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I don't disagree that Dynascape is a good choice for someone who has not had a rigorous training in Autocad. ProLandscape seems to be really good as well, although I know less about that one.
I stand by my assessment that a very well trained and experienced autocad user will be slowed down by Dynascape.
It is also a complete misunderstanding to think that autocad is an easy program to learn. Sure, it is easy to draw a line or a circle. There are over 500 commands and countless variables that can be set on top of those. I've been forced to deal with a lot of the commands and variables because of the various offices I have worked in and what other design professionals have intrduced into the mix with joint projects. I am by no means close to understanding everything about the program, but I thought I knew a lot when I got out of school. They had great classes, but we barely scratched the surface. It is an incredibly complex program.
Autocad does play well with others as was mentioned. But, it is very easy to get tripped up if you have to work with others because their drawings are likely to have ben drafted with other variables that you might have a really hard time dealing with. It can be a real pain in the butt especially if you don't have a bunch of other experienced users in your office to get you through it.
All that I'm saying is that the best program is the one that matches your experience, your skill set, who else you may need to exchange files with (or not), and your budget.
I think that Dynascape or ProLandscape are going to be best for most design/build landscape companies.
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