# Anybody using a design program for landscapes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-design-program-for-landscapes/346117>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-design-program-for-landscapes/346117 "2006-02-25T23:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-design-program-for-landscapes/346117/1 "2006-02-25T23:19:51Z")

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I need to get a design program for my computer for designing landscapes, and I figured I would get some advice from this well-educated bunch. It doesn’t matter to me if it runs on pc or mac, as long as I can use it to design yards just like I would with paper, pencil, scale rulers and t-square. Actually, I want it to design yards _better_ than paper and pencil - I’m tired of erasing. 😃

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-design-program-for-landscapes/346117/2 "2006-02-26T00:22:25Z")

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[LANDCADD, by Eagle Point, is good](http://www.eaglepoint.com/landscape/)

but requires a bit of familiarity with typical computer-aided design software handling