How to show existing plants without them showing up on a schedule
By Thomas LeBlanc on Thursday, 31 January 2019
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I am looking for a solution to show existing trees in a plan.  I am curently using generic plant blocks for existing trees, and actual plants for new proposed trees.  The issue here is that I then need to draw an individual leader for these existing plants, and they do not colorize with the render.


It seems that if I use a landFX plant block to show this plant, it will then appear on a plant schedule when I add that for the existing plants in the area.  is there a way to use a LandFX plant block and have that specific plant be excluded from the schedule?  

Thanks

Thomas

 

We actually have a short video on some great options for showing existing plants: Power Tip: Existing Tree Massing.

 

If you do choose to use plants or concept plants, you have some options to create a separate schedule:

1. Add the existing trees in a separate file, and run the schedule there. That file can be xrefed into your final planting plan: Power Tip: How to Cross Reference Plans.

2. Use the highlight tool to select all of your existing trees, and move them onto a unique layer, like LP-TREE-EXISTING. Then you can freeze that layer, or the regular LP-TREE layer to control what gets picked up by the schedule. Like most Land F/X tools, freezing a object will hide it from our commands.

 

-Amanda

Amanda Marin
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Most Helpful as always Amanda, Thank you

 

Thomas LeBlanc
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