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Designing Outdoor Playgrounds Made Easy: 20+ CAD Drawings of Equipment You Need

These fantastic 20+ CAD drawings from major product manufacturers such as Cre8Play, Gametime, Greenfields Outdoor Fitness, and others will help you create a great outdoor environment.


Cre8Play’s award-winning play products have been recognized for fresh-forward ideas and detail in the design. Their newest modular play collection Deep Woods™️️️️️️ is customizable; components offer the signature look found with Cre8Play’s custom work in a ready-for-play collection. All materials from composites and hardware to the company’s proprietary blend of glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) are selected for their ability to withstand extreme conditions and to achieve an unmistakable look and feel. Cre8Play’s experienced team is considerate of the project from end to end– site inspection and cost to installation and play. Select from hundreds of design files ready to help you break through the clutter in your next city park, child development center, playground, sportsplex, mall, museum, and more.


At GameTime, they enrich the lives of children and communities through play. Because as product engineers and parents, manufacturers, and members of our home communities - They believe in play. Since 1929, they have brought meaningful research around the importance of play to the design, engineering, manufacture and delivery of play equipment. Their work has elevated industry standards on safety, physical and mental development, inclusion, and intergenerational interaction. Uniting deep research with fun, information with inspiration, and science with play.


Bring a wellness-focused element to your project by incorporating outdoor fitness equipment! Greenfields offers the widest selection of outdoor fitness activities: the rigorous X-Treme Ninja course, challenging Functional Fitness rigs, the cutting-edge Professional Series with adjustable resistance, patented Signature Accessible™ line for users in wheelchairs (U.S. Patent 9,079,069 and 11,130,039) and the rugged Legacy Series. Greenfields also offers complimentary site layout design.


Outletics offers landscape architects unique and durable outdoor fitness equipment, specifically their patent-pending ADA-accessible machines. Designed with accessibility in mind, the machines feature oversized handrails, low steps, and wider footrests for comfortable and safe use by people of all levels of fitness and abilities. The equipment is made from durable and recyclable materials, like steel, and aluminum, ensuring it can withstand heavy use and exposure to the elements. Additionally, the modular equipment design allows customization options to create an engaging fitness experience for all park-goers. By choosing Outletics' ADA-accessible machines, landscape architects can design an inclusive, unique, and durable outdoor park that promotes fitness and inclusivity.


Outdoor-Fit Exercise Systems is a leading innovative outdoor fitness equipment manufacturer that can transform pocket parks, rooftop terraces, and school campuses with super durable and compact outdoor fitness equipment. Their equipment's small footprint and multi-user design can fit a lot of exercise and user value into spaces as little as 40 square feet.

They believe people should be able to exercise outdoors like they do indoors. This approach to real outdoor exercise is why their seven products boast a unique mix of exercise stations replicating equipment found in indoor commercial fitness centers, such as a high-low pulley system with an adjustable 100 lbs weight stack, chin/dip assist mechanism, and telescopic back extension.

Transform your space with an outdoor gym from Outdoor-Fit.


Springtime in the park is the perfect time to enjoy the beautiful weather and the sounds of outdoor musical instruments. Offering a unique experience for visitors to enjoy music and nature simultaneously, the outdoor musical instruments from Percussion Play, including xylophones, drums, and chimes, are suitable for people of all ages to play and create their music. The designs of many of the instruments have been inspired by nature, including the Cattail Chimes, Liberty Bells, Petal Drums, Harmony Bells, and Flowers. This inclusive, interactive, and engaging activity encourages people to explore their musical talents and provides a fun and relaxing way to spend time outdoors. The sound of the instruments creates a vibrant atmosphere and adds to the park's overall ambiance, making it an enjoyable experience for everyone.


POPP and its range of weatherproof, permanent, and colorful outdoor table tennis tables has one mission in mind - to make the most playable game in the world, the most accessible.
With an ethos to 'play daily', POPP has created outdoor table tennis hubs in Australia and the United States since 2010. In partnership with community organisations, schools and place managers, the company has helped cultivate fun, active and inclusive casual recreation spaces - brought to life by both the color and design of the ICON table - and the action of games in play.

Add to that - a new POPP table will be launched in 2023 by the Australian-born company. Enter, the HEROair.


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