Our list of updates is a testament to the development schedule at Land F/X. We tend to implement bug fixes immediately, and we're constantly refining our code – often at a user's request. Many of the updates described on this page consist of exciting new tools or features. However, we also retain this list to inform our technical support team of bug fixes, which in turn allows us to provide better support to users who need it.
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Hotfix: Issue where select component dialog would become stuck loading.
Fix: Some users experienced an error during downloading remote components
New: Schedules now have symbols as a column added.
New: Plant Info dialog now allows setting a plant photo.
Fix: Overhaul to select component dialog.
Fix: On rare occasion all dialogs would be blank, WebView2 runtime related issue.
Fix: Switched code library usage to prioritize revit packages libraries over plugin libraries, Bim360 issue.
Fix: Preview image would be blacked out for ground covers
Fix: Photocallout image would be null
Fix: On rare occasion, plant manager ground covers would cause fatal crash
Fix: Open plant manager (from existing revit session) would open settings dialog (preferences)
Tweak: Added additional element type sanity checks for GetCustomFloorType
New: Fill with plants dialog
New: Remove data tool.
New: Prompt to create a default 3D view if missing.
New: Custom Toposolid types
Fix: Some users experienced an error when importing plants from another project.
Fix: Ground cover placement on toposolids would overwrite existing ground covers
Fix: Fill with plants would not work with a shaped edited toposolid.
Fix: Color Render would throw an error when run from a view with no graphic override permission.
Fix: Highlight plant would throw an error when selecting a non lafx plant.
Fix: Custom family library folders with a space character would not work.
Support for the 2024 version of Revit
Fix: Parsing hatch data would throw an error for some users.
Fix: Certain users experienced a ground cover place exception.
Fix: Unable to enter text into spacing dialog during copy along
Fix: Index out of bounds exception
Fix: Plant groups would on occasion disappear from the plant manager.
Fix: Color render only affects the active project, not all open projects
New: Redesigned submit error dialog
Tweak: Copy along performance improved.
Tweak: Adjacent plants performance improved.
Hotfix: License releasing
Fix: Certain hatch patterns would come in the wrong size
Fix: Plant size fields would be skipped
Fix: Highlight would say "not landfx plant"
Fix: Groundcover sizes were not editable
Hotfix: Error related to GetAllLAFXElements
Fix: Generate planting schedule would raise a mismatched field ids exception
Fix: Select component would on occasion throw 403 forbidden
New: Adjacent Plants tool
Hotfix: Error related to postrequest
Fix: Fill with plants would not host the plants to the floor
Fix: Error related to language localization when parsing pattern files
Fix: On occassion, mimic from the plant manager would throw an error
Tweak: First library download, text was adjusted to help guide new user setup
Hotfix: Academic Licensing support
Hotfix: Disabled Adjacent Plants tool, added in v1.0.21, not quite ready.
New: Copy along, supports selecting multiple lines
Fix: Issue where some users reported missing plants when exporting
Tweak: Hatch pattern import scale
Tweak: Import progress bar disabled for now.
New: Plant groups reordering
New: Progress bar for importing plants
Fix: On occassion a new project with no plants would raise an error
Fix: Plant Info window display issues with unicode characters
Fix: Issue where some users could not place groundcovers
Fix: Group label now supports redefining tagged plants
Fix: Plants when imported would come in at the wrong elevation
Tweak: Groundcover metric decimal rounding
Tweak: Decreased time on assigned project progress bar
Beta testers will need to clear old families from their library in order to download new improved family files as replacements
New: Preferences
New: Color Render
New: Community Forum, Tech Support, and Remote Assistance ribbon buttons added
New: Plant Manager import plants from another project
Fix: Plant Manager would show only one plant from a custom group
Fix: Plant Mimic now works on ground covers
Fix: Issue where when selecting component, used components would not be disabled from selection.
Fix: Placing ground covers now applies plant bed floor type and hatch
Tweak: 3D Connection import speed improved
Tweak: Copy Along specify dialog now shows units (Feet/Meter)
Fix: 2023 issue causing occasional runtime error
Fix: 2019-2021 issue occasional incorrect count after running verify labels
Fix: Error occured during placing multiple ground covers
Fix: Incorrect count when clicking planting tag rather than element
Fix: An issue would occur where user would be prompted that a 3D view is required.
Tweak: Improved the performance of code related to updating connecting lines between lafx family instances.
New: Placing ground covers command will now allow more than one
New: Plant Manager now shows plant groups
Fix: Plant Manager not sorting plants alphabetically by botanical name
Fix: Match Plant/Properties renamed to Clone/Mimic Plant
Fix (2023): Photo callout and labels behavior was incorrect
Fix: Symbols in remarks cause script error
Fix: Assigning plant symbols in import window from 3D connection doesn't grey out already selected symbols.
Fix: Library parsing code optimized
New: Group label & Highlight now support clicking a planting tag
Fix: Photo callout would not open in certain circumstances
Fix: Import remove existing plants prompt would open twice
Fix: Plant Info rare occasion, 2d/3d image would not be shown
HotFix: 'K' and '1' key shortcuts now only are toggled when inside the copy along command.
New: Copy Along Tool
New: Planting Preferences (read only for now)
Fix: Various bug fixes
Fix: Import/Export disappearing plants
Fix: Incorrect Plant Schedule counts
Hotfix: Bug fixes
Minor tweaks and preperation for 2.4.0
Revit 2022 support added
Hotfix: Component library loading logic changed
Minor tweaks and bug fixes
New update dialog
New settings dialog to remove version (now in update dialog)
New help button in ribbon and in plant manager
Ribbon icons grouped into panels and tools re-organized
Ribbon Tooltip Images and F1 help when hovering on a Planting F/X tool
Split Button - split with Recent (Static Text) for ribbon dropdowns
Update: Remote library downloading! Select component window now looks at rfa files in S3 like other Land F/X blocks, and downloads to local location when used. Browse button removed, and window will now show custom .rfa files (as long as they have a corresponding 3D and 2D .jpg preview file). This library will automatically update itself as we add more symbols to grow it, no more manual downloads needed.
Fix: Error a 3D view is required to use Planting F/X when there ARE 3D views - now recognizes 3D views not named {3D}.
Fix: Error Download file (S3).
Update: Automatically open settings dialog if not set up.
Update: Settings - Allow typing library path along with browsing.
Update: Plant tags updated to 2-line to allow groundcover area quantities to fit.
Fix: Groundcover tags showing square area now have a unit indicator in the tag (ft2 or m2).
Fix: Groundcovers blocked from remote symbol selection for now. Will be added in the future when groundcover symbols are made.
Update: New Ribbon icons, standardized with ACAD.
Fix: From Beta tester error report: Photocallout error.
Update: Match Properties no longer allowed to work between symbols and floors. Only allows symbol to symbol or floor to floor.
Update: Ribbon tools use Split dropdowns with recent, static text to allow faster use of the same tool repeatedly.
Fix: Groundcover quantity fixes.
Update: Plant Info: Remarks now uses spellcheck.
Update: Plant Info: Shows spacing for groundcovers.
Update: Adding tree/shrub in metric, default symbol width reflects metric units.
Fix: With Preview symbols on, clicking on groundcovers in the manager and then back to shrubs or trees, preview now comes back for shrubs and trees.
Fix: Error PM_FetchPlantData - An error occurred fetching data from the cloud.