Getting Started

The links flowing from this page are designed to assist new users learn landscape design software quickly and easily. Linked pages are organized according to skill level and category of need. For example, if you are a an experienced landscape contractor and want to add design skills to your business, we have modules focused on just that.

All materials are easy to follow and do not require a lot of reading as they feature lots of embedded ‘how to’ movies. These are based on real world landscape examples. The movies can greatly assist in coming up to speed with learning to use landscape design software.

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Both metric and Imperial (USA) learning modules are available. The principles are the same in both environments.

Now might be a good time to subscribe to our YouTube channel. There you will find hundreds of small movies that discuss many aspects of learning landscape software. These helpful movies are all indexed so searches such as “beginner” or “how to print” or “how to draw a line’ are all possible.

Download gCADPlus. It is free to try and can be used to follow along in these learning materials.

Tip

Although focused on our own low-cost professional landscape design software (gCADPlus), we have found that our learning materials can be helpful for those who want to learn landscape design software using AutoCAD.