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A set of professional CAD software developed based on the AutoCAD platform, suitable for garden design, planning and design, landscape design, site greening, and plant layout design； The software features good continuity, practicality, operability, and openness; its functions cover the entire process of landscape and planning work, meeting design requirements to the greatest extent possible ； The software strictly adheres to **standards and industry design guidelines, aligning with professional design principles and work practices*, and it plays a significant role in improving design efficiency and ensuring the quality of design outcomes. Download address: http://www.homeland.com.cn/download/HCAD.rar System environment: Homeland HCAD version 4.5 fully supports various newer versions such as ACAD2000, ACAD2002, ACAD2004, and ACAD2005. It also features advanced menu technology tailored for Chinese-speaking users; the screen menus are well-structured. The multi-document interface available in versions starting from ACAD2000 helps to improve work efficiency. In addition, the creation of custom building objects in the software makes use of ACAD’s latest ObjectARX programming technology, which integrates fully with ACAD’s core functions. By employing ACAD’s standard Object Property Management (OPM), it is possible to view or modify various professional parameters of custom building objects at any time through the property bar, thereby enabling dynamic updates to individual objects or multiple objects. Operating system: Windows 98/2000/NT/ME and XP in both Chinese and English. Graphic support software: AutoCAD 2000, AutoCAD 2002, AutoCAD 2004, or AutoCAD 2005 in both Chinese and English versions. Features: Practicality – Software development always puts practicality as its top priority; all functions are based on real engineering examples, and a clear concept of assistive design in programming is applied throughout. Microsoft Excel is used for data input and output, with the data format determined according to industry standards, ensuring flexibility and convenience in use. Convenience: Strive to provide designers with quick drawing tools and minimize various restrictions. All the graphic objects generated are basic entity types in AutoCAD; drawings created using AutoCAD commands can be modified freely within the software, and the graphics generated by the software can also be edited and altered in standard AutoCAD. Simple: The operation steps are clear and straightforward, and the functions of various options are easy to understand. It was developed using the customization tools and programming languages recommended by AutoCAD, thus preserving AutoCAD’s original features to the greatest extent. Users can switch back to the CAD menu at any time. Customization files and program files are created separately; no AutoCAD files are renamed or modified, and there are no conflicts with other software. For engineering designers, compared to today’s Pentium computers, plotters, and scanners, the drawing boards, set squares, and erasable pencils of the past may seem like outdated tools, yet many still find it difficult to work with them. The key limitation lies in the functions and services provided by software; finding a CAD software that meets one’s specific needs is still a challenging task. Previous CAD software for landscape design aimed to achieve rapid drawing through \"automation,\" and it imposed many strict rules on the user’s operation process; users had to follow the prescribed steps one by one, with any error in any step being unacceptable. The software may stop running or require you to start over, making it difficult to use. At the same time, previous CAD software for landscape design also restricted users from using AutoCAD’s own commands for direct drawing, putting them in a difficult situation ； After using AutoCAD commands, the software often stops working properly, and it’s not possible to create the desired graphics without those commands. At the same time, the professionally developed software-defined layers vary from one provider to another, making it difficult for the generated graphic files to be used universally. To address these issues, Home has adopted the concept of CAD software for landscape design based on a distributed set of tools; it completely abandons the traditional procedural approach and instead provides users with a range of independent, intelligent, and efficient drawing tools, allowing them to choose and use those that best suit their preferences. It advocates a free and flexible drawing approach; users have many ways to complete a task, and any of these paths can lead them to their goal. There is only a difference in distance between the various paths, with no dead ends. Since the toolset used consists of smaller, specialized drawing tool commands, it is highly flexible and reliable to use, and it does not impose any restrictions on the use of AutoCAD commands during software operation. Conversely, HomeCAD is merely designed to compensate for the shortcomings of AutoCAD; its main function is to transform AutoCAD from a general-purpose drawing software into a specialized CAD tool for landscape planning and design. Thanks to the implementation of this toolset, many designers who previously opposed the use of specialized software gave up their habit of relying solely on basic AutoCAD, and by using these dedicated tools they were able to improve their work efficiency.