GardenCAD is
obtained by downloading it from a secure Internet site.
 Note that
you must be registered for one of our garden design courses. You will be
supplied with a user name and
password for downloading a copy.
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Click
here to play a movie which
shows how the GardenCAD program is downloaded from the Internet.
To play a movie, click on the word here above. Note that after you click on the word 'here', a
new web page will appear. You do not have to do anything while
the movie plays; just watch the screen. Controls are shown at
the bottom of the page. When you have watched the movie, click
the close button (the red cross at the top right of the screen).
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GardenCAD is downloaded from
a different (secure) web site.
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Click
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shows how to download GardenCAD from our secure web site. |
1. To get your copy, please
close this copy of your browser, temporarily exiting from
www.softwaretutor.net. have your
user name and password ready.
2. Start a new copy of your
browser and type the following (link) in the address bar:
http://www.icad.net.au/GardenCAD/GCADSetup.exe
3. It is a good idea to save
the file to a known location on your computer and then to check the file
size when the download has been completed. The size should be somewhere near
11.5Mb.
4. Double click on the
downloaded file GCADSetup.exe. This starts the installation routine.
Please note that you must
have enrolled in one of the garden design courses hosted on this www.softwaretutor.net web site.
Rather than describe in detail what
transpires as the GardenCAD program is installed, we have provided a small
movie which shows what happens when you run the GardenCAD setup program.
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Click
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shows how GardenCAD is installed. |
Note that GardenCAD install
in its own folder away from the usual Program Files folder. This is a
deliberate move on our part. The figure below shows the folder structure.
Note the Blocks folder.
Here we have collected some 60+ plant symbols for you to use. The use of
these blocks is covered in the 'Using Blocks' module.
We have provided several
sample drawings for you to experiment with. These are stored in the Jobs
folder and are shown in the figures
below. If these drawings load and display correctly, then your copy of
GardenCAD is ready for work!
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The file called
SampleCourtyard1.vec file |
Please review your knowledge of the material in this
module before progressing to the next stage. If you are taking this
course by CD-ROM based learning, click the back button on your browser. If
you are taking this course by broadband earning, click the Resources link at
the top of the page.
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