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    Intro To Planting F/X in CAD

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    May 15, 2026

    Presented by: Jake Lott

    Length: 1:09:45

    Join us as we explore the core structure of the Planting F/X plugin and the powerful planting tools designed to make your CAD design workflow more efficient. We'll also show off the site, hardscape, and grading tools that come with your Planting F/X license, further gearing you up for success.

    Webinar Contents:

    Note: The following catalog of content covered in this webinar is time stamped to allow you to follow along or skip to sections of the video that are relevant to your questions. You can also search for content on this page using the FIND command in your browser (CTRL + F in Windows, Command + F in Mac OS.)

     

    • Intro/TOC
    • Where to Start with Planting F/X
      • Learning Resources
      • Planting F/X in CAD Overview
      • Project Setup
      • Your Office Standards (Preferences)
    • Adding and Placing Plants/Site Objects
    • Labeling and Verifying
    • Scheduling Options
    • Sneak Peek on New Features and Functions

    0:00 – 3:47: Intro/TOC

    3:48 – 29:36: Where to Start with Planting F/X

    Learning Resources (3:48)

    • Trainer
    • Tooltips
    • I.A.
    • Webinars and Power Tips
    • Documentation
    • Community Forum
    • Paid training

     

    Planting F/X in CAD Overview (7:04)

    F/X Admin ribbon (7:38)

    • F/X Site and F/X Details ribbons (8:36)
    • Tooltips (hover over a tool button on a ribbon and see a description of that tool and a link to relevant documentation) (8:59)
    • Land F/X Trainer (10:14)

     

    How to get to the Trainer (12:04)

     

    Project Setup (12:57)

    The Project List (13:10)

     

    Starting a new Land F/X project and associating it with a DWG drawing (14:17)

    • Associating a Preference Set and CAD details with the project (15:13)
    • Project templates (16:15)
    • The Project Manager (16:56)
    • The importance of working in a clean file and cleaning files before bringing them in as External References (Xrefs) (17:45)
    • Sheet setup, scale, and units (18:15)
    • Saving the drawing (20:47)

     

    Your Office Standards (Preferences (20:02))

    • Overview of Preference Sets and the Land F/X Preferences screens (21:38)
    • Schedule default settings (25:48)
    • Layer and Text Style settings (27:07)

    29:37 – 58:05: Adding and Placing Plants/Site Objects

    Plant Manager and Concept Manager (29:37)

     

    Our plant database (30:34)

    • Searching for plants and filtering your search (32:22)
    • Adding a new plant to the database (35:25)

     

    Adding a plant to a project (36:39)

     

    Selecting a plant symbol (37:15)

     

    Assigning a photo to a plant (38:20)

     

    Selecting a hatch plant symbol for a Shrub Area or groundcover (40:29)

     

    Mass selecting and moving plants in the Plant Manager (42:28)

     

    Placing plants in a drawing (43:32)

    • Keyboard commands for placing plants (Shotgun, Paint, Clone, Mimic, Copy Along, etc.) (44:01)

     

    Highlight tool (48:35)

     

    Discussion on Preference Sets (51:08)

     

    Adding seed mixes to a project (53:32)

     

    Polydivide tool (55:37)

     

    P-Hatch tool (56:36)

    58:06 – 1:04:41: Scheduling Options

    Bloom Schedule and Color Legend (58:06)

     

    Plant Portfolio (59:25)

     

    Reference Notes (1:00:17)

    1:04:42 – end: Sneak Peek on New Features and Functions

    Setting the location of the project (1:04:50)

     

    Color generator for symbols (1:05:31)

     

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