UVISION® 3D
LANDSCAPE CREATOR
UVISION® 3D
LANDSCAPE CREATOR
Uvision 3D Landscape Creator Tutorials
Getting Started
—Getting Started—
Creating Your First Landscape
How to use the Landscape Wizard to build your first landscape.
Creating Your First Landscape
How to use the Landscape Wizard to build your first landscape.
Adjusting the View
Learn how to adjust your viewpoint in the Plan View or the Perspective view.
Adjusting the View
Learn how to adjust your viewpoint in the Plan View or the Perspective view.
The Realtime Walkthrough
Walk through your landscape designs in realtime 3D.
The Realtime Walkthrough
Walk through your landscape designs in realtime 3D.
Designing Over a Photo
View tutorials on designing your landscape over a photo.
Designing Over a Photo
View tutorials on designing your landscape over a photo.
Adding Objects
—Adding Objects—
Adding Plants
How to add plants to your landscape design.
Adding Plants
How to add plants to your landscape design.
Adding Objects
How to add objects to your landscape design.
Adding Objects
How to add objects to your landscape design.
Adding Pictures
Add pictures of animals, statuary, rockery, and other objects.
Adding Pictures
Add pictures of animals, statuary, rockery, and other objects.
Adding Accessories
Decorate your landscape design with lawn furniture, outdoor kitchens, playsets, roads, and more.
Adding Accessories
Decorate your landscape design with lawn furniture, outdoor kitchens, playsets, roads, and more.
Editing Objects and Materials
—Editing Objects and Materials—
Editing Objects
Links to instructions for various ways to edit your objects.
Editing Objects
Links to instructions for various ways to edit your objects.
Editing Points
Methods for editing the shapes of your objects.
Editing Points
Methods for editing the shapes of your objects.
Editing Materials
How to customize the appearance of the objects in your design.
Editing Materials
How to customize the appearance of the objects in your design.
Editing Pictures
How to start the Realtime Picture Editor for editing plants and other pictures.
Editing Pictures
How to start the Realtime Picture Editor for editing plants and other pictures.
Houses, Decks, Fences, and Lighting
—Houses, Decks, Fences, and Lighting—
House Wizard
Add a pre-designed house using the wizard.
House Wizard
Add a pre-designed house using the wizard.
House Design
How to design a house from scratch using the 3D House tool.
House Design
How to design a house from scratch using the 3D House tool.
Deck Wizard
Add a pre-designed deck using the wizard.
Deck Wizard
Add a pre-designed deck using the wizard.
Deck Design
How to create a deck using the 3D Deck tool.
Deck Design
How to create a deck using the 3D Deck tool.
Fence Design
How to create a fence using the 3D Fence tool.
Fence Design
How to create a fence using the 3D Fence tool.
Landscape Lighting
Add traditional landscape lights, flaming torches, and Japanese lanterns to your design.
Landscape Lighting
Add traditional landscape lights, flaming torches, and Japanese lanterns to your design.
Water Features
—Water Features—
Swimming Pool Wizard
Add a pre-designed swimming pool using the wizard.
Swimming Pool Wizard
Add a pre-designed swimming pool using the wizard.
Swimming Pool Design
Create a realistic swimming pool or spa using the 3D Swimming Pool tool.
Swimming Pool Design
Create a realistic swimming pool or spa using the 3D Swimming Pool tool.
Pond Wizard
Add a pre-designed pond using the wizard.
Pond Wizard
Add a pre-designed pond using the wizard.
Pond Design
Design your own pond and water garden using the 3D Pond tool.
Pond Design
Design your own pond and water garden using the 3D Pond tool.
Adding a Fountain
How to add a fountain to a design.
Adding a Fountain
How to add a fountain to a design.
Irrigation Design
Add sprinklers, sprinkler lines, and irrigation symbols.
Irrigation Design
Add sprinklers, sprinkler lines, and irrigation symbols.
Terrain and Lot Size
—Terrain and Lot Size—
Adding Slopes
How to add slopes/grades to your design.
Adding Slopes
How to add slopes/grades to your design.
Adding Height Grids
How to use a Height Grid to add hills and uneven terrain.
Adding Height Grids
How to use a Height Grid to add hills and uneven terrain.
Adding Area Graders
Add Area Graders to flatten, raise, or lower parts of the design.
Adding Area Graders
Add Area Graders to flatten, raise, or lower parts of the design.
Adding Path Graders
Add Path Graders to flatten, raise, or lower parts of the design along a path.
Adding Path Graders
Add Path Graders to flatten, raise, or lower parts of the design along a path.
Adding Contour Lines
How to use Contour Lines to define terrain elevations. You can also use these to quickly create terraces.
Adding Contour Lines
How to use Contour Lines to define terrain elevations. You can also use these to quickly create terraces.
Setting the Lot Size
How to set the lot size (the size of your design), as well as the print scale (a print scale is optional).
Setting the Lot Size
How to set the lot size (the size of your design), as well as the print scale (a print scale is optional).
Plan Detail
—Plan Detail—
Adding Plan Detail
Learn how to add Plan Detail to create designs that look hand-drawn, black and white, or like traditional CAD.
Adding Plan Detail
Learn how to add Plan Detail to create designs that look hand-drawn, black and white, or like traditional CAD.
Adding 3D Labels
How to add a 3D label to the Plan View of your design.
Adding 3D Labels
How to add a 3D label to the Plan View of your design.
Adding a Plant Legend
Add an automatic Plant Legend to the Plan View of your design.
Adding a Plant Legend
Add an automatic Plant Legend to the Plan View of your design.
Adding Embedded Objects
Embed objects directly into the Plan View, such as Excel documents, AutoCad drawings, and Word files.
Adding Embedded Objects
Embed objects directly into the Plan View, such as Excel documents, AutoCad drawings, and Word files.
Customization
—Customization—
Company Logo
Promote your landscape design business with your company logo.
Company Logo
Promote your landscape design business with your company logo.
Copying Landscapes to Another Computer
Use the “Archive” command to copy landscapes containing custom data to another computer.
Copying Landscapes to Another Computer
Use the “Archive” command to copy landscapes containing custom data to another computer.
Importing SketchUp and 3DS Models
Download models from the Google 3D Warehouse and import them using the Model Import Wizard.
Importing SketchUp and 3DS Models
Download models from the Google 3D Warehouse and import them using the Model Import Wizard.
Importing Pictures
Import pictures of plants and other objects using the Picture Import Wizard.
Importing Pictures
Import pictures of plants and other objects using the Picture Import Wizard.
Using Metric
Switch from English to Metric for all distance measurements.
Using Metric
Switch from English to Metric for all distance measurements.
Emailing a Design
How to save the Plan View as a picture file that can be e-mailed.
Emailing a Design
How to save the Plan View as a picture file that can be e-mailed.
Using Page Setup and Printing
Learn how to use the Page Setup settings and how it affects printing.
Using Page Setup and Printing
Learn how to use the Page Setup settings and how it affects printing.