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Lane C · Landscape reader

Landscape
M Hudson’s own landscape work

Landscape CAD — 23 files, hardscape / planting / grading

Pipeline C Five output types, all current Model fingerprint 9157b4b7d506be1a

What we started fromThe source drawing

Land F/X drafting standard rather than AIA. Planting carried as blocks with species in an XML sidecar; hardscape as closed polylines.

Different problem from a house: no walls at all. The model is site surfaces and planting, so the pipeline emits slabs and planting objects instead of walls and openings.

One current example of eachOutputs

5 types
01

Structured drawing data

JSON · per sheet

What the pipeline read, before anything is built from it — walls, openings and site elements with measured coordinates, each carrying its own confidence and an honest record of whatever could not be resolved.

4
sheets read
304
site surfaces
207
plants

Sheets: CO-DG-R2.0, IPBS, MPS-R2.0, SBS

02

Editable CAD file

DXF

Opens in any CAD application with geometry on named layers — usable by the architect as readily as by us. Low-confidence items are placed on their own layer so they can be reviewed rather than trusted silently.

2,951
site regions
207
planting
0
flagged for review
Download DXF 606 KB
03

Dimensioned building model

IFC · open standard

The open industry standard, so it opens in the studio’s own 3D software with every element recognised as what it is. Rebuilding from an unchanged drawing produces a byte-for-byte identical file — which is why the fingerprint below identifies a build, not a run.

ElementCount
Site surfaces304
Site linework2,647
Planting objects207

Fingerprint 9157b4b7d506be1a

Download IFC 2.3 MB
04

Built 3D view

rendered from the model

Not a picture of the drawing — a render of the finished model’s own geometry, which is the proof that the model builds. Anything that failed to build would be missing here and counted below.

Built 3D view of the Landscape model
511
objects built
16,652
triangles
0
failed to build

304 Slab, 207 GeographicElement

05

Fidelity exhibit

single web page

Everything the pipeline read, drawn on top of the sheet and fading in and out against it. Built to show the misses as clearly as the hits — flagged items are marked rather than hidden.

Read this exhibit as a coverage map, not an overlay. It is drawn against a generated stand-in of the sheet rather than the original drawing, so it shows faithfully what the pipeline read — but it is not laid over the architect’s own linework. Only Bear’s Club is registered against a real drawing today.
3,158/3,158
elements drawn
0
flagged for review
Open full screen 1.0 MB

Pipeline CLandscape CAD → site model

All pipelines →
01 · READRead the drawingLandscape drafting uses its ownlayer standard; the reader istold that standard rather thanassuming the architectural one.02 · CHECKFind the property lineThe boundary is identifiedagainst two printed quantities— area and both lot dimensions— not one.03 · WORK OUTClose hardscape areasPaving and terrace polylinesare closed into measurablesurfaces.04 · READRead plantingEach plant symbol becomes alocated object; species namescome from the drawing’s ownplant data.05 · WORK OUTLook inside blocksContent nested inside drawingblocks is composed out to realcoordinates — a large part ofthis drawing lives there.06 · BUILDBuild the site modelSurfaces, planting and sitelinework become a model and aneditable CAD file.07 · CHECKCheck against thetake-offMeasured paving area iscompared to the quantityprinted on the drawing.