L.A. Santa Fe Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) Isn't the purpose of the plant database to quickly apply plant data to a plant symbol? This is supposed to save the time of having to manually enter plant data into a plant symbol, right? Our team tags plants by "quantity & plant ID." This helps our contractors in the field. For example they know that 52-ba means 52 blue avena grass. The VW plant database is a great tool which saves time by quickly applying plant data, such as botanical name, common name, height and mature spread, to a symbol. However, the plant database does not have a category for "plant ID." Every time we assign a plant symbol with data from the VW plant database we still have to assign the symbol with a "plant ID" manually. Having to manually input this data every time you build a plant symbol is defeating the purpose of the plant database. The database should be flexible so we can add pertinent plant data. Is it possible to add an ID category? Thank you Edited February 8, 2013 by L.A. Santa Fe Quote Link to comment
L.A. Santa Fe Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 We have tried to add a category in the database using "modify table view," and add a new category, but the closest category VW displays is "unique ID." There seems to be no way to ass plant ID as a category and make it import to a plants symbol, as you can do with name, size, etc. We tried to have this question answered in a previous thread and while there were quite a few views (98), only one response was given which proved fruitless. http://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=181655#Post181655 Quote Link to comment
I will I Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 So glad someone else brought this up, I think it would be really great if the plant database allowed you to automate the assigning of plant IDs ;-) Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Yes, this is a must have!!! Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I found a solution. Let me get the info together and I will post. Actually Matt Panzer did the thinking, I'll do the writing. Thanks Matt Ill post in a bit Quote Link to comment
Bryan G. Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Alright sorry for the delay. This method is not the preferred but will suffice till VW fixes the issue. In VW Plant database, in the "Comment 3" area type in your coding or id of your categorized plant. Then in the Plant Settings dialog box under the "Tag" listing there are the "top, Middle, Bottom" tag rows. for the top row (assuming you only want to list your unique id) follow the drop down menu to custom and enter "comment 3" and voila!! Maybe if we all make enough noise about this they will fix the VW Plant Database so it works correctly. Quote Link to comment
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