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Hello, Although the plant tool has come a long way since Vectorworks 2026, I still felt I needed a faster and more flexible way to create plants. That’s why I created this plugin, which creates plants very quickly without having to enter any database fields. You enter the botanical name, choose the desired spacing type (Spacing or Density), the label type (per instance or per style), and that’s it! The plugin will even correct the Latin name if it detects a spelling mistake or typo! In just a few seconds, your plants are ready to use in the resource palette. It works with Gemini, which, based on my latest tests, is the most reliable. Available in English and French. Free trial! Visit the introduction page. Watch the short introductory video. Create plants with AI.mp4 -
Hi, Since the fields in the Plant Record database are localized, I need a file (version 2025) with one plant and a simple worksheet showing ALL the fields in Plant Record. This can be done with a simple plant from the US library. Also, could you open the attached file, recalculate the table, and let me know if the fields are OK? No localization issues? That would be really nice! Thank you! Test Plant Record US.vwx
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Hi, How to set a plant record image field (type 4) via Python script? Or vectorscript. SetRField doesn't work for type 4 fields. Is there a dedicated function like SetPlantImage? It's a bit of a nitpicky search, but I can't find any trace of this function. Thanks!
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Hello, I think this may be of interest to many landscape designers: it is now possible to significantly expand your plant library for Vectorworks. In 2D, 3D, and with the complete database, an illustrative image complements the data. Ready to be integrated into planting plans, sections, and 3D views with captions and tables providing all the characteristics. See it at: https://www.vwx-plants.com/en/
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I was wondering if anyone has created a plant schedule that will also include an image of the species. I've been trying to attach an image to the plant data under 'Image Detail'. With both the functions 'Import an External File' or 'Image Resource'(after importing the image into the working VW file. Then I tried inserting column into the schedule with the database header >> ='Plant record'.'Image Detail' << However the result that comes up is <image> and doesn't actually show the image that is attached to that specific plant data set. I've even tried inserting the following functions without any success =IMAGE(='Plant record'.'Image Detail') >> RESULTS: =IMAGE(='Plant record'.'Image Detail') =IMAGE(S='Plant record'.'Image Detail') >> RESULTS: False =IMAGE('Image Detail') >> RESULTS: Custom Image ='Image Detail'
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I'm trying to add multiple plant species into a hedgerow object and I can't seem to add more than 7 species - is this a restriction of using a hedgerow does anyone know? If I was to use a landscape area I could have loads more species.
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Assign class to a plant
James Dawson Design posted a question in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests
Hi, I would love to be able to place a plant and it automatically assigns to a class, regardless of the current class setting. -
This is a proposed change to the planting tool to make it faster. I feel like it takes too long and is always too confusing between the styles and the replacing styles, and the number of steps/clicks to finally select the plant you have in mind and move on to the next one. What if I have a planting of 50+ different plants? Is the way around this (other than the illustrated idea in the PDF) is to create a template file with common plants I use, or can they show up in the Resource Manager? Additionally, if I had a spread sheet or text file with the list of plants for a design, how could that be imported and evaluated to produce one instance of each plant in the list? From there I could copy and paste, eyedropper tool... Hoping the illustration gets the idea across!
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I have a plant list (.csv or .txt) that is just species, plant spacing, and numbers available of each plant: Species spacing available_units I want my tags to just show species, count, spacing, and to see how many plants I have left that are allocated to the job. I do not need or want plant symbols showing (Id rather not use them at all as it just makes file overlarge and is just map clutter), I just want a tag to a polygon. Is this possible? I've tried and get lost in a mass of dialogs, and just go back to what I've always done. Do I have to use the Landscape Area objects?, as there seems to be more mucking around compared with closed polylines/polygons. How do I set this up to be as simple as possible? Can I have a specific list for each job rather than go off a master list? VWs whole plant DB ecosystem has never gelled for me, it is simply more info than I'll ever need (and lacks a lot of utility/control that I need). -
I think the plant symbol annotation - polygons, tick, tick size, etc. should be definable by the plant style. I appreciate the ability to mass plants, except for the fact that it eliminates the ability to show more than one object when massed - generally a trunk/center mark. The ticks allow me to work around this "bug?" by placing center marks for my plants in the OIP, but, I cannot set this by style, so spend unnecessary time selecting similar and setting them to be consistent, there is added difficulty building legends in annotative space and going back and forth to check the tick setting for a dozen plant symbols in order to have them match. While we're at it, providing an irregular 3-dot pattern for multi-trunk trees would be useful, too, or letting users create custom ticks? -
Hi, is it possible to turn on the 'mass plants' option for existing trees? ....it would look so much better on my site but I can't find an option for it.
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Hi guys, I've been working with some tools to improve my planting schemes. The Plant tools already a very complete tool but there's a lack on it: random planting schemes. The normal reply would be the Landscape Area Tool. Take the following example: a certain area, choose 3 species and there you go. There is one problem: it doesn't give us the individual planting scheme in 2D, but it appears in 3D mode: I explored a very interesting Marionnette Object that would help: The result: But there is a problem: it doesn't give you the control that the Landscape Area Tool allows (qty/m2, %, etc.) So, am I missing someting or maybe this would fit on the Wishlist Forum? It's obvious that the information is on the Landscape Area object (otherwise it wouldn't give us a 3D representation and quantities). Why don't make it available on 2D representation? This would be important for Executive Plans, sometimes it is a little to vague to let that information missing. Thanks!!!
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I am wondering if there is a way to use a script to populate a worksheet with all of the Plant Plug-in objects that are located within a file's Resource Manager, but not necessarily placed in the drawing. Could this also be refined to populate the list with Plug-in Objects placed within a specific folder in the resource manager? Can the script mine the data of the plug-in object to list the latin name, common name, schedule size, etc. similar to a database worksheet does for objects placed in the drawing. Thanks. -
Why do my plants disappear when I change a plant grouping of multiple plants to individual plants ? This only happens when my design layer view is rotated.
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With Vectorworks 2016 I can place a plant, add the tag Quantity-ID and it displays as expected. Vectorworks 2017 I do the same and get the correct quantity but the ID displays as "0". Any helpful ideas? Thanks.
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I'm after a 3D image prop of a Jelly Palm, have looked through some of the resource folders in VW but not having any luck. Can any point me in the right direction.
