My brother wanted me to look at some 3d landscaping software for him to do mockups for clients. There are no landscapers in the Eagle River area that do mockups on a computer as far as I know. They usually draw it up on paper. Which is cumbersome, slow, and not easily changed. We were going to try a landscape software that you would typically buy from Wal-Mart but I looked around on the internet first and ran into the free Google Sketchup software. After fooling around for a few hours with the tools and watching some of the video tutorials, my bro and I made a mockup for a job he is bidding in about an hour. I am impressed with how easy the program is to use and there are a lot more features I have yet to discover. There is also a 3d warehouse where models like trees and rocks can be downloaded for free. There didn’t seem to be a very large library though, but it still works.

I did this little mockup for some future landscaping that my bro and I want to do on our own house. This program is quick, easy, and fun to use.

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