Landmark_SIG_046 Special Interest Group March (am) 2014
In this session we looked at several Viewport tricks for dealing with detailed drawings.
In this session we looked at several Viewport tricks for dealing with detailed drawings.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Adding a Plant to the Plant Database – It’s reasonably easy to add a plant to the database, all you need is the information.
Finding a Plant – The Plant Database is designed to store thousands of plants, but how do you find the ones you want?
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.
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.