BGD Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Hi, I want to create a fill attribute that I can use to fill a landscape area to show mixed planting in top/plan view. For this, I have inserted certain plants and now want to create a fill attribute that shows only 2D graphics of these plants. What's the best way to go about it? The idea is to completely get rid of 3D component of plants that is making the file big and also easy to use as a resource to fill landscape area in general. Thank you for the help. Plant mix.vwx Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 You could enter the plant symbols to copy the 2D graphics and paste in a group and create a Tile. This tile could be used in B&W or color. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 Sounds like a fun project I will create one as a sample from the file you sent and share. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 Here it is! Mass Plant Tile.vwx 2 Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Hi ya, Cant open the file. Giving an error message. Also, pls share how did you go about creating it? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 Sorry I will send out another file. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 As for creation. Select all your plants copy to another location (not necessary if you don't need the original). With all selected "convert to group" then ungroup. Select all lifework and copy it. Then create a "Tile" and paste the lifework in the tile edit window. Adjust your tile repeats and you now have a tile you can use. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 Here is a 2019 file for you. Sorry I didn't initially notice you were in 2019Mass Plant Tile v2019.vwx 1 Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Some Qs 1. What does grouping and then ungrouping does? 2. What do you mean by select all lifework? How do you do that? 3. My tile is just showing some lines that I probably used to insert plants.. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee bgoff Posted March 17, 2020 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted March 17, 2020 You need to "convert to group" under the Modify> Convert> Convert to group. And I meant Line work. Sorry Typo. 1 Quote Link to comment
BGD Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Yes got it. Thanks ever so much for your prompt help... much appreciated Quote Link to comment
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