Wouldn't it be nice if the existing tree tool allowed relocated trees to have different position data?
Meaning, when I place the tree as existing it gets numbered. I think of this as its unique serial number for the life of the project. As the project matures, the fate of that tree changes. Maybe it remains in place or gets removed, the tool works fine in this regard.
But what if the tree is to be relocated?
The Vectorworks recommended strategy found in the help menu is to copy the tree, turn off the autonumbering, place the copied tree and manually renumber it... That introduces potential error and coordination issues into the process. Using this method, a tree that dies in the nursery could be cursed to roam the planting plans as a ghost 🙂 Worse yet, human error jacking up things by renumbering incorrectly.
If that numbered tree could have positional data for it's various positions during a project, it would be great. One object to show where it was, where it sits in the salvage nursery, and where it ends up in the final design.
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Wouldn't it be nice if the existing tree tool allowed relocated trees to have different position data?
Meaning, when I place the tree as existing it gets numbered. I think of this as its unique serial number for the life of the project. As the project matures, the fate of that tree changes. Maybe it remains in place or gets removed, the tool works fine in this regard.
But what if the tree is to be relocated?
The Vectorworks recommended strategy found in the help menu is to copy the tree, turn off the autonumbering, place the copied tree and manually renumber it... That introduces potential error and coordination issues into the process. Using this method, a tree that dies in the nursery could be cursed to roam the planting plans as a ghost 🙂 Worse yet, human error jacking up things by renumbering incorrectly.
If that numbered tree could have positional data for it's various positions during a project, it would be great. One object to show where it was, where it sits in the salvage nursery, and where it ends up in the final design.
thoughts?
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