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Plant Row Properties
The properties used to modify a plant fill are located to
the right of the screen when your plant fill is selected. Only some of these
properties can be adjusted right before adding the plant fill to your landscape,
but all of the properties can be adjusted after it has been added. Below is a
description of each available property in the order that they appear in the
software.
Plant Properties
Options |
Description |
Plants |
The Plants property determines the total
number of plants that are added to the plant row. To change the plant
number, move the Plants slider or type a value in the text
field. |
Spacing |
The Spacing property displays the average
distance between each plant. |
Closed |
The Closed property determines whether the
plant row’s shape is open or closed. To change the state of the plant
row’s shape, click the Closed checkbox to toggle it. |
Line style |
The Line Style… property determines the
appearance of the plant row line. To change the line style, click the
Line Style… button and select the style you want to use from the
dialog that appears. |
Explode |
The Explode property is used to separate
each plant in the Plant Row into plant objects, effectively replacing the
Plant Row with a selection of individual plants. To break the Plant Row
into separate plants, click the Explode button. |
Edit points |
Click the Edit points button to
enable or disable point editing mode, which will allow you to modify the
plant row’s shape. See Editing Points for
details. |
Shape options |
Click the Shape Options button to save the
shape of the plant row, or to load an existing shape. For more details,
see Saving and Loading
Shapes. |
Plants |
Description |
Current plant |
The Current plant property determines which
plant you currently are able to edit. There are slots for 8 different
plants; to change the current plant, click the drop-down menu and select
the plant slot you would like to adjust. |
Enabled |
The Enabled property determines whether the
current plant is added to the plant row. To toggle the plant’s appearance
in the plant row, click the Enabled checkbox. |
Plant |
The Plant property determines the type of
plant to use in the plant row. To change the plant, click the picture that
displays the current plant used. |
Plant options |
The appearance of the plant can be modified by
clicking the small button that appears to the right of the plant’s
picture. |
Ignore growth limits |
The Ignore growth limits property determines
whether the plant can be enlarged past its maximum size. To toggle this
size limitation, click the Ignore growth limits
checkbox. |
Information |
Description |
Plant names |
The Plant names property displays the common name
of the plant on the first line, and the botanical name of the plant on the
second line. The botanical plant name is displayed in italics.
To change one or both of these names for the
currently selected plant, click the options button on the top-right of
this property and enter the desired names. |
Season |
The Season property determines which
seasonal variation of the plant you want to use. You can pick a specific
season, or select Use global season to use the season currently
specified in the environment
settings. This property only applies to UltraRes Plants®. |
Starting age |
The Starting age of the plant determines the
current size of the plant. Note that the starting age does not include any
age added through the Plant Growth
setting. To change the plant’s starting age, move the Starting age slider
or enter a value in the text field. |
Plant growth |
The Plant growth property displays the
current Plant Growth
setting. |
Current age |
The Current age property displays the sum of
the plant’s starting age and the current Plant Growth setting. |
Mature age |
The Mature age property displays the
age at which the plant will reach its mature height. |
Current height |
The Current height property displays the
height of the plant at its current age. |
Mature height |
The Mature height property displays the
height that the plant will reach when it reaches its mature age. |
Planting zones |
The Planting zones property displays the zones that
the plant will thrive in. To view a map of these zones, click Tools
and Plant Hardiness Zones.
Note: Plant hardiness zones do not apply to
annuals. |
Key |
The Key property displays an abbreviation of
the plant’s name. To change the plant key, click the text field. |
Size |
The Size property displays the size of the
plant when it is planted. To change the size, click the text
field. |
Symbol
Properties
Plants |
Description |
Use default symbol |
The Use default symbol property determines
whether the plant should use the standard symbol or allow you to select
from the symbol library. To toggle the default symbol, click the Use
default symbol checkbox. |
Symbol |
The Symbol property determines the symbol
that is used when displaying the plant in the Plan view. To change the
symbol, click the picture that displays the current plant symbol.
Note: Before the symbol can be changed, the
Use default symbol property must be
unchecked. |
Symbol options |
The appearance of the plant symbol can be modified
by clicking the small button that appears to the right of the plant symbol
image. |
Scale |
The Scale property determines the size of
the symbol relative to the size of the plant. If the scale is set to 50,
then the symbol will be one half of the plant’s size. To change the scale,
move the Scale slider or enter a value in the text field. |
Transparency |
The Transparency property determines the
opacity of the symbol in the Plan view. To change the symbol opacity, move
the Transparency slider or type a value in the text field. Note that the
Transparency property is only available when the Custom appearance in
each view option is checked. |
Symbol width |
The Symbol width property displays the size
of the plant symbol that is displayed in the Plan view. The symbol size is
a factor of the plant’s Starting age and Scale. |
See also:
Adding a Plant
Fill Adding a Plant Row Adding a Plant Searching for Plants Plant Symbols Selecting Objects Setting Object Properties Editing Objects Editing Materials Setting Plant Growth
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