Covering a solid with foliage

If you add a 3D solid object to the profile of a foliage object, the foliage takes on the shape of the solid. This can be useful for creating topiary effects.

To cover a solid object with foliage:

Copy the solid object to be covered to the clipboard.

Click the tool; from the Tool bar, select a foliage symbol, and then create a foliage object using any configuration type.

From the Object Info palette, change the Configuration setting for the foliage object to Cover 3D Generic Solid. The foliage object is converted into a sphere shape.

From the Object Info palette, click Edit Profile. The profile editing window opens, showing the sphere and two polygons that define the foliage object.

Paste the solid object from your clipboard into the editing window, and then delete the sphere.

Click Exit Profile to close the editing window and update the foliage object.

Adding foliage

Creating a foliage symbol definition