Course Description
Builds on basic digital graphics fundamentals, streamlining techniques, and workflows to gain a thorough understanding of when and why certain programs are used. Analog and digital methods are explored as complements to one another, with a digital emphasis on integrated CAD, GIS, Adobe Creative Suite, and Sketchup workflows.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students are expected to research digital workflows,
either expanding on a current digital workflow covered in the
course or identifying a new digital workflow used by landscape
architects and design professionals, and prepare a lab on this
workflow with step-by-step instructions and software
screenshots. Graduate students will then be required to
present this lab to the class.
Additionally, graduate students are required to organize and
lead small group discussion sessions throughout the semester.
These topic-specific sessions will focus on workflows
discussed in class. The graduate students will be required to
take notes during each session to be distributed to the class.
Athena Title
Digital Workflows
Prerequisite
LAND 2220
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students shall develop an understanding of the currently available software critical to design and production in the landscape architecture profession. 2. Students shall develop skills to integrate different analog and digital techniques into efficient and seamless workflows. 3. Students shall learn when, why, and how to select and implement certain workflows and learn the individual components that comprise the chosen workflow.
Topical Outline
• Introduction/Software Overview • File Management Overview and Strategies + Basic GIS Introduction • ACAD Basics • Adobe CS Basics and SketchUp Basics • Workflow: ACAD to Photoshop/ACAD to SketchUp • Workflow: ACAD to SketchUp to Photoshop • Workflow: GIS to CAD/CAD to GIS • Workflow: CAD to Illustrator/GIS to Illustrator • Workflow: Photoshop to Illustrator • Diagrammatic Works in Illustrator • ACAD Extensions (LandFX) • InDesign Basics • Advanced Workflow 1 (diagramming, context/site orientation - CAD, GIS, GoogleEarth, AI) • Advanced Workflow 2 (rendered site plan - CAD to PSD to AI) • Advanced Workflow 3 (3D rendering - CAD to SKP (GoogleEarth) to PSD to AI)