LandmarkPlant shadow settings

To create custom plant shadow settings for a plant style or a plant instance:

On the plant settings Appearance pane, select Show shadow and Custom. Click Custom to open the Plant Shadow Settings dialog box and set the shadow settings.

Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.

Parameter

Description

Offset

Enter a value for the shadow offset and select the offset unit. Factor of plant height calculates the offset based on the object’s height and the offset value.

Angle

Set the shadow angle by entering a value between -180° to 180° or by using the slider. 0° is straight up.

Fill Style

Select a fill style for the shadow

Color/Resource/Class

Depending on the fill style selected, select a fill color, resource (hatch, image, gradient, tile), or class for the shadow

Opacity

Set the shadow opacity by entering a value between 0 and 100% or by using the slider

Use Class Opacity

Uses the class’s opacity setting (see Setting class properties)

Show Shadow Under Canopy

Displays the plant shadows under the plant canopy, when the canopy is transparent (the fill opacity of the 2D plant symbol is set to less than 100%)

Preview

Dynamically previews the plant shadow appearance

Plant settings: Appearance pane

Concept: Plant style and plant data integration

Deleting plant styles

The plant database

 

Was this page helpful?