Object Info Tool: Planting F/X for SketchUp Plugin
After adding Land F/X objects, such as plants and site amenities, to your project or placing them in your model, you may want to edit their data or change their SketchUp component. With the Object Info tool in our Planting F/X for SketchUp plugin, you can quickly change the data and SketchUp model assigned to an object.
Object Info Tool Overview
You can edit Land F/X objects in two ways:
Plants and site amenities, including those that you haven't placed in your model yet, can be edited from the Plant Manager or Site Amenities Manager, respectively.
Select the object you'd like to edit in the manager of your choice (Plant Manager pictured), then click Edit.
If you've already placed the object in your model, you can alternatively use the Object Info tool directly:
LandFX toolbar, Object Info button
Land-FX menu, Object Info option
If you activate the Object Info tool without a Land F/X object selected, your cursor will change into an eyedropper icon, and the status bar text will read Select a Land F/X object to edit its info. You can then, click on a placed instance of a Land F/X plant or site amenity to edit it.
One of the following dialog boxes will open, depending on what kind of object you're editing:
Editing Plants
When you use one of the methods shown above to begin editing a plant, the Plant Info dialog box will open.
1. The plant's taxonomic and common names.
2. The plant's Code.
3. A button to show/hide the plant's Data. More information
4. The plant's Group. Note: Group names are currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
5. Additional Remarks about the plant.
6. The plant's assigned Detail drawing. Note: Detail assignment is currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
7. The plant's Cost.
8. The plant's Size, and/or other custom field values. Note: Custom field names and options are currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
9. The Width of the plant's symbol (SketchUp component).
10. A thumbnail preview of the plant's Symbol (SketchUp component). Click the thumbnail to assign or reassign a SketchUp component to the plant.
A gray + symbol will display here if the plant has no assigned SketchUp component.
A broken image icon will display if the plant has an assigned SketchUp component, but the SKP file for which could not be found
Edit the plant's information as desired, then click OK to confirm the changes. The dialog box will close, and both your model and Plant Manager will update to reflect the changes.
If you close the dialog box without clicking OK, the changes will not take effect.
Assigning a SketchUp Component to a Plant
Before you can place a plant in your SketchUp model, it must be assigned a SketchUp component. This assigned SketchUp component acts as the visual representation of the plant wherever it appears in your model.
To assign a SketchUp component to a plant, from the Plant Info dialog box, click the thumbnail box.
The Land F/X Select Component dialog box will open.
Select a plant type by clicking one of the buttons at the top of the dialog box. SketchUp components of the selected plant type will display in the list of thumbnails below.
You can also browse for your own pre-saved plant symbols by clicking Browse. However, your library of pre-saved symbols must be located in the folder you've designated as your Library folder in the Planting F/X for SketchUp plugin Settings.
Scroll through the library, and click the thumbnail image of the SketchUp component you'd like to represent the plant.
The Plant Info dialog box will open again, and the SketchUp component you selected will now be shown as the Symbol thumbnail image.
Click OK to accept the symbol assignment. The dialog box will close, and both your model and Plant Manager will update to reflect the changes.
If you close the dialog box without clicking OK, the changes will not take effect.
Plant Data and Tagging
Each plant in our database is assigned specific data via a system of common-sense tag groups created by our plant database team. These groups include wiki-based tags added by Land F/X users and vetted by our team. The name of each plant is based on parameters set up by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
To view and edit the data assigned to the plant, click the Data button.
The dialog box will expand to show a panel within which you can view and edit data tags, view photos, view a description, and discuss the plant with other Land F/X users. For more information and instructions on this feature, see our plant data tagging system documentation.
Although all Land F/X users can edit tags, our team will continue to add data and vet user data for accuracy. The first time you edit a data tag, you'll be prompted to log in to your Land F/X Portal account.
Editing Site Amenities
When you use one of the methods shown above to begin editing a site amenity, the Site Info dialog box will open.
1. The site amenity's Name.
2. Additional Remarks.
3. The site amenity's organizational Number within your project.
4 The site amenity's organizational Division and Subdivision, if any, within your project. Note: Division and subdivision names are currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
5. The site amenity's assigned Detail drawing. Note: Detail assignment is currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
6. The site amenity's Cost.
7. The site amenity's custom field values, if any. Note: Custom field names and options are currently only editable in CAD. Here's how.
8. A thumbnail of the site amenity's assigned symbol (SketchUp component).
Click the thumbnail to reconfigure the site amenity or assign a symbol.
A gray + symbol will display here if the site amenity has no assigned SketchUp component.
A broken image icon will display if the site amenity has an assigned SketchUp component but that component's SKP file could not be found.
Edit the information as desired, then click OK to confirm the changes. The dialog box will close, and both your model and Site Manager will update to reflect the changes.
If you close the dialog box without clicking OK, the changes will not take effect.
Reconfiguring or Replacing Site Amenities
Before you can place a site amenity in your SketchUp model, it must be assigned a SketchUp component. This assigned SketchUp component acts as the visual representation of the site amenity wherever it appears in your model.
To assign, reassign, or reconfigure a site amenity's SketchUp component, from the Site Info dialog box, click the Symbol thumbnail box.
The relevant library browser dialog box for that site amenity type will open. See our Adding Site Amenities documentation for more information.
Once you've assigned and configured the SketchUp component for the site amenity as desired, the Site Info dialog box will open again, this time showing the information and SketchUp component thumbnail image as configured.
Click OK to accept the changes. The dialog box will close, and both your model and Site Manager will update to reflect the changes.
If you close the dialog box without clicking OK, the changes will not take effect.
Troubleshooting
SketchUp: Basic troubleshooting (adding, placing, importing objects)
Issue: You are unable to select a 3D symbol in SketchUp
Issue: Our Planting F/X Plugin for SketchUp freezes or becomes unresponsive
Issue: Clicking one of the Land F/X tool buttons in SketchUp does nothing
Contact
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