Grading A,B,C for Landscape Architects

We provide lots of tools for landscape architects to streamline their grading plan workflows, but what if you're new to grading in general? Follow along as we cover the basics of simple landscape grading, presented by our in-house landscape architect Amanda Berry. She’ll cover some simple concepts like calculating slope and interpolating contours, and show you how to use our easy grading tools in a real plan.

[@skisikivou4691]

Appreciate the Presentation. Just a thought, any chance of getting a Glosary of terms used,please. Thanks

[@Landfx]

I can make a note to include a glossary slide when I re-do/update this webinar in the future. In the meantime, are there any terms in particular that I can explain here in the comments?

[@akki54000]

Hi, is there a way to add 'a table of Abbreviations' used for spot elevation??

[@Landfx]

Yes, you can run a grading schedule from the grading manager (grading section, not Northing/Easting section), and edit the information for what each abbreviation means there. Here's a documentation page on the grading manager: www.landfx.com/docs/site-hardscape-design/grading-tools/item/163-grading.html#generating_a_grading_schedule

[@akki54000]

@@Landfx thanks for the reply, will surely try this
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[@akki54000]

@@Landfx
Had an AcRxClassName or Error
after fixing it, now I can place an edited schedule for grading.. thanks

[@akki54000]

One Issue: Why can't we put spot elevation tags in "feet-inches format"??

[@Landfx]

That would typically make for an extremely long spot elevation callout, especially once you start getting into fractions of inches. It's not an option right now because it's not a typically used standard for imperial drawings, from our experience working with thousands of design offices. If you'd like to share a link to a local standard where architectural inches spot elevations are required, we'd be happy to have a look and consider it for our wishlist. Send in a ticket to reach our tech support and wishlist staff directly: www.landfx.com/kb/admin-issues/info/item/125-submit-ticket.html

[@ArtisanGroupInc]

in watching your video at 14 minutes in you describe the slope of the example to 5:1 and it's actually 5:2. Just don't want to confuse anyone.

[@amandamarin4120]

You're right! Classic case of the the bolded text on the page being the most likely to have a typo. I'll look to see if we can correct the recording. Good eye. Ideally, I'd probably display that as 2.5:1, so it's easier to compare to the commonly known 3:1 slope.

[@JorgeHernandez-og4oj]

thank you
refreshment

[@zayedzeadat1107]

Hi Amanda, is there a way to send us the presentation slides?

[@Landfx]

Zayed, Amanda is reaching out to you directly about this.