What’s new in Lands Design

    Lands Design 6.3 (May 2025)

    • RhinoLands Interface
      • Fixed default panels not opening or not docking as intended in Rhino 8
        • On first run
        • When user clicks on “Reset Window Layout”
    • Windows
      • Slight appearance improvements on Windows 11
        Fixed error that prevented Lands from loading on N versions of Windows 11/10
    • TwinMotion
      • Very detailed plants can now be generated when user click on Synchronize button in recent TwinMotion versions
    • Plant library
      • 17 new realistic plant files to replace old versions with significant improvements
    • Error fixes
      • Terrain path not properly modeled when document units were very small (mm)
      • Animations not working when camera path was a polycurve
      • Minor error fixes in Ramp object
    • Notes
      • Supported Rhino versions
        • Rhino 8 SR18 or later, and
        • Rhino 7 SR33 or later
      • Supported AutoCAD versions
        • AutoCAD 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021

      Lands Design 6.2 (December 2024)

      • Terrain Object
        • Path
          • Enhanced slope control with multiple methods:
            • Curve elevation
            • Terrain elevation
            • Curve start-end elevation
            • Start-end terrain elevation
            • Constant grade
            • Per-segment grade
          • New option to specify a maximum grade
          • Added justification option for improved alignment
        • Earthmoving
          • You can now switch between cut only, fill only, or cut & fill modes for any operation at any moment
          • Cut and fill angles can now be defined separately
          • Angles can be specified in degrees, as a percentage, or using a rise-over-run ratio
          • Added an option to limit the extent of cut and fill operations
        • Elevation Data
          • Added sampling options for finer control over curve-to-point conversion for triangulation:
            • Specify maximum sample interval
            • Specify maximum deviation
          • Added the ability to extract the resulting triangulation mesh
        • Improved Input Data Editing
          • Input Data objects are now accessible through the Edit Panel selection tree as child elements of the Terrain object, each with its own property tabs
          • The Input Data tab has been removed from the Terrain object
          • You can now assign names to all types of input data (elevation data, earthmovings, boundaries, divisions, etc.)
          • Added an option to temporarily disable any input data for later use
          • Added the ability to extract the curve from any single input data
        • Base box
          • New option to show/hide the bottom cap
      • Earth Importer
        • Roads are now joined and trimmed automatically
      • Animation
        • Animations are now saved as MP4 files encoded with H264 standard
      • IFC Support
        • Added support for IFC 4
      • Other Improvements
        • It is now possible to add elevation data to a Terrain imported from Earth or DEM files
        • Ramp and Path objects are now taken into account when elevating to terrain
        • You can now edit the names of objects tagged as terrain or plant
        • Lands now remembers the Plant Label properties when inserting multiple labels
        • Break lines can now be inserted in the Plant Database fields
        • The units in the Terrain List are now updated when the model units change
      • Error Fixes
        • Slope object was showing the rise-over-length percentage rather than the rise-over-run
        • Shrub, Groundcover and Topiary 2D display could fail to fill the hatch
        • Default species initials were including the ” x ” part of hybrid species scientific name
        • Level Mark object displayed two negative signs for negative level values
        • Superhatch object wasn’t working properly
        • Sidebar could not appear in some cases when using the RhinoLands user interface
      • Notes
        • Supported Rhino versions
          • Rhino 8 SR11 or later, and
          • Rhino 7 SR33 or later
        • Supported AutoCAD versions
          • AutoCAD 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021

             

        Lands Design 6.1 (July 2024)

        • Lands Design 6 for AutoCAD
        • Improvements
          • Take species flowering color into account when assigning the default crown file
          • Take CPlane orientation into account when inserting Lands objects (lists, labels, plant photos…)
          • Better highlight in viewport of curves selected from terrain Input Data properties tab
          • Interface
            • New buttons in RhinoLands Visualization tab to set the view aligned to CPlane
            • New buttons in RhinoLands sidebar to add/remove control points
            • Added 2D/3D buttons to Lands Design 6 toolbar
          • New desktop icon Lands Design 6 to launch it as a plugin on AutoCAD or Rhino, in addition to the RhinoLands desktop icon to use the RhinoLands interface
        • Error fixes
          • IFC import/export not working in Rhino 8
          • Grasshopper bake not working on Lands objects
          • Japanese translation of RhinoLands ribbon not properly loaded
          • laDeploy command not properly working
          • Default terrain contour line colors not properly set
          • Several errors in level mark object
        • Notes
          • Supported Rhino versions
            • Rhino 8 SR7 or later, and
            • Rhino 7 SR33 or later
          • Supported AutoCAD versions
            • AutoCAD 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021