Since this was only pre-order, I took the time to deal with the products in the network and to look at in the library or the older versions of Franzis SW. Works has little, the programs are not intuitive. Very well, I could deal with the Garden Planner, the trial is sufficient to quickly create a design, the program offers but does not have the 3D mode.
When the SW has arrived, I first read through the thick manual and I recommend it to anyone buyers since the operation of the program is also here not really intuitive, functions are hidden under tiny little arrows and the like, but you one by reading the manual gets impression of what is possible and accordingly targeted embark on the search for the function. Is that equal attention to shortcuts (eg Alt-2 for the Encyclopedia) is also useful for the working speed.
Inserting objects is relatively easy, after reading the manual you also know how this must look, "males", so you rotate, move or change the size and the 3D view funktioniet also very good, you get a good impression of the final (which I do not use the Mode with glasses). Working with a photo template I have not tried. The camera control is difficult with the mouse, I have not managed so far to maintain the position that I want. Unfortunately I have not found a static camera, but maybe there it anyway.
The Garden (Austria) Most plants I could find with the copy function in the encyclopedia, it is an easy matter to the purchase of new plants to create it from an existing plant with a few modifications.
In design you can hide or show various details (objects, houses, flowers, trees ...), but trees and shrubs are always hidden simultaneously. This means that all the shrubs, which are under the big trees you (roses, for example, soft fruit, Mahonien, ..) can not be edited, because they can be clicked once placed not more, when they were planted under the crown of the tree ,
In my first draft, I have laid the grass after the ways and no longer so managed to address the way or be seen. However, as one reviewer a Vorversoin said there somewhere the ability to edit levels, I hope this feature can also be found here. the second design I've discovered the lawn as a design background, therefore, does not arise the problem.
Planting calendars, ebooks or the resource manager (the promising sounds) I have not used, because in my garden design is paramount. The garden in the changing seasons, the growth or observation but also the ability to query the Sun I consider useful functions.
All in all, the service a bit bumpy, although the product is the best for me in the market, with a little initial effort you get a realistic view of the garden.