Typically, loading in plant types is the first step to get started with plants in a project. Once you decide what plants you need, use Load Types to get those species loaded into the project.
When placing a Planting in a project, the family that is placed should always be a Parent Plant. Each Parent Plant relates to a specific configuration of planting parameters and corresponds to the asset types loaded into each parent. So before you load your species/types into a Family, consider which Parent Plant is the right fit:
What Parent Plant has the right parameters (does it need Staking or Plan Overlays) and does it also have the right assets? Check out the Plant Asset Gallery, if you’re not sure.
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Step-by-Step Guide:
- Click on Load, to launch Load Types.
- Navigate to the database path (csv or Excel file).
Note: this file path will be saved, so when tool is next loaded, it will look for this file.
- Choose the Plant Family to load into:
Note: all Planting families within the Project will be shown within this dropdown.
- Click on Find/Refresh Plants. This will pre-load the plants into the window.
If nothing happens, take a look at the troubleshooting options:
- Check the Plants that you want to load.
- Search/ Filter functionality- particularly useful if you have a large database and you don’t want to Check All.
- Check All/ Check None- particularly useful if you have a project-specific database that you are using.
There are some additional options here, including:
Note: use Enter key to refresh the search.
- Click Run