Replacing plant style graphics
You can replace the Top/Plan and/or 3D graphics used to represent plants in a drawing; for 3D graphics, you can select from several different image sources. Plant graphics are defined by the plant style, and changes affect all plants in the drawing that use the style. While you can't change graphics for individual plant instances, you can introduce variation into the display of plants in a drawing; see Plant settings: Appearance pane.
Alternatively, you can edit the symbols the graphics are based on; see Editing plant style graphics.
To replace plant style graphics:
Do one of the following:
In the Edit Plant Style dialog box Graphics pane, click Replace Current Graphics in the Top/Plan or 3D Graphics section.
In the Plant Style Manager, move the cursor over one or more plant style rows to edit. In either the Top/Plan Graphics column or the 3D Graphics column, click the pencil icon, and then select Replace Top/Plan Graphics or Replace 3D Graphics. Replacing geometry does not affect the plant style's spread or height; you can batch replace the graphics for multiple styles at once.
The Replace Top/Plan Graphics or Replace 3D Graphics dialog box opens. The available options vary depending on the view, and for 3D graphics on the replacement method selected.
Click to show/hide the parameters.Click to show/hide the parameters.
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Parameter |
Description |
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Top/Plan graphics |
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Replace with Top/Plan symbol |
Select a new symbol from the Resource Selector |
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Current and new plant graphic previews |
Displays the current graphic and previews the new one |
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3D graphics |
Select a replacement method, and then make the selections and set the parameters specific to that method |
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Generate 3D graphics |
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Replace with Generated Graphics |
3D geometry can be automatically generated based on parameters, creating a suitable representation of the plant style in 3D views. |
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Spread/Height |
Displays the plant style's spread and height for reference |
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Canopy Shape |
Select a general shape for the tree canopy; the preview dynamically displays the shape |
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First Branch Height |
Enter the height where the trunk ends and the canopy starts, or select Default, which starts the spread at 1/3 of the total height |
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Trunk Girth |
Enter the trunk girth; if no value is entered, a default value is calculated based on the plant's spread and height |
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Canopy Class |
To control appearance and visibility, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Alternatively, you can edit the 3D graphic later and edit attributes directly. |
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Trunk Class |
To control appearance and visibility, select a class from the list of classes present in the drawing, or create a new class. Alternatively, you can edit the 3D graphic later and edit attributes directly. |
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Maxon Plant 3D graphics |
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Replace with Maxon Plant Graphics |
Click Select Plant to open the Maxon Asset Catalog dialog box, to select a plant and specify its seasonal and appearance settings. See Adding 3D plants from Maxon Plant. |
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Existing 3D model |
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Replace with a 3D Model |
Select a plant 3D symbol from the Resource Selector |
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Image prop from image |
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Replace with an Image Prop from the Image |
Select whether to get the replacement image from Vectorworks content or from an external file, and then select the image from the Resource Selector or browse to locate the image. The image must have a transparent background/alpha channel. The image can be created using the AI Visualizer; see Generating AI images. |
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New Graphics |
Select the view to display in the replacement graphic preview |
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Apply this value to |
When the dialog box is accessed from the Plant Style Manager, select whether to apply the replacement to only the plant style from which the dialog box was opened, to all selected plant styles, or to all plant styles in the file |
For 3D graphics, select the replacement method; for 2D graphics, replacing the graphic with a Top/Plan symbol is the only option.
Select the new plant graphic source and/or set the parameters, as required by the selected replacement method. The new graphic is previewed.
If the dialog box was opened from the Plant Style Manager, select which plant styles to apply the new graphic to.
