— Warren Henderson, lead designer for Nick Price

Taking a designer’s concept and turning it into something a client can visualize has always been a challenge. GCD provides the visual solution. GCD has its own internal animation component allowing for quick animations and/or still renderings.

Animations can be created in-house or shipped to an animation company — saving up to 30 to 50 percent of the overall cost depending on the level of detail. This saves valuable time because it eliminates the back-and-forth process of terrain creation with an animator.

Control your own data at all times. Fly over each hole in your design and make adjustments to it before actual construction. What's more, it opens a channel for the sale of course development plans and real estate.

Show your client or upper management the golf course design from a realistic perspective. This ensures their full understanding of the project — something that plans and drawings just can not communicate.

 
Classic Flyover
Do simple fly-through animations and ray trace renditions directly inside GCD, or export to your favorite animation software. You can even create 360-degree rotations.

 
Automatic Contours and Cuts/Fills
Contours are difficult to interpret. GCD makes it easy by rendering contour lines in realtime as you alter the terrain. Cuts and fills can also be shown as they occur, in this case using red and blue coloration.