Editing plant attributes

Plants are hybrid symbols, containing a 2D symbol, and optionally, a 3D symbol. As plant styles are created, the plant symbol is automatically imported into the current file and displays in the Resource Manager. Plants are “red” plug-in object symbols (see Concept: Vectorworks symbols for information on symbol types). The 2D and 3D plant graphics are scaled by the plant style height and spread parameters.

Because plants are red symbols, plant attributes cannot be directly set or modified from the Attributes palette. Instead, edit the plant symbol components.

To edit plant symbol attributes:

1. From the Resource Manager, right-click on the resource, and select Edit from the context menu.

Alternatively, select a plant in the drawing window, and double-click or select Edit from the context menu.

The Edit Plant dialog box opens.

Click to show/hide the parameters.

2. Edits to the 2D or 3D components immediately affect all instances of the symbol. Changes to the plant style affect all future instances of the plant.

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Parameter	Description
2D/3D Graphics	Edits the 2D or 3D symbol components (geometry, or shape, and attributes like color and line weight) as described in Editing symbol definitions
Style	Edits the style of the plant symbol as described in Creating plant styles)
Path	For multiple plant placements, selects the boundary or center polygon defining the plant cluster shape, and automatically activates the Reshape tool for editing the path