Workflow: Existing tree placement
When placing existing trees into the drawing, the following workflow is recommended:
Choose whether to use the plant catalog or the database by Selecting the plant data source.
Click the Existing Tree tool from the Site Planning tool set, and then click Preferences to open the Object Properties dialog box for the existing tree. Set the defaults for the placement of existing trees, including automatic numbering, ID tag, 2D and 3D appearance (including the selection of 2D component symbols), and species information.
While setting the default parameters for the Existing Tree tool, specify classing wherever possible to be able to control the visibility of classed elements (easily accomplished from the Navigation palette) as well as specify appearance by class for many of the elements.
Select Tools > Organization to open the Organization dialog box. On the Classes tab, navigate to the classes related to the existing tree, and specify their appearance. Classes should be set to Use at Creation. For canopy and trunk classes, set the texture or color to display in 3D views. Set the marker and line style of the tag class if a marker is to be displayed.
When importing existing trees from a survey file, or creating existing trees from loci, map the fields to the records and choose the units appropriately to successfully create the trees.
When placing existing trees, keep in mind that the selected 2D component symbols will not display until an Action has been specified. This helps you determine at a glance which trees still require an action to be set.
The parameters of groups of selected trees, or trees on a specific layer, or all trees can be set in a single operation by using the Apply Properties in the various existing tree dialog boxes.
Indicate the location of important and less important areas of the site by specifying the significance of each tree or group of trees.
Existing tree data can be used to create a worksheet, which can then be exported to create a tree survey text file.
Loci with existing tree information can be exported in shapefile format, including the existing tree information in the attached record.
