SCOPE Projects Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Is there any options within vectorworks that will allow me to trim edges of the trees that intersect each other? We have a grouping of trees with intersecting canopies and I was hoping to find a way to make the interesecting edges basically disappear, leaving only the outline of the entire grouping of trees. Any ideas? AV 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Eric Gilbey, PLA Posted July 26, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 26, 2011 It looks as though you did not place the plants in a group, rather placed them individually. Choose the modes that follow the single plant mode and the massing should occur and the shadows will too. You do not have to check the mass plants in the definition...but the enable 2D plant rendering does need to be checked in the object information palette. Quote Link to comment
SCOPE Projects Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Not sure I understand...Are you saying I should be placing as an Array? I prefer the single placement because then the trees end up in the exact location that I want them. Also, in the array mode I find the same overlapping problem. Thanks for your help. AV Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 The second mode of the Place Plant tool, Poly-Vertex placement mode allows you to draw a polygon and place a plant precisely at each vertex. I think you do need to edit the definition however under the Render tab to Mass Overlapping plants in addition to checking the 2d plant rendering tab in the OIP as Eric says. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted July 29, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 29, 2011 If you are using the symbols provided within the plant Objects and Plant Objects 02 files, I would NOT recommend using Mass Overlapping Plants. This hides everything within the plant symbol other than the rearmost polyline. So, if you want to retain colour and you have that somewhere else in the symbol, you'll lose it. Instead, use the symbols provided in the two files I list above, and use the Plant-Components-Outline class to hide the individual outlines and then use Modify>Show>Show or Hide Plant Styles to render. This will draw in the sketchy outlines around each group. But you must use a placement mode other than Single Plant Placement. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment
SCOPE Projects Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Which symbols would you suggest using that keep at least some of the interior linework intact? I have it working properly as far as placement is concerned, but now I just need it read better a slight bit of interior linework. Thanks for your help guys! Quote Link to comment
SCOPE Projects Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Also, I am using the same tree symbol a couple different places and I noticed when I changed the "mass overlapping" option it changes all of the individually placed trees as well. Is there a way to avoid this? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted July 29, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 29, 2011 Any of the symbols provided in the Plant Objects and Plant Objects02 files (that come with Landmark), contain Interior Linework in its own class. But if you use Mass Overlapping Plants, you will lose all of this. Instead, use the method I mention above. Do NOT check Mass Overlapping Plants on the Plant Definition. Place your plants and then use the Navigation palette to turn off the Plants-Components-Outline class. This works a treat. Quote Link to comment
bcd Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Ileaving only the outline of the entire grouping of trees. Any ideas? AV Controlling the interior linework via Class Visibilities is effective (and arguably more elegant), Mass Overlapping Plants also satisfies the original post for outline only or is there something undesirable about it? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tamsin Slatter Posted July 29, 2011 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 29, 2011 No - only that I get a lot of users contacting me puzzled that they have lost other graphic elements in the symbol because they have rendered their plants. They only want the massing effect and want to retain other elements, like colour and linework. Quote Link to comment
SCOPE Projects Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 (edited) Thanks for all your comments guys! They look great now! Now, instead of making a new topic...Why can't I get my hatches to print?? They print when I PDF the sheet but not through my plotter? very strange... Any suggestions? Edited August 1, 2011 by SCOPE Projects Quote Link to comment
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