Edit Plants: Planting F/X for Revit® Plugin

Select the plant you want to edit, then click the Edit button.

1. Plant Name: The botanical and common names for the selected plant. If you want, you can change this information.

2. Code: the plant code currently assigned to this plant.

3. Group: The category, or group, assigned to the selected plant in this project. The plant may be a Tree, Shrub, or Ground Cover. More information

4. Remarks: Any Remarks, or notes, you want to assign to the plant – up to 256 characters. More information

5. Detail: The detail, if any, that is currently assigned to the selected plant in this project. This feature is currently only editable on the CAD side (coming soon to Revit).

6. Cost: If you want, you can add a per-unit cost to each plant, which you can change here if necessary.

7. The plant information fields, including user definable information fields. The Size field shows the size currently assigned to a tree or shrub, or a spacing, flat size, or other designation currently assigned to a groundcover. More information

8. Symbol width: The plant's symbol width in feet or meters, depending on the units you've set.

Field

Botanical Name

Common Name

Plant Code

Group

Remarks

Cost

Plant Information Fields

Symbol Width

Spacing

Symbol

Associated Shared Parameter(s)

LAFX Botanical Name

LAFX Common Name

LAFX Plant Code

LAFX Plant Group

LAFX Remarks

LAFX Cost

LAFX Field1, LAFX Field2, LAFX Field3, LAFX Field4, LAFX Field5, LAFX Field6

LAFX Symbol Spread

LAFX Spacing

LAFX Revit Symbol

This field shows the default code assigned to this plant, as it will be listed in your labels and Plant Schedule. All plants in our database have a unique code assigned to them automatically.

You can edit the plant code to your liking.

To give the plant a new subcategory (group), open the Group menu.

Groups connect to the shared parameter LAFX Plant Group.

The menu will list all possible groups within the selected plant category. For example, groups within the Trees category include coniferous trees, deciduous trees, and so on.

If you want to move the selected plant to another group, select that group from this pull-down menu.

To remove that plant from a group, move it back to the main category name (Trees, Shrubs, Groundcovers).

To edit this list of available plant groups, edit the list in Planting Preferences.

Any remarks, or notes, you add for the selected plant will appear on the Plant Schedule.

Entries in the Remarks field connect to the shared parameter LAFX Remarks.

Remarks can consist of up to 256 characters.

Typical specification items, such as container size or caliper, are better handled in the plant information fields.

This portion of the Plant Info dialog box contains up to six user definable fields for how you typically specify this type of plant.

These include Size, followed by other fields such as Container Type, Weight, WUCOLS, and additional fields that you can customize in Plant Sizes Preferences.

The plant information fields connect to the following shared parameters: LAFX Field1, LAFX Field2, LAFX Field3, LAFX Field4, LAFX Field5, LAFX Field6

Each field has its own pull-down menu.

Pictured to the right is the Size menu, where you can select from several different sizes for the selected plant.

You can customize the Plant Information fields in the Plant Sizes Preferences screen – but only on the CAD side.

Select the number of columns that you want to appear in your Plant Schedule. In this example, as in the Plant Info dialog box as pictured above, we have 3 columns selected.

In this example, we've selected 6 columns, which adds User Fields 4, 5, and 5.

All six columns are completely customizable, allowing you to add any information you want to your plants.

These extra fields will be added to the Plant Info dialog box with the same names you give them here.

Selecting 5 from the Columns menu in the Plant Sizes Preferences adds two additional fields.

We'll change the names of those fields to Height and Water Usage. Click OK to save your changes.

The extra fields are then added to the Plant Info dialog box. Note that the menus to the right of these new fields won't contain any entries except ---Add New---.

Select ---Add New--- to add a data entry to the menu.

The New Plant Size dialog box will open, and you can enter the data of your choice. we'll give our tree a 10 gallon per day (10 G/Day) water usage. Click OK to add the data entry.

The entry will now be available from the menu, and you can select it.

These custom columns will be included in your Plant Schedule, along with the data you've set for them when adding information to each plant.

Click the Symbol area box to assign the plant with a symbol family (trees and individual shrubs – groundcover hatches coming soon).

For plants you've added as trees or as shrubs, you'll select an individual plant symbol block to represent that plant in your drawing.

Click the 2D/3D toggle to see the 2D plan view symbols for each family.

Each 3D view is directly connected to the shown 2D symbol. The 2D symbol will show in plan view, and the 3D symbol will show in 3D or elevation views in Revit.

2D tree symbols, Conifer category shown

3D tree symbols, Conifer category shown

2D shrub symbols, Perennial category shown

3D shrub symbols, Perennial category shown

2D diagrammatic tree symbols

3D diagrammatic tree symbols

2D diagrammatic shrub symbols

3D diagrammatic shrub symbols

After you've selected a 2D or 3D symbol for a plant, that symbol will show in the Symbol area in the Plant Info dialog box when the 2D or 3D tab is selected.