Planting F/X for Revit® Plugin Quick Start Steps
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Planting F/X for Revit® Plugin Quick Start Steps

Ready to get started with landscape design in Revit using our Planting F/X for Revit Plugin? Here's a quick guide. For more detailed information, see our Planting F/X for Revit Plugin overview documentation section.

Step 1: Set Up Your Planting F/X Library Folder for Revit®

1A. Navigate to the F/X Planting ribbon after installing, and click the General flyout menu option.

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, General button

 

 

 

Browsing to a library folder from the General Preferences

1B. In the General Preferences screen, click the Browse button and browse to the folder you plan to use as your Revit library folder. Click OK after selecting the folder.

If you haven't already, you'll need to create a library location for this Revit version's year, such as C:/LandFX/Revit/2024/Library or something similar, in an office shared folder.

Step 2: Create & Open a Project

2A. Click the Projects button on the F/X Planting ribbon.

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, Project button

 

 

 

2B. Click the New button for a new project number in your Planting F/X database.

Planting F/X Projects dialog box, New button

 

 

 

New Project dialog box

2C. Enter a number (alphanumeric and simple symbols allowed, such as 1011-ABC), and a short description name (example: ABC Street Landscape Design).

 

If your file is already using a Project Number in the Revit Project Information, use that number.

 

Click OK.

 

 

 

2D. Select that project number from the list, then click Open.

For more information, see our documentation on working with Land F/X projects in Revit

Planting F/X Projects dialog box, Open button

Step 3: Add Plants to Your Project

3A. Click the Plant Manager flyout menu option on the F/X Planting ribbon to open the Plant Manager.

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, Plant Manager button

 

 

 

Plant Manager, Tree option selected and New button highlighted

3B. To add a tree, select the Tree option, then click the New button.

 

 

 

3C. The master plant database of more than 48,000 species will open. Search or filter for your species.

 

If your exact species or variety is missing, use the New Plant button to add it to use right away, but double-check your spelling, as most genus and species information will already be present.

Land F/X Add Trees to Project dialog box, overview

 

 

 

Land F/X Add Trees to Project dialog box, Add to Project and Done buttons

3D. Select the species you want to add, then click Add to Project.

 

Continue adding tree species. Click Done when you're done for now. You can return and add more to this project palette later.

For more information, see our documentation on adding plants to a project in Revit

Step 4: Edit Plants & Assign Symbols

4A. Select one species in the Plant Manager, then click the Edit button.

Plant Manager, Edit button

 

 

 

Plant Info dialog box with Symbol Size, Symbol Width, and Symbol thumbnail area highlighted

4B. The Plant Info dialog box will open.

 

Choose a Size and Symbol width, then click the blank box under Symbol to open the symbol selection window.

 

 

 

Land F/X Select Component dialog box, symbol toggles

4C. In the Land F/X Select Component dialog box, use the toggles to see the 2D or 3D representations of each family.

 

Cycle through the symbol types (Conifer, Deciduous, Diagrammatic, etc.) at the top to review all options.

 

Click a symbol to assign it to the selected plant.

 

 

 

4D. Back in the Plant Info dialog box, the symbol will now be assigned to the plant.

 

Click OK to save the changes.

For more information see our documentation on editing plants and assigning symbols in Revit.

Plant Info dialog box, Symbol thumbnail and OK button

Step 5: Place Plants

3D view in Revit

5A. Move to a 3D or Site view with Planting elements visibility turned on.

 

 

 

5B. Back in the Plant Manager, select the plant.

 

The selected symbol will show in the 2D/3D previews. Click Place at the bottom of the Plant Manager. You can now place the plant anywhere in the view. It will use the family selected and scale it to the symbol width size selected. All parameters with the plant information indicated will be assigned to that symbol.

Plant Manager, Place button
For more information on placing plants in Revit, see our documentation on:

Step 6: Label Plants

6A. To label the placed trees, select the Group menu flyout from the F/X Planting ribbon to to open our Group Label tool.

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, Group flyout

 

 

 

6B. Select a Planting F/X tree, then use the cursor to draw a rectangle around all of that species to label.

 

Then click to place the label.

 

Selecting plants to label by Group
Group label placed

For more information, see our documentation on labeling plants with tags in Revit

Step 7: Create a Plant Schedule

Use our Plant Schedule tool to create a schedule listing all the trees you placed.

 

You can access the Plant Schedule tool by either:

 

  • Clicking the Plant Schedule flyout menu option in the Planting F/X ribbon, or ...

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, Plant Schedule flyout

 

 

 

  • ... clicking the Schedule button in the Plant Manager

For more information, see our documentation on Plant Schedules in Revit

Plant Manager, Schedule button

 

 

 

Congratulations! You just placed your first tree in the species of your choice, labeled it, and scheduled it!

Learn more about any other tool in the ribbon in our our Planting F/X for Revit Plugin overview documentation section, or by hovering your cursor on the tool button and then tapping F1 to see documentation on that tool. Our extensive documentation will show you more about what's possible, including customizing the plant sizes available in the Plant Info dialog box, or using your own family symbols to expand our default library with your own graphics while still benefitting from these tools.

 

Need further assistance? Access technical support with any question, comment, or wishlist request by using our Support tool, located in the Help pull-down menu in the Planting F/X ribbon.

 

Planting F/X ribbon in Revit, Support flyout

 

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