• cadmovie1043 – Introduction to Planting – Part 12

    Importing an Older Plant Database – If you have been using Vectorworks for some time, you may have edited the plant database to add the plants you want and to add the photos for the plants you like to use. This plant database can be imported into your new Plants…

  • cadmovie1042 – Introduction to Planting – Part 11

    Creating a New Plant – You will want to create new plants, and when you do, you will want to use the plant data from the plant lists you have learned to create. I find that the easiest way to create a plant is to duplicate an existing one.

  • SST_1402 – Introduction to Plants and The Plant Database

    Introduction to Planting – Planting in Vectorworks is very important for designers and landscapers. But not every object in Vectorworks is a plant, only specific objects can be thought of as plants. A plant is the combination of 2D graphics 3D graphics and data. These are combined together to create what…

  • cadmovie1041 – Introduction to Planting – Part 10

    Creating a Plant List – A plant list is a list of the plants you want to use. When you create a plant in Vectorworks you have to type in the plant information. Instead of typing in all the plant data, you can use the plant list to store all the…

  • cadmovie1038 – Introduction to Planting – Part 7

    Finding Duplicate Plants – After importing, you might have duplicate records. You can reduce the chance of duplicates when you import data by choosing the Update records in found set option, but you might still get a few duplicates.

  • cadmovie1037 – Introduction to Planting – Part 6

    Importing a Plant Database – You might have an old version of the plant database that you have already added information to. This old databasse can be imported into the new plant database.