Showing a climbing plant wall?

[Marcus bLD]

Hi Team,

Using latest version of VW Landmark and looking at options to show climbing plants on a wall/screen, or green wall in 3D.

The options I can see:

- The plug in Greenscreens of varying sizes which are quite artificial looking

- Use one of the 3 or 4 climber options in the Resource Manager

- Use the vertical wall prop symbol

What are the next steps? Would I need to import my own image and turn it into an image/texture?

Thanks

 

[Tom W.]

There's also the Foliage Tool.

 

See:

 

[Marcus bLD]

That looks pretty useful. Where do I find the foliage tool?

 

[Tom W.]

Not sure where it would be in your workspace. Might be somewhere funny like Visualisation. Hit F + do a search.

[Marcus bLD]

Thanks, yeah it looks like there's about 10 or so leaves and flowers if I search Foliage, but nothing like what appeared in that previous forum post you shared. 

 

 

[Tom W.]

You can create your own leaf + flower symbols.

The wisteria leaf + flower symbols I was using in that post came from a @Tony Kostreski file that's floating about somewhere...

[Tom W.]

4 hours ago, Marcus bLD said:

Thanks, yeah it looks like there's about 10 or so leaves and flowers if I search Foliage, but nothing like what appeared in that previous forum post you shared. 

 

 

 

Actually rereading your post did you actually find the Foliage Tool?

 

I meant search Vectorworks not search the Resource Manager.

 

https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2024/eng/VW2024_Guide/Plants2/Adding_foliage.htm?rhsearch=foliage tool&rhhlterm=foliage tool tools

[rDesign]

8 hours ago, Marcus bLD said:

That looks pretty useful. Where do I find the foliage tool?

I just saw that you said you have Landmark — so you should have the Foliage tool located in the Visualization tab.

Edited September 5 by rDesign

[Marcus bLD]

On 9/5/2024 at 11:04 PM, Tom W. said:

 

Actually rereading your post did you actually find the Foliage Tool?

 

I meant search Vectorworks not search the Resource Manager.

 

https://app-help.vectorworks.net/2024/eng/VW2024_Guide/Plants2/Adding_foliage.htm?rhsearch=foliage tool&rhhlterm=foliage tool tools

Thanks Tom, yes correct. I searched Vectorworks. In the RM it also lists the same items as in the Visualization tool.

[Marcus bLD]

On 9/6/2024 at 1:55 AM, rDesign said:

I just saw that you said you have Landmark — so you should have the Foliage tool located in the Visualization tab.

Thanks, have opened that and it is the same list of flowers/leaves as screenshot above.

[rDesign]

11 minutes ago, Marcus bLD said:

Thanks, have opened that and it is the same list of flowers/leaves as screenshot above.

 That Toolset you posted was of the Site Planning toolset - I don't have Landmark or Designer, but according to the help file page that TomW posted, you need to look in the Visualization toolset for the Foliage tool.

 

Edited September 6 by rDesign

[Marcus bLD]

20 minutes ago, rDesign said:

 That Toolset you posted was of the Site Planning toolset - I don't have Landmark or Designer, but according to the help file page that TomW posted, you need to look in the Visualization toolset for the Foliage tool.

 

Yes correct, the Visualization Tool. The same leaves and flowers I can select in there are also in the RM - it's the same database. Question: do you have more than say 10 leaves and 10 flowers in yours? Maybe I am missing something?

Cheers

[rDesign]

54 minutes ago, Marcus bLD said:

Yes correct, the Visualization Tool. The same leaves and flowers I can select in there are also in the RM - it's the same database. Question: do you have more than say 10 leaves and 10 flowers in yours? Maybe I am missing something?

Cheers

 

Does the Foliage tool not work for you, or are you just wanting / needing more leaves and flowers than what you are seeing? As TomW said -- 

 

On 9/5/2024 at 2:49 AM, Tom W. said:

You can create your own leaf + flower symbols.

The wisteria leaf + flower symbols I was using in that post came from a @Tony Kostreski file that's floating about somewhere...

 

Beyond that - someone else with Landmark (or Design Series) will have to help further -- as I only have Architect and don't have access to the Foliage tool at all. 

 

[Pat Stanford]

I am also only seeing the 10 or 12 flowers and leaves in VW2024.

 

Those are in the Vectorworks libraries. There do not appear to be any additional ones in the Premium libraries.

[Tom W.]

6 hours ago, Marcus bLD said:

Yes correct, the Visualization Tool. The same leaves and flowers I can select in there are also in the RM - it's the same database. Question: do you have more than say 10 leaves and 10 flowers in yours? Maybe I am missing something?

Cheers

 

Have you actually created a Foliage object yet? How do you know that the available choice of symbols is inadequate until you have played around with the tool?

[Marcus bLD]

Thanks everyone, it sounds like I need to play around with this foliage tool more. I was basing it off the link at the start of this thread which showed a great wall climber, however it appears this may have been a custom creation using the foliage tool.. whereas i had assume it was like a plug in type object.

[Tom W.]

7 hours ago, Marcus bLD said:

Thanks everyone, it sounds like I need to play around with this foliage tool more. I was basing it off the link at the start of this thread which showed a great wall climber, however it appears this may have been a custom creation using the foliage tool.. whereas i had assume it was like a plug in type object.

 

Objects created with the Foliage Tool are Plug-in Objects. But I think you mean you're looking for a readymade symbol. To do this you need to create a Foliage object first then save it as a symbol + check the 'Convert to plug-in object' option. The configuration you want for a wall climber is 'Linear'.

[Marcus bLD]

2 hours ago, Tom W. said:

 

Objects created with the Foliage Tool are Plug-in Objects. But I think you mean you're looking for a readymade symbol. To do this you need to create a Foliage object first then save it as a symbol + check the 'Convert to plug-in object' option. The configuration you want for a wall climber is 'Linear'.

You are always so helpful mate. Wish me luck!

Cheers