The survey will help identify the best design practices developed by landscape architects. The main purpose of the survey is to indicate which software is recommended by design companies as part of their activities. Also, what are the pros and cons of the used software. This will allow the market and new employees to adapt to the best standards. The collected survey results will be made available to all participants in the form of a report on Facebook groups devoted to landscape architecture and on our website. The survey is completely anonymous - also IP addresses are not saved. Basic information Do you require specialized licenses or studies to design green areas in your country? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - write what type of permissions are required? What green areas do you design? Private gardens Housing estate greenery Boulevards, promenades Squares Parks Other Add the designed green spaces after the decimal Do you participate in tenders for green area projects? Yes No Other Provide additional information What was the smallest and largest green area you designed? Please enter a range, e.g. 30-4000 m2. Do you carry out an inventory of the area and the existing greenery yourself? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you use specialized software during the inventory of greenery? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - What software do you use to greenery inventory? Treeplotter R3 TREES Arbomap tMap WAMPER Other Provide additional information How long does it take you to inventory the area with greenery - site visit + graphic design with a table? (e.g. 8h + 12h) Do you use a previously prepared questionnaire when working with the client to determine the general nature of the garden or green area? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you define the budget limit of the garden in the survey? Yes No Other Provide additional information Is the first concept drawn by hand or directly in a computer program? Hand drawn concept The concept is executed in a computer program Combined technique - scanned hand drawing and completed in a computer program Other Provide additional information How long does it take you to create a garden concept? When designing greenery, do you follow the analysis of the availability of plants in plant nurseries? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you do soil analysis prior to design? Yes No Other Provide additional information Which elements / charts does your project contain? CAD software Do you use CAD software for your design? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - What software do you use for designing? AutoCAD AutoCAD LT ZWCAD GStarCad Vectorworks Landmark IntelliCAD BricsCAD DraftSight FreeCAD NanoCAD TrueCAD ProgeCAD ArCADia Realtime Landscaping Other Provide additional information Do you use dedicated software addons for greenery design? LandFX(Autocad) Landscape architecture (ArCADia) Other Provide additional information What do you miss the most in the software you are using? (e.g. no possibility of automatic plant counting, no export of the list of plants to the table) Have you used other CAD software and encountered problems with it (e.g. slow working with large files)? How long does it take you to prepare a green design (a board with an arrangement of plants with markings + a table with a list of species and their number)? How do you work with PDF files? PDF files imported into the CAD program as an underlay PDF files converted to a raster file (e.g. tiff, jpg) and then imported as a base to the CAD program Other Provide additional information How are designed trees and shrubs drawn in the CAD program? Trees, shrubs drawn with the circle tool. Trees, shrubs designed with the help of prepared cad blocks. A different way of designing Please write how trees and shrubs are designed in the CAD program. How are the designed perennials and ground cover plants drawn in the CAD program? Perennials, ground cover plants drawn with the circle tool. Perennials, ground cover plants designed with prepared blocks. Perennials, ground cover plants drawn with the cloud tool. Perennials, ground cover plants drawn in a hatched field. A different way of designing Please write how perennials and ground cover plants are designed in the CAD program. How are the designed plants on the project marked? A. Sequential number from the table | The number of plants planted in a given place B. Plant code | The number of plants planted in a given place C. Name of the plant (common or Latin) | The number of plants planted in a given place Another way of marking Please write how the designed plants are marked. Visualizations Do you make visualizations yourself or do you outsource it to an external company? Self-made visualizations Visualizations commissioned to an external company Other Provide additional information If you make visualizations yourself, in what software? SketchUp Blender 3ds Max Photoshop Lumion Twinmotion Gardenphilia Vue Realtime Landscaping Other Provide additional information What software do you use to process graphics in the project? Adobe (np. Photoshop, Illustrator) Affinity (np. Photo, Design) Corel (NP. Draw, Painter) Other software Provide additional information How long does it take to make a visualization - independently or on request - assuming, for example, 1 to 5 shots of a garden or green area? What is the biggest problem when making visualizations? (e.g. long rendering time of a single scene, no possibility of a 3d walk) Industry projects Do you do an irrigation project? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - In what software you make irrigation project? Do you make a lighting project? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - What software is the lighting designed in? Do you make technical projects of small architecture like. gazebos, benches, playgrounds? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you make a surface design? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you indicate the use of specific materials of the designed surfaces - e.g. paving stones with the indication of the manufacturer? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you provide the layout of layers and a list of materials for terraces, paths? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you provide the need for soil delivery / removal with the balance of m3? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you make cost estimates for the green area based on the project? Yes No Other Provide additional information If YES - In which software is the cost estimate prepared? Management Do you participate in the author's supervision of the project? Yes No Other Provide additional information Do you use CRM or any other system for project management? What is the biggest challenge, problem during the design process? What is the most lacking in knowledge in newly hired employees? (e.g. lack of the ability to correctly recognize plants, ignorance of regulations regarding green areas) Save and send
