PlantMaster and Vectorworks have created a plugin that makes it possible to transfer plant information seamlessly between the two systems. You can send individual plants or an entire project of plants from PlantMaster to Vectorworks, OR, you can import your plant schedule from Vectorworks to PlantMaster. Explore training to learn how to use these tools fluently.
Video Training.
First, check out these videos so you can use these systems together.
1. Install the PlantMaster plugin.
Start here. Learn how to find and install the PlantMaster plugin from the customer portal.
3. Send individual plants from PlantMaster to Vectorworks.
Learn how to add individual plants from the PlantMaster plant search directly to your open design file in Vectorworks. Use these tools if you want to add a small number of plants to your design file.
5. Send your plant schedule from Vectorworks to PlantMaster.
Learn how to send the plants from your plant schedule (or working design file) from Vectorworks to PlantMaster. Use these tools if you want to send your plants to PlantMaster to create presentations, reports, legends, and other plant presentation materials.
2. How to use the PlantMaster plugin.
Once you’ve install the plugin, learn how to use all the tools to transfer plant data back and forth.
4. Send your project plants from PlantMaster to Vectorworks.
Learn how to send all the plants from your current project in PlantMaster to your current design project in Vectorworks. Use these tools if you want to send ALL your project plants to Vectorworks.
Step by Step Tutorials.
Or, explore all the same great training with written instructions and screenshots for every step.
Installing and Using the Plugin >
Find and install the plugin from your Vectorworks account..
Send plants from PlantMaster to Vectorworks >
How to send your PlantMaster project plants to Vectorworks.
Send plant schedule from Vectorworks to PlantMaster >
How to send the plant schedule back to PlantMaster for presentations and reports.
Vectorworks + PlantMaster – Everything you need to know >
Everything you need to know top to bottom about using PlantMaster and Vectworks together.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers AND training on your most commonly asked questions.
What plant information is shared?
PlantMaster to Vectorworks: Botanical name, Common name, Code name, Container/Purchase Size.
Vectorworks to PlantMaster: Botanical name (for matching only), Common name (for matching only), Code name, Schedule Size (matches to Container/Purchase Size), and Quantity/Count.
Are my plant/symbol pairings saved across multiple computers?
No, plant style pairings are stored to a hidden file on the machine used when first pairing a plant to a symbol. You can access and copy the hidden file if you wish to migrate your pairings to another computer – please contact us at support@plantmaster.com for further assistance.
How can I utilize my own custom plant styles/symbols?
In order to utilize and ‘pair’ plants to your custom styles and symbols, you need to move those custom styles into your Vectorworks Resource Libraries. Typically, these are just ‘.vwx’ files located in your Resource Manager directory at “Vectorworks Libraries > Plants > _Plant (Styles)”. We recommend reviewing Vectorworks help documentation found here, for further information.
If you don’t see your plant styles, they are most likely not located in the Vectorworks Resource Libraries – you will need to move them to the User Resource Libraries to see them. You cannot add a plant style from a project file – you will get an error message.
What do I do if one of the plant symbols doesn’t quite match a plant I want to add?
If you know ahead of time that you don’t have a good match, then you can pre-create a custom plant style, see the above question “How can I utilize my own custom plant styles/symbols?”.
However, most likely, you may not realize until you are in the middle of the process of sending your plants to Vectorworks. In this case, you will want to find the closest match, and then once you’ve submitted and created your new plant styles, you can go and directly modify the plant style via your Resource Manager in Vectorworks.
Note that Vectorworks has now ‘paired’ that plant to the original symbol you selected, so if you want future instances of that plant to use your new custom symbol, you will need to copy it into your managed Vectorworks Library — then remember to select the newly created plant style the next time that you go to add that plant to Vectorworks.
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