Plant Rendering - Disable Regeneration

[stmlandplan]

Is there a way to switch off the rendering of plant symbols so that I don't have to wait for them to regenerate each time I draw or move something? I still want to see the plant outlines but not all the time consuming rendering until I'm ready to final render it.

[IanH]

Does "show/show or hide plant styles" under the view menu help? Cuts down long delays when working with massed overlapped plants.

[dspearman]

In the plant definition there is an check box (on the 2d rendering tab) to enable 2d rendering on placement. If this is off the plant won't render until you check the box on the object info pallet. You can place and edit all your plants, when done, select them and check the box.

[stmlandplan]

Yes both the Show/Hide (don't know why I didn't see this before)and the plant "enable 2D Rendering" help. Oddly it still shows the color fill (on symbols from vw plants library)but the shading and triple outline don't regenerate. Maybe the color fill is not considered part of "rendering" This significantly speeds up my drawing process and was exactly what I was looking for. Thank-you

Edited June 23, 2008 by stmlandplan

[Thom]

Under classes - check the proper classes under Plants-Component-XXX, This will give the flexibility to control rendering times.