J. Wallace Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Hello everyone I'm trying to sort out how one can create a custom data tag. I'm hoping to do so for use with existing trees. I find the tags for existing tree symbols really cumbersome, for some reason they are much harder to work with when compared with plant symbols. See image below as an example of aligning tags, plant symbols align easily using the align tool, the existing tree tags never seem to align correctly which leaves one to adjust tags manually which can be a large task if your drawing contains hundreds of ex trees. I was hoping to work around this by creating a data tag for existing trees but haven't sorted out how to do this. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 I ended up sorting this out using this section from the help files. It's a bit vague but got me to where I needed to go. http://app-help.vectorworks.net/2019/eng/index.htm#t=VW2019_Guide%2FAnnotation%2FCreating_Data_Tag_Styles.htm%23XREF_33520_Creating_Tag_Styles&rhsearch=edit data tag&rhsyns= 2 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Tony Kostreski Posted June 12, 2019 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted June 12, 2019 @J. Wallace Glad you found a resource! I've still gone ahead and attached a quick sample of how to create a custom Data Tag for Existing Tree objects. Hope this helps anyone. Data Tag_Existing Tree Sample.vwx 1 Quote Link to comment
J. Wallace Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Tony Kostreski said: @J. Wallace Glad you found a resource! I've still gone ahead and attached a quick sample of how to create a custom Data Tag for Existing Tree objects. Hope this helps anyone. Data Tag_Existing Tree Sample.vwx Thanks very much @Tony Kostreski That's a huge help. I like the fact I can add a common or botanical name. Edited June 12, 2019 by J. Wallace Quote Link to comment
bob cleaver Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 The formatting flexibility with data tags is incredible and a great tool for existing tree info used in a traditional plan view It makes you think about other creative uses for the data tag Thank you J Wallace and Tony for the inspiration - 1 Quote Link to comment
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