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John Connor
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Topic: Insert tree blocks with different canopy/trunk Posted: 21.May.2014 at 23:58 |
I guess he isn't going to share. Makes me wonder if he ever had such a block to begin with.
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John Connor
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Posted: 20.May.2014 at 11:57 |
msplc: You going to upload one of your dynamic 3D blocks or not?
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Kent Cooper
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Posted: 19.May.2014 at 15:13 |
If the tree Block is one ordinary Block, then while you can vary the height easily enough with the Z scale of each insertion, the trunk diameter and canopy size, set by the X and Y scale factors, will always have the same relationship to each other. That is, one insertion won't be able to have, say, twice the trunk diameter of another one but three times its canopy size. If you want to specify each tree's trunk diameter and the canopy size separately, I think you're going to need one Block for the trunk and a different one for the canopy. But you could at least Group them together to keep each tree as, in a sense, "one" thing. [I'm not familiar enough yet with Dynamic Blocks to know whether they can get you around this issue.]
Edited by Kent Cooper - 19.May.2014 at 15:15
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John Connor
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 23:23 |
It's not as though I don't believe you but I'm from the "Show Me" state of Missouri so upload one.
Edited by John Connor - 19.May.2014 at 15:15
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msplcdykee69
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 22:20 |
John Connor you can create blocks in X, Y, Z directions and then import them into a dynamic block... I did it last night as a test with a few 3D trees I made.. Can be done just takes a little work.
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geocadguy
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 19:37 |
They all will be 3d with different dimensions and I am planning to write a script file to insert the ones I need automatically.
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John Connor
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 15:12 |
And what good will 2D tree blocks do you in a 3D drawing?
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geocadguy
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 12:50 |
Thank you guys. I will try to create a lot of tree blocks as Shawn suggested.
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John Connor
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 11:40 |
mspl: Yes, while you can create a 2D dynamic block just as you mention the OP wants to use a 3D block. Unfortunately you cannot create a 3D dynamic block.
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msplcdykee69
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Posted: 18.May.2014 at 06:33 |
you could do it some what similar to what I have done to sports fields dynamic block and a landscaping dynamic block for different size trees and shrubs but my number is set to a dozen and not so much a size but different shape and color... you would have all you number and canopy sizes in there and then just pick each time you needed it from one block...
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