Landscape Wizard

The Landscape Wizard is a great way to get ideas for landscape designs and to understand how the different tools work. The objects added through the landscape wizard include a pond, a fence, and a house with a deck. The pond and fence are optional.

Note: The Landscape Wizard is a great way to get ideas for landscape designs and to understand how the different object tools work. However, when designing your landscape, you will probably find it easier to design each major object from the ground up. For information, see Adding Objects.

To use the landscape wizard:

1. Unlike the other wizards, the Landscape Wizard will delete your existing landscape in order to generate a new design. Because of this, be sure to save your current landscape by clicking File and Save.

2. From the Tools menu, click Landscape Wizard.

3. Click Next.

4. Select the desired width and length of your lot, which determines the dimensions of a fence that will be automatically placed around your property, and then click Next.

5. Click the picture of the house that appears, select the sample house that you would like to use, and then click Next.

6. Pro, Architect: Click the picture of the pond that appears, select the sample pond you would like to use, and then click Next. If you do not want to add a pond, click the Do not add a pond checkbox.

7. Click the picture of the fence that appears, select the fence style you would like to use, and then click Next. If you do not want to add a fence, click the Do not add a fence checkbox.

8. On the graphic that appears, move each landscape element to the desired position by clicking and holding the left mouse button and moving the mouse. When finished, click Next.

9. Click Finish to create your landscape.

Your landscape is now ready for editing. New landscaping objects can be added, and existing objects can be edited. Switch between the Plan view and the Perspective view to see your landscape from different viewpoints, or enter the Realtime Walkthrough to walk through your landscape realistically.

Note: The Landscape Wizard allows you to quickly design a landscape using pre-built objects. The landscape that is created using the wizard can be a great learning tool, but is not meant to closely match your design ideas. For a custom design, click File and New, or select Start a New Landscape from the Welcome Menu. Next, add your objects as needed, designing them exactly as you envision them.

After using the Landscape Wizard, we recommend you review the following topics to become more familiar with Realtime Landscaping’s features:

Adjusting the View
Adding Objects
Editing Objects
Editing Points
Adding a Lot Boundary

The following landscape was designed using Realtime Landscaping Architect:

Tips:

• You can switch between English and Metric measurements at any time. To access this option, click Settings and Program Settings. For more information, see Using Metric.

• When designing your landscape using the Landscape Wizard, as in the steps above, your landscape is limited to a maximum lot size of 500’ x 500’. However, when the wizard finishes, you can increase the lot size by clicking File and Page Setup.

• The pre-built house and pond added by the wizard are grouped by default, but can be ungrouped to become fully editable.

• Pre-built houses can be added separately using the House Wizard.

• In Pro and Architect, pre-built ponds can be added separately using the Pond Wizard.

• The fence that the wizard adds around the perimeter of your lot is rectangular by default, but can be changed to any size and shape after the wizard is completed.

• To create a new fence, use the Fence and Gate tools.