Irrigation Overview

Communicate the intent of your irrigation design clearly while maintaining your office's unique standard for equipment symbols, pipes, and callouts.

 

View our Customization Overview section: Build your office standards from the ground up, or use our customization tools to enforce your existing office standards.

 

 

Set Your Preferences:

• Irrigation Preferences: Customize your valve callouts, irrigation symbol families, pipe classes, and symbol scaling. 
  This article includes a video.
• General Preferences: Customize options such as text, line and layer colors, Dimension Styles (DimStyles), and numerical displays. 
  This article includes a video.
• Preference Set: Store and save your office standards in one central location, known as a Preference Set. Create a different Preference Set for each client, project type, region ... it's all up to you. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Customize Your Irrigation Equipment Symbols:

• Get to know our default irrigation symbols and our irrigation symbol drawing. 
  This article includes a video.
• Edit our default symbols 
  This article includes a video.
• Add your own spray symbols to our library 
  This article includes a video.
• Customize our default irrigation schedule symbols.
• Change the irrigation symbol assigned to a particular head, valve, or other piece of equipment in your project and drawing. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Customize Your Irrigation Callouts:

• Valve callouts and valve callout schedule symbols 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe labels
• Customize your callout text.

 

Customize Your Irrigation Schedules and Reports:

• Format your irrigation schedules to meet your needs. 
  This article includes a video.
• Customize your schedule text: Configure the Schedule Title and Schedule Text styles to meet your standard for schedules.
• Schedules Uppercase: Choose whether or not your schedules will appear in all uppercase (capital) letters.
• Numeric displays: Configure how numerals appear in your drawings, including choosing a currency setting for monetary amounts.

 

Customize Your Irrigation Text:

Each of our default Text Styles is customizable, allowing you to tailor it to your office standards by assigning settings such as your preferred font and point size.

• Customize our default Text Styles (Fonts), applying your standards to the following styles that apply to irrigation:
• Callout Light: Text associated with irrigation equipment symbols, detail callouts, Reference Notes (RefNotes), and RefNote callouts.
• Callout Text: Text associated with detail callouts, Reference Notes (RefNotes), and RefNote callouts.
• Callout Title: Detail numbers within detail callouts, as well as RefNote codes within RefNote callouts.
• Detail Text: Text that appears within details.
• Dimension Text: Text that appears within dimensions.
• Lateral Size: Lateral size labels.
• Mainline Size: Mainline size labels.
• Photo Label: Text within Photo Callouts.
• Plant Label: Text within plant labels.
• Schedule Text: Text (not schedule titles) within most schedules, including all Irrigation schedules and reports, as well as the Critical Analysis.
• Schedule Title: The titles of all schedules, including all Irrigation schedules and reports, as well as the Critical Analysis.
• Reload all Text Styles (REAT): Changed your Text Style standards? Use this tool to apply them instantly to your current drawing.  
  This article includes a video.

 

And Don't Forget:

• Customize your plotting styles: Ready to plot? We make it easy to achieve the exact look you want.
• Back up all your settings: Don't lose your standards. Back them up!
• Keyboard Commands: All our tools are available as keyboard commands, which you can customize to meet your needs.

 

Webinars

• Dotting Your Irrigation I's: Each client will have different styles and requirements, but the concept is the same: You should feel comfortable matching any client’s standards. We'll show you how. (1 hr 1 min)
• Implementing Your Office CAD Standards: Find out how easily you can adapt your own office standards to Land F/X – and how effectively the software will then apply them to your projects. (1 hr 2 min)
• Hatches We dive into the Land F/X hatch libraries, take a look at how Land F/X manages hatches, and show you how to integrate your own custom hatches and develop a better understanding of the inner workings of the Land F/X hatch system as a whole. (58 min)
• Making Text Work in CAD: Join us to learn the essentials of how to use letters, numbers, and other characters effectively in CAD, including how to work with Text Styles and the Text Manager. (1 hr 4 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software, including how Preference Sets work with irrigation customization. (1 hr 6 min)
• Customizing Irrigation – What You Should Know: Join us for a discussion on the "need-to-knows" of making the software work with your office standards. We'll show you the different ways you can customize, and you'll pick up some valuable tips for setting up the software to meet your office standards. (1 hr 1 min)
• Working with Blocks: We go over the role played by blocks within our software, showing the various types of blocks you have access to and how they all function. We'll also show you how to integrate your personal set of custom blocks into our system. (51 min)
• Transitioning to Land F/X: If you’re thinking about introducing Land F/X into your office, this webinar is the perfect place to start. We'll show you how to set up your first design project and how to use our software to improve your office standards. (1 hr 2 min)
• Customize for Office Color Standards: This webinar covers the necessary tools and techniques for a black belt in the art of office standards – from CTB plotting files to valuable Land F/X tools that enable instant layer color conversions and office color setup. (1 hr 2 min)
• Customizing Land F/X: Learn how to work with specific blocks, layer names, sheet protocols, and other distinct elements that make up your firm’s practices and preferences. (1 hr 3 min)
• Setting up Templates and Preferences for Repeat Clients: To save time and increase your accuracy, learn how to deliver a consistent drawing package for your repeat clients by setting up project templates and Preference Sets. (50 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Before laying out your irrigation system, you'll need to complete a few pre-design tasks.

 

 

Articles

• Starting a new project: Your first step with any site design when using Irrigation F/X. 
  This article includes a video.
• Setting the scale: Your second step with any site design when using Irrigation F/X. 
  This article includes a video.
• Drawing and sheet setup: Using multiple drawings in a sheet set? Learn the proper techniques and best practices. 
  This article includes a video.
• Clean your drawings and Xrefs to prevent drawing corruption.  
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Land F/X Admin & Setup: This webinar will show you what you need to know about Land F/X admin processes and project setup. (1 hr 1 min)
• Working With Scale: Proper scale practice is not only essential to Land F/X but to the entire fields of landscape and irrigation design. In this webinar, we do some scale troubleshooting and show you when and how to use scaling techniques such as splitting your drawing into different scales, scaling details, and changing the scale of your entire drawing. (1 hr 4 min)
• Sheet Setup: learn some basics in proper sheet setup. We'll go over cleaning your base files, as well as best practices for Xrefing, creating templates, using the Land F/X Sheet Index, and more. (1 hr 6 min)
• Metric Sheet Setup: This webinar covers the metric side of our recommended basic methods for setting up your drawing template, which will help prevent imported Xrefs from corrupting your drawing. You'll also learn how to set up your Model Space and Paper Space for proper scaling in metric units for many metric standards, as well as how to use our Sheet Index tool. (1 hr)

 

We recommend using our Schematic Irrigation tool to form an initial analysis of the required pressure and flow rates of your planned irrigation design. Note that Schematic Irrigation now shares a docked palette with our Circuiting tool. See the "What's New – Schematic Irrigation" below for a tour of our updates to Schematic Irrigation.

 

 

Articles

• Create new Schematic Irrigation types for your projects as needed. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place Schematic areas to determine your flow requirements early in the design process. 
  This article includes a video.
• Edit Schematic types as needed. 
  This article includes a video.
• Add other equipment to a Schematic drawing. 
  This article includes a video.
• Undock the Schematic Irrigation Manager from its default docked position. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software, including an overview of our Schematic Irrigation tools. (1 hr 6 min)
• Schematic Irrigation: Our Schematic Irrigation tool helps you avoid making continual changes to your irrigation design layout at an early stage. Learn which Schematic types to use in certain areas, how to adjust areas, and what tricks you can use to create a quick schematic plan. (1 hr)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools, including Schematic Irrigation. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Existing Irrigation: Learn the techniques, tools, and tricks you'll need to expand an existing system, including how to use Schematic Irrigation to determine the site's pressure and flow requirements. (56 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

The next step is to specify which types of equipment you'll use when laying out your system using our Irrigation Manager. During this step, you'll gain access to equipment and data from specific manufacturers when adding the following types of equipment to your Land F/X project.

 

The Irrigation Manager is a docked palette by default. To find out how to undock it, see our undocking the Irrigation Manager documentation.

 

And remember: You can also import irrigation equipment from a project or template you've created.

 

Sprinkler Heads

 

Sprinkler heads include spray, rotor, and rotary (aka rotator or rotating) heads.

• Add heads to a project. 
  This article includes a video.
• Add valve-in-head (VIH) rotors: These head/valve combinations require some special considerations. 
  This article includes a video.

 

 

Valves & Auxiliary Equipment

 

Valves include remote control valves and shut-off, or isolation, valves. Auxiliary equipment includes backflow devices, controllers, and other ancillary components.

• Add valves to a project. 
  This article includes a video.
• Add valve-in-head (VIH) rotors: Configure these valve/head combinations correctly. 
  This article includes a video.
• Add auxiliary equipment. 
  This article includes a video.
  , including:
• System monitors to help determine the necessary pipe sizes for future development of your irrigation system.
• Pipe caps for adding to existing irrigation systems. 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe caps for future expansion of irrigation systems. 
  This article includes a video.

 

 

Drip Equipment

 

Drip equipment includes single emitters, dripline, and areas for emitters and dripline represented by hatches.

• Add drip equipment. 
  This article includes a video.
• Our drip irrigation design and graphic conventions: We had to make some design decisions when creating our drip system. Find out what we did and why. 
  This article includes a video.
• Drip Ring Builder:When trying to come up with a drip ring setup, you'd previously add a custom drip emitter, add your total flow you wanted to account for, and place the drip ring in your plan with a symbol that represented rings. We've improved the calculation and options of this workflow by creating a Drip Ring Builder.

 

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Designing with Drip: Learn to use drip irrigation, from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area all the way to zoning and piping. (1 hr 3 min)
• Drip Irrigation Selection: Shelly Walker of GPH Irrigation goes over some applications that will help make your projects as efficient and environmentally responsible as possible. (50 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software, including how to add drip, sprays, and rotors to a project. (1 hr 6 min)
• How The Manufacturer Connection Works: The Manufacturer Connection is the relationship between the designer and manufacturer that Land F/X has used to separate ourselves from other design software programs. Learn how it helps you spec equipment for irrigation designs. (53 min)
• Designing With Soil Moisture Sensors: Presented by Tyson Carroll of Wood Architecture, this webinar goes over the benefits of soil moisture sensors and shows you how achieve the best possible results. We'll also provide some design theory and pass on a few tricks of the trade learned through dozens of design/build installations. (47 min)
• Existing Irrigation: Learn the techniques, tools, and tricks you'll need to expand an existing system, including how to use a pipe cap to account for existing flow. (56 min)
• Drip Irrigation: We’ll go through the entire process – from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area to zoning and piping. (1 hr 5 min)
• Integrating Master Valves Into Your Design: With a focus on master valves, Dick Greenland from Buckner-Superior discusses how valves work, what pressure loss and flow considerations you need to keep in mind, and how to select a valve for a variety of design needs. (31 min)
• Efficient Irrigation for Small Spaces: Chris Roesink from Hunter takes you through the challenges of and solutions to irrigating in restricted areas. (1 hr 8 min)
• Golf Course Irrigation: We'll demonstrate some of the great tools Irrigation F/X offers to help ensure proper mainline sizing and scheduling. We'll also discuss the use of using flow zones, shut-off valves, and valve-in-head rotors. (1 hr 4 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Specify your system design's water source and piping options using the following Irrigation tools:

 

 

Articles

• Source Data to configure your water source and place it in your drawing 
  This article includes a video.
• Multiple water sources: Need to account for multiple water sources or points of connection (POCs)? Here's how.
• Pipe Data to determine the types of pipe you will use in your project, as well as set any design requirements for pipe size calculation.  
  This article includes a video.
• Use multiple pipe classes: Spec up to 9 classes for lateral pipe, and 6 classes for mainline in each project. Our pipe sizing tools will automatically assign the correct classes to the correct sizes.  
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Understanding Pressure and Flow: Learn the differences between static and dynamic pressure, how specific equipment types affect that pressure, how flow affects pipe sizing, and what to consider when dealing with pressure issues both before and after installation. (1 hr 4 min)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Existing Irrigation: Learn the techniques, tools, and tricks you'll need to expand an existing system, including how to create a custom point of connection (POC). (56 min)
• Irrigation Tips & Tricks: We'll show you some advanced tools you may or may not know about. You'll also learn techniques and best practices that will help speed up your workflow. (1 hr 3 min)
• Understanding Pressure Regulation: Kelsey Jacquard with Hunter Industries gives us an in-depth look at pressure regulation and why it should be considered for your designs. We cover pressure regulation devices, how they work, and how and when they should be used. (51 min)
• Efficient Irrigation for Small Spaces: Chris Roesink from Hunter takes you through the challenges of and solutions to irrigating in restricted areas. (1 hr 8 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Irrigation Manager: Place equipment in your design directly from your inventory.

 

 

Articles

• Place heads throughout your site
  This article includes a video.
• Lay out heads more quickly by following a path or array. Tools include:
  • Copy heads along a line. 
    This article includes a video.
  • Copy heads along a polyline. 
    This article includes a video.
  • Square/rectangular or triangular array. 
    This article includes a video.
  • Xhair Angle: "Snap" an array of heads to a specific crosshair angle in your design. 
    This article includes a video.
• Drive game: Get on-the-road training on our keyboard commands for placing and copying heads by playing this fun game from within any DWG drawing.
• Place valves. 
  This article includes a video.
• Call out valves. Our valve callouts include the valve number, sizes, and several other possible attributes. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place auxiliary equipment. 
  This article includes a video.
  , including:
• System monitors to help determine the necessary pipe sizes for future development of your irrigation system.
• Pipe caps for adding to existing irrigation systems. 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe caps for future expansion of irrigation systems. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place drip emitters. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place Areas for Drip Emitters (Drip Emitter Areas) or Drip Spray. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place Areas for Dripline (Dripline Areas). 
  This article includes a video.
• Place drip equipment (auxiliary equipment). 
  This article includes a video.
• Change the irrigation symbol assigned to a particular head, valve, or other piece of equipment in your project and drawing. 
  This article includes a video.
• Redefine Block: Does an irrigation symbol or Valve Callout not look quite right after you place it? Is the color or linework off, for example? That block's source file may have been customized, but the block is still defined as its old version in your drawing. Use this tool to transform the symbol or callout to the correct saved version.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software. You'll also learn the essentials of placing equipment such as drip, sprays, and rotors. (1 hr 6 min)
• Start to Finish Basics of Irrigation Design: This webinar will help give you an understanding of how to specify the proper equipment, talk about important concepts of irrigation design, and create a complete irrigation plan from start to finish. (1 hr 31 min)
• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Designing with Drip: Learn to use drip irrigation, from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area all the way to zoning and piping. (1 hr 3 min)
• Irrigation Tips & Tricks: We'll show you some advanced tools you may or may not know about. You'll also learn techniques and best practices that will help speed up your workflow. (1 hr 3 min)
• Existing Irrigation: Learn the techniques, tools, and tricks you'll need to expand an existing system, including how to use a pipe cap to account for existing flow and add new valves to an existing mainline. (56 min)
• Drip Irrigation: We’ll go through the entire process – from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area to zoning and piping. (1 hr 5 min)
• Golf Course Irrigation: We'll demonstrate some of the great tools Irrigation F/X offers to help ensure proper mainline sizing and scheduling. We'll also discuss the use of using flow zones, shut-off valves, and valve-in-head rotors. (1 hr 4 min)
• Digital Irrigation Heads: IrriGreen CEO Shane Dyer shows you how digital heads function, which landscape areas to incorporate them into, how they can be programmed to spray complex shapes, and why they reduce water consumption. (1 hr 7 min)
• Connecting Flow Sensors in Complex Situations: Norm Bartlett from Creative Sensor Technology (CST) reviews common connection problems, such as sharing a flow sensor between multiple controllers, measuring flow in systems with multiple POCs, and connecting new flow sensors and master valves without disrupting existing landscape or hardscapes. (1 hr 1 min)
• Integrating Master Valves Into Your Design: With a focus on master valves, Dick Greenland from Buckner-Superior discusses how valves work, what pressure loss and flow considerations you need to keep in mind, and how to select a valve for a variety of design needs. (31 min)
• Efficient Irrigation for Small Spaces: Chris Roesink from Hunter takes you through the challenges of and solutions to irrigating in restricted areas. (1 hr 8 min)
• How Pressure Data Evolves Flow Management: Learn all about the relationship between pressure in a mainline and how changes in PSI can influence downstream flow rates. Presented by Bob Beers (and Chris Wright) of Baseline, this webinar reviews several solutions to for capturing PSI readings within a hydraulic structure. (47 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

With your heads placed, you can now get an accurate flow total for the project and make a more realistic source determination. You'll group your heads into zones to represent which parts of your system each valve will operate. You'll also test the sprinkler head coverage throughout your system design using our Uniformity tool.

 

 

Articles

• Circuiting tool: Quickly group heads in your system design and Compile instant flow totals. Note that Circuiting now shares a docked palette with our Schematic Irrigation tool. 
  This article includes a video.
• Undock the Circuiting Manager from its default docked position. 
  This article includes a video.
• Flow Zones: Quickly draw areas (zones) throughout your system while assigning a maximum flow to those areas. 
  This article includes a video.
• Flow Totals: This tool tallies the cumulative flow of the heads in your drawing, categorized by type, and then performs some basic calculations based upon the flow capabilities of your project's Source Data.
• Source Data: Set a limit on the flow within a certain area of pipe before sizing the mainline. 
  This article includes a video.
• Create a new Zone and determine the gallons or liters per minute. 
  This article includes a video.
• Colorize zones and drip hatches to help identify your stations. 
  This article includes a video.
• Uniformity tool: Test your site's head layout and water distribution. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Start to Finish Basics of Irrigation Design: This webinar will help give you an understanding of how to specify the proper equipment, talk about important concepts of irrigation design, and create a complete irrigation plan from start to finish. (1 hr 31 min)
• Advanced Irrigation Troubleshooting: Learn to think like a Land F/X irrigation troubleshooter. We'll show you why your symbols don't match, why you would see the message "Error accessing equipment data" (and how to fix these issues, as well as tips on pressure losses and precip rates, pipe caps, system monitors, and flow zones. (1 hr 3 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Now it's time to lay out and size your lateral pipe. When it comes to piping and pipe sizing, Irrigation F/X is like a virtual assistant, providing instant calculations and error checking.

 

 

Articles

• Create an initial mainline layout and determine where your control valves will go. 
  This article includes a video.
• Place control valves 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe the lateral system to the control valves 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe to drip equipment: Need to pipe to some drip equipment or drip areas? Here's what to do. 
  This article includes a video.
• Use multiple pipe classes: Spec up to 9 classes for lateral pipe in each project. Our pipe sizing tools will automatically assign the correct classes to the correct sizes. 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe hops: Insert and adjust pipe hops manually as needed. 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe sleeves: Add sleeves to your lateral pipes. 
  This article includes a video.
• Error check the lateral pipe using our verification tools:
  • Highlight Station 
    This article includes a video.
  • Verify Laterals 
    This article includes a video.
• Size your lateral pipe. 
  This article includes a video.
• Deciphering & Testing the Results of Our Pipe Sizing Tools: Wondering how our pipe sizing tools calculate their results, or hesitant about the numbers that are generated when you size your pipes? Use these test to help interpret the sizing results and determine whether your pipes are being sized correctly.
• Label pipes: Lateral pipe labels appear automatically when you size your laterals. If you need to edit the pipe labels or add more, use this tool. 
  This article includes a video.
• Plotting your pipe: Ready to plot? Here's what you need to know about plotting your lateral pipe. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Understanding Pressure and Flow: Learn the differences between static and dynamic pressure, how specific equipment types affect that pressure, how flow affects pipe sizing, and what to consider when dealing with pressure issues both before and after installation. (1 hr 4 min)
• Designing with Drip: Learn to use drip irrigation, from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area all the way to zoning and piping. (1 hr 3 min)
• Start to Finish Basics of Irrigation Design: This webinar will help give you an understanding of how to specify the proper equipment, talk about important concepts of irrigation design, and create a complete irrigation plan from start to finish. (1 hr 31 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software, as well as how to draw and size pipe and check for errors. (1 hr 6 min)
• Drip Irrigation: We’ll go through the entire process – from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area to zoning and piping. (1 hr 5 min)
• Golf Course Irrigation: We'll demonstrate some of the great tools Irrigation F/X offers to help ensure proper mainline sizing and scheduling. We'll also discuss the use of using flow zones, shut-off valves, and valve-in-head rotors. (1 hr 4 min)
• Making HDPE the Best It Can Be: Gregg Sorensen of Landscape Unlimited provides insight into HDPE systems from the installation crew’s perspective. (1 hr 4 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Our software makes mainline piping just as easy as the lateral stage, providing crucial calculations and verifications. 

 

 

Articles

• Draw the mainline. 
  This article includes a video.
• Pipe hops: Insert and adjust pipe hops manually as needed. 
  This article includes a video.
• Use multiple pipe classes: Spec up to 6 classes for mainline pipe in each project. Our pipe sizing tools will automatically assign the correct classes to the correct sizes. 
  This article includes a video.
• Size your mainline pipe. 
  This article includes a video.
• Deciphering & Testing the Results of Our Pipe Sizing Tools: Wondering how our pipe sizing tools calculate their results, or hesitant about the numbers that are generated when you size your pipes? Use these test to help interpret the sizing results and determine whether your pipes are being sized correctly.
• Label pipes: Mainline pipe labels appear automatically when you size your mainline. If you need to edit the pipe labels or add more, use this tool. 
  This article includes a video.
• Add and place system monitors to help determine the necessary pipe sizes for future development of your irrigation system.
• Adjust for a variety of conditions using the following tools:
  • Source Data: Fine-tune your water source as needed. 
    This article includes a video.
  • Critical Analysis: Provide flow and pressure statistics and analysis for your irrigation design. 
    This article includes a video.
• Verify Mainline: Check your system for errors. 
  This article includes a video.
• Mainline Profile: Create a profile (elevation view) of the mainline pipe in your irrigation system from a water source to a selected point.
• Plotting your pipe: Ready to plot? Here's what you need to know about plotting your mainline pipe.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Understanding Pressure and Flow: Learn the differences between static and dynamic pressure, how specific equipment types affect that pressure, how flow affects pipe sizing, and what to consider when dealing with pressure issues both before and after installation. (1 hr 4 min)
• Start to Finish Basics of Irrigation Design: This webinar will help give you an understanding of how to specify the proper equipment, talk about important concepts of irrigation design, and create a complete irrigation plan from start to finish. (1 hr 31 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software, as well as how to draw and size pipe and check for errors. (1 hr 6 min)
• Advanced Irrigation Troubleshooting: Learn to think like a Land F/X irrigation troubleshooter. We'll show you why your symbols don't match, why you would see the message "Error accessing equipment data" (and how to fix these issues, as well as tips on pressure losses and precip rates, pipe caps, system monitors, and flow zones. (1 hr 3 min)
• Drip Irrigation: We’ll go through the entire process – from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area to zoning and piping. (1 hr 5 min)
• Golf Course Irrigation: We'll demonstrate some of the great tools Irrigation F/X offers to help ensure proper mainline sizing and scheduling. We'll also discuss the use of using flow zones, shut-off valves, and valve-in-head rotors. (1 hr 4 min)
• How Pressure Data Evolves Flow Management: Learn all about the relationship between pressure in a mainline and how changes in PSI can influence downstream flow rates. Presented by Bob Beers (and Chris Wright) of Baseline, this webinar reviews several solutions to for capturing PSI readings within a hydraulic structure. (47 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Once you've laid out and piped your system, our error checking and revision tools help you find and correct any problems with flow, pressure, and overall layout. You can also locate and switch out equipment. 

 

 

Articles

• Edit Equipment / View Data: View and edit any data attached to a selected piece of equipment. 
  This article includes a video.
• Locate Valve: Find any valve in your drawing instantly. 
  This article includes a video.
• Highlight Station: Locate an entire valve station. 
  This article includes a video.
• Change the irrigation symbol assigned to a particular head, valve, or other piece of equipment in your project and drawing. 
  This article includes a video.
• Mimic Equipment (Formerly Known as Match Properties) Grab the symbol and data assigned to one component (such as a head or valve) and then copy that component, along with all its data, into other locations in your drawing.
• Clone Equipment (Formerly Known as Match Properties) Switch out equipment in a flash. 
  This article includes a video.
• Verify Laterals: Error check your lateral pipe and heads. 
  This article includes a video.
• Verify Mainline: Error check your mainline and valves. 
  This article includes a video.
• Uniformity tool: Check the coverage of your sprinkler head layout. 
  This article includes a video.
• Delete Station: Delete an entire station, or only delete selected equipment connected to it. 
  This article includes a video.
• Move Piped Equipment: Need to move equipment, but you've already piped to it? No problem – just use this tool and everything will stay connected. 
  This article includes a video.
• Critical Analysis: Check your pressure and flow statistics in a single report. 
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software. You'll also learn the essentials of some of our revision and error-checking tools. (1 hr 6 min)
• Understanding Pressure and Flow: Learn the differences between static and dynamic pressure, how specific equipment types affect that pressure, how flow affects pipe sizing, and what to consider when dealing with pressure issues both before and after installation. (1 hr 4 min)
• Advanced Irrigation Troubleshooting: Learn to think like a Land F/X irrigation troubleshooter. We'll show you why your symbols don't match, why you would see the message "Error accessing equipment data" (and how to fix these issues, as well as tips on pressure losses and precip rates, pipe caps, system monitors, and flow zones. (1 hr 3 min)
• Irrigation Tips & Tricks: We'll show you some advanced tools you may or may not know about. You'll also learn techniques and best practices that will help speed up your workflow. (1 hr 3 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Finally, generate the variety of irrigation schedules and reports available from Irrigation F/X. Note that our schedules and reports are fully customizable.

 

 

Articles

• Irrigation Schedule: Lists all irrigation components in your system 
  This article includes a video.
• Schedule Integration: Use this tool to automatically send your Irrigation Schedules directly to another service provider – for instance, your company’s estimating and invoicing system.
• Valve Schedule: Provides information about valves (stations) in your design. 
  This article includes a video.
• Watering Schedule: Provides the time required for your system to apply a certain amount of water 
  This article includes a video.
• Runtime Schedule: Mimics a "smart" controller and shows the most efficient runtime for your system 
  This article includes a video.
• Drip Schedule: Lists all drip equipment in your system 
  This article includes a video.
• Critical Analysis: Analyzes the pressure and flow of your system, providing the residual pressure available 
  This article includes a video.
• Mainline Profile: Create a profile (elevation view) of the mainline pipe in your irrigation system from a water source to a selected point.
• Work Areas: Use this tool to create a "drawing within a drawing" to limit a schedule to equipment in a specific region, or to a specific point of connection (POC). 
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation for Beginners: We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 45 min)
• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Getting Started with Irrigation F/X: Join us for this webinar to get going with the essential capabilities of Irrigation F/X. We'll show how to navigate through the Irrigation ribbon and build a familiarity with our conceptual-level tools. You'll also learn the basics of adding equipment to a project, placing, piping, sizing, and scheduling. (1 hr 8 min)
• Irrigation Tools – What You Need to Know: We'll show you the ins and outs of basic irrigation setup using our software. You'll also learn the essentials of creating schedules. (1 hr 6 min)
• Excel With The Right Tools: No matter how much you can accomplish in AutoCAD, sometimes MS Excel can do the job better. We’ll give you some examples of how Excel can improve your design process by adding everything from shade analysis reports to MAWA calculations and in-depth watering schedules. (1 hr 5 min)
• Excel With The Right Tools Part 2: Now that we've gone over the basics of what MS Excel can do for you, join us for a more detailed look into the capabilities of this powerful application, including named ranges, templates and reusable macros, and more. (1 hr 5 min)
• Advanced Irrigation Troubleshooting: Learn to think like a Land F/X irrigation troubleshooter. This webinar also includes a tutorial on how to run and read a Valve Schedule. (1 hr 3 min)
• Irrigation Tips & Tricks: We'll show you some advanced tools you may or may not know about. You'll also learn techniques and best practices that will help speed up your workflow. (1 hr 3 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

Different types of irrigation systems require different techniques. Our irrigation tools are applicable to a variety of system types.

 

 

Articles

• Add to an existing irrigation system.  
  This article includes a video.
• Plan for the future expansion of your irrigation system. 
  This article includes a video.
• Design a vertical planter or living wall: See our recommended workflow, including steps for the planting, details, and irrigation components of the project.
  This article includes a video.
• Golf course irrigation: Golf courses have some specific watering requirements. Learn how to use our irrigation tools for best results. 
  This article includes a video.
• Center Pivot Irrigation: We developed this tool for large-scale agriculture. Learn all about it. 
  This article includes a video.
• Rooftop and Multiple-Story Irrigation: Learn our recommended practices for multi-story irrigation, including why we recommend keeping each floor in its own DWG file.
  This article includes a video.
• Rainwater Harvesting: Water collection systems can draw from sources ranging from parking lots to green roofs. Learn about the nuts and bolts behind these advanced systems.
  This article includes a video.

 

Webinars

• Irrigation Tips & Tricks: We'll show you some advanced tools you may or may not know about. You'll also learn techniques and best practices that will help speed up your workflow. (1 hr 3 min)
• GIS Technology – A Bright Future for Irrigation Design: Join Hannah Conover for a presentation on GIS as a potentially vital companion to CAD in irrigation design, from the design process through through the construction phase and beyond. (55 min)
• Intro To Filtration And Technology: Ron Krause of Amiad Water Systems goes over where to use filtration, how to select the proper system, and what benefits the designer, maintenance operator, and user can expect from proper filtration. (53 min)
• Filter Selection and Sizing Guidelines: Ron Krause of Amiad Water Filtration Systems walks you through a structured method for choosing the proper filtration technology, including arriving at the correct filter type and size for your site. (44 min)
• Making HDPE the Best It Can Be: Gregg Sorensen of Landscape Unlimited provides insight into HDPE systems from the installation crew’s perspective. (1 hr 4 min)
• The Little Things That Make a Big Difference in Your Pump Station Design: Join us for this beginner-level guest webinar. Justin McDaniel of Munrogoes over some crucial but often overlooked considerations in designing an irrigation pump station, such as pump styles, flows, enclosures, pressure tanks, and seals. (52 min)
• Sports Field Irrigation Design – Part 1: Donald D. Franklin of Franklin Irrigation Consulting, FIC, offers key insights into designing for optimum efficiency, including best practices on selecting heads for your design and spacing them correctly. You'll also learn the roles played by water velocity in a sports field irrigation system, as well as the effects of head placement and other elements, such as wind, on the design as a whole. (1 hr 1 min)
• Sports Field Irrigation Design – Part 2: In this second presentation, Donald picks up where he left off with Part 1, providing insight into everything from water velocity to pressure surges, water hammer mitigation, pipe sizing for long-term success, and analysis of different welding techniques. (51 min)
• Design a Vertical Planter: Learn how to create a legible planting plan for a vertical wall, with connected irrigation, that any contractor should be able to read, understand, and build exactly as intended. (1 hr 1 min)
• Golf Course Irrigation: We'll demonstrate some of the great tools Irrigation F/X offers to help ensure proper mainline sizing and scheduling. We'll also discuss the use of using flow zones, shut-off valves, and valve-in-head rotors. (1 hr 4 min)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation: Join us for an in-depth look at this unique design process, presented by Mike Warren of Watertronics. We'll review rainwater system components, go over the sizing and design of parts, and outline some best design practices targeted explicitly toward landscape irrigation applications. (1 hr 6 min)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation – Part 2: In Part 2 of the Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation series Mike Warren of Watertronics takes a look at a pump station's role in a rainwater harvesting system and how it applies to design. (1 hr 12 min)
• Existing Irrigation: Learn the techniques, tools, and tricks you'll need to expand an existing system. (56 min)
• Understanding Water Conservation: Gregg Roesink from Hunter discusses California water restriction and regulation for sustainable irrigation and planting design. (56 min)
• Designing With Soil Moisture Sensors: Presented by Tyson Carroll of Wood Architecture, this webinar goes over the benefits of soil moisture sensors and shows you how achieve the best possible results. We'll also provide some design theory and pass on a few tricks of the trade learned through dozens of design/build installations. (47 min)
• Greyflow: Greywater Systems: Sam Milani of Advanced Waste Water Systems (AWWS) provides an overview of water use and reuse options, covering greywater reuse quantity, quality, and reuse regulations as applied to domestic and commercial applications. (55 min)
• Center Pivot Design: Land F/X CEO and head developer Jeremiah Farmer shows off our Center Pivot irrigation tool, which automates this technique that's become no less than a mainstay of feeding the planet since its inception in 1948. (1 hr 6 min)
• Monitoring Irrigation for Green Roofs: Chris Wright of Baseline Systems talks about the importance using precision instruments that can measure – in real time – the amount of moisture available to the plant material in order to find out when and how long to irrigate an engineered medium in an extreme environment. (54 min)
• Digital Irrigation Heads: IrriGreen CEO Shane Dyer shows you how digital heads function, which landscape areas to incorporate them into, how they can be programmed to spray complex shapes, and why they reduce water consumption. (1 hr 7 min)
• Connecting Flow Sensors in Complex Situations: Norm Bartlett from Creative Sensor Technology (CST) reviews common connection problems, such as sharing a flow sensor between multiple controllers, measuring flow in systems with multiple POCs, and connecting new flow sensors and master valves without disrupting existing landscape or hardscapes. (1 hr 1 min)
• Real-Time, Sensor Driven Irrigation Using Two-Wire Technology: Learn how the use of precision flow, moisture, and pressure sensors can enhance a system's performance through intelligent decisions during scheduled or unscheduled irrigation events, presented by Chris Wright from Baseline Systems. (39 min)
• New Age of Smart Irrigation: IoT and Big Data: Presented by Chris Manchuck from Hydropoint, this webinar shows how big data and the Internet of Things provide visibility and insight into improving water management and conservation. (43 min)
• Efficient Irrigation for Small Spaces: Chris Roesink from Hunter takes you through the challenges of and solutions to irrigating in restricted areas. (1 hr 8 min)
• Rainwater Harvesting Guest Webinar: Irrigation designer and sprinkler consultant Bill Curtis reviews the primary design considerations in the planning and execution of a rain water harvest tank. (54 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

An irrigation system needs to include the following components:

• A source for your water that provides the flow and pressure that is appropriate for the needs or your distribution.
• A mainline piped distribution system to individual valves.
• Valves that are controlled automatically with controllers, or manually, so that they activate a series of sprinklers or drip emitters with a lateral piping system.
• Pipes sized so that the water flow velocity is at acceptable limits to reduce wear and lengthen service life.
• Sprinkler head or drip emitter selection that is appropriate to provide an even distribution of water and in an amount that allows you to apply enough water for the time limitations you may have for watering.

 

Articles

• Irrigation Theory: Learn about hydraulics – the main component of irrigation theory.
• Irrigation Zones: The term "zone" can have a number of possible meanings in the realm of irrigation design. Learn the differences between the different uses of "zone" in irrigation design. 
  This article includes a video.
• Our drip irrigation design and graphic conventions: We had to make some design decisions when creating our drip system. Find out what we did and why. 
  This article includes a video.
• Water Source Information: Every irrigation system requires a water source. See this documentation section for details on water sources and system requirements.
• Source flow and related system requirements
• Deciphering & Testing the Results of Our Pipe Sizing Tools: Wondering how our pipe sizing tools calculate their results, or hesitant about the numbers that are generated when you size your pipes? Use these test to help interpret the sizing results and determine whether your pipes are being sized correctly.

 

Webinars

• Understanding Irrigation Calculations: Join us for a deep dive into exactly what our software is doing when sizing your irrigation design. We'll cover where losses occur in different types of equipment, which schedules are available to help you analyze your system, and how to make the proper adjustments for a successful final product. (1 hr 12 min)
• Pump Station Design: Picking the proper pump can be an overwhelming task. Boyd Rose with Watertronics talks about basic pump design and how the type of pump you pick comes down to your water source. (1 hr 5 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.

 

The amount of available irrigation equipment can seem overwhelming at times. We're here to help, as always.

Articles

• See our Equipment Definitions overview.
• Get information on specific equipment types:
• Heads & emitters
• Valves
• Auxiliary equipment
• Drip equipment
• Mainline & lateral pipe
• Water source

 

Webinars

• Modern Pumping Systems – Applying the Latest Technology for Maximum Efficiency: Join Rob Aldinger of Precision Pumping Systems for an overview of how modern technology is helping make pumping systems more efficient than ever. (1 hr 6 min)
• The Little Things That Make a Big Difference in Your Pump Station Design: Join us for this beginner-level guest webinar. Justin McDaniel of Munrogoes over some crucial but often overlooked considerations in designing an irrigation pump station, such as pump styles, flows, enclosures, pressure tanks, and seals. (52 min)
• Start to Finish Basics of Irrigation Design: This webinar will help give you an understanding of how to specify the proper equipment, talk about important concepts of irrigation design, and create a complete irrigation plan from start to finish. (1 hr 31 min)
• Making HDPE the Best It Can Be: Gregg Sorensen of Landscape Unlimited provides insight into HDPE systems from the installation crew’s perspective. (1 hr 4 min)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation: Join us for an in-depth look at this unique design process, presented by Mike Warren of Watertronics. We'll review rainwater system components, go over the sizing and design of parts, and outline some best design practices targeted explicitly toward landscape irrigation applications. (1 hr 6 min)
• Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation – Part 2: In Part 2 of the Rainwater Harvesting for Landscape Irrigation series Mike Warren of Watertronics takes a look at a pump station's role in a rainwater harvesting system and how it applies to design. (1 hr 12 min)
• Drip Irrigation Selection: Shelly Walker of GPH Irrigation goes over some applications that will help make your projects as efficient and environmentally responsible as possible. (50 min)
• Designing with Drip: Learn to use drip irrigation, from placing drip rings, bubblers, single emitters, emitters by area, and dripline by area all the way to zoning and piping. (1 hr 3 min)
• How Pressure Data Evolves Flow Management: Learn all about the relationship between pressure in a mainline and how changes in PSI can influence downstream flow rates. Presented by Bob Beers (and Chris Wright) of Baseline, this webinar reviews several solutions to for capturing PSI readings within a hydraulic structure. (47 min)
• Pump Station Design: Picking the proper pump can be an overwhelming task. Boyd Rose with Watertronics talks about basic pump design and how the type of pump you pick comes down to your water source. (1 hr 5 min)
• Integrating Master Valves Into Your Design: With a focus on master valves, Dick Greenland from Buckner-Superior discusses how valves work, what pressure loss and flow considerations you need to keep in mind, and how to select a valve for a variety of design needs. (31 min)
• Understanding Pressure Regulation: Kelsey Jacquard with Hunter Industries gives us an in-depth look at pressure regulation and why it should be considered for your designs. We cover pressure regulation devices, how they work, and how and when they should be used. (51 min)
• Browse our irrigation webinars.