and Fence wizards Yes Yes Yes
Model creation wizard Yes Yes Yes
Curved deck stairs and railing Yes Yes Yes
Shape boolean operations (add, subtract, intersection) Yes Yes Yes
Sprinkler systems Yes Yes
Swimming pools Yes Yes
Custom spas Yes Yes
Curved pool walls and decking Yes Yes
Ponds and streams Yes Yes
Fountains Yes Yes
Waterfalls and spillways Yes Yes
Create landscape plans and CAD drawings Yes
Hand-drawn plant symbols Yes
Swimming pool Infinity Edges Yes
Full suite of 3D road tools Yes
Color pencil, marker, and solid color washes Yes
Add company logo to printouts and movies Yes
CAD drawing tools Yes
Customizable appearance in Plan/3D views for most objects Yes
Title blocks Yes
Plant label wizard Yes
Symbol import and creation wizards Yes
Includes A0-A4 drawing templates Yes
Automatic plant mass blending Yes
Terrain sculpting using contour lines Yes
Plan view drop shadows Yes
Plant keys and container sizes Yes
Add OLE objects to the Plan view such as Excel spreadsheets, AutoCAD drawings, and Word documents. Yes
Automatic plant legend Yes
Solid, gradient, and picture area fills Yes
Swimming pool seat and stair nosing and tile Yes
Price
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$349.95
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$99.95
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$79.95
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