Computer Aided Analysis & Design

Computer Aided

Analysis & Design

There is much to be said for a beautifully hand- rendered drawing, and there are many among us who'd rather go back to the days when that was the only means of conveying a design concept.

However, after the fiftieth project change, and the edit of eighteen drawings that are affected by that one change, CAD looks really attractive, and is definitely the wave of the future.

The market is flooded with CAD software for every application, and the software becomes more user-friendly with each new release, but not everyone has the time, inclination, or resources to make use of it.

YLD can match the right software to the application, and use it skillfully and precisely for a competitively-priced and competent design.

Golf Course Architect, John F. Yuhas, uses CAD to scan USGS Topo (or LIDAR Topo data, or Engineer confirmed topo data); and LandSat images or Aerial photos (usually in hi-resolution TIFF-quality format); Geologic data; Hydrologic data; Soils data; Vegetation data; Wetlands data; Animal Habitat data; Historical data; Archaeological data; any relevant GIS data; and then inserts, layers, edits and adjusts or corrects, and then designs on top of, various layers of data to propose Fairway Routing Concepts, then Preliminary Plans, and Final Site Plans for new Golf Courses. In the near future, examples of this process will be shown.

Any or all of the layers of data are always at the designer's disposal, and can be turned on or off at will. As the design progresses, and becomes more finalized and complex, the designer can decide what information he wants to convey, and what data is irrelevant to the presentation. The designer has more flexibility and control over his data, the design process, and the resultant design.