Advanced plant preferencesAdvanced plant preferencesBy default, when Adding plants to the design, Vectorworks opens the basic Plant preferences dialog box, where the plant style is selected, and basic preferences for a plant instance can be set. However, there are times when more detailed preferences are needed, including custom sizing, schedule information, and visualization details.
To access the Advanced Plant Settings dialog box, click Advanced Settings on the Plant Preferences dialog box or click Advanced Plant Settings on the Object Info palette. To change the software default to open the advanced dialog box when inserting a plant or clicking Preferences from the Tool bar, see Advanced plant preferences: Options pane.
Throughout plant documentation, any reference to the Plant Preferences dialog box also includes an implied reference to the Advanced Plant Preferences dialog box. Any features that require use of the Advanced Plant Preferences dialog box specify it.
Changes made to the preferences do not affect the plant style.
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The Plant Style pane is used to select the plant style for placement by the Plant tool. Click to show/hide the parameters.
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The Size pane displays the default size settings from the plant style; see Plant style: Insertion Options pane.
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The Schedule pane displays the default schedule settings from the plant style; see Plant style: Schedule pane. For each parameter, select Use Plant Style, or select Custom and enter a value.
The Visualization pane displays the plant massing and shadow visualization settings from the plant style; see Plant style: Visualization pane. For outline and massing, select Use Plant Style, or select the Custom outline and massing option. For the shadow in plan view, select the No Shadow, Use Plant Style, Use Document Preference Settings, or Custom shadow setting (for custom options, see Plant shadow settings).
Select plant display parameters; see Plant preferences.
Set the display of the plant ID tags; see Plant preferences. To create a custom plant tag, see Creating a custom plant tag. After creation, the plant tag’s appearance can also be modified via the Object Info palette, tag class settings, and the control point locations on the drawing (see Plant tag appearance).
Select Show Advanced Plant Settings to automatically display the Advanced Plant Preferences dialog box instead of the Plant Preferences dialog box when placing and editing plants and when Preferences is clicked from the Tool bar. When this option is selected, Advanced Plant Settings is available on the Object Info palette.
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