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TheplantdatabaseprovidedwiththeVectorworksLandmarkproductmanagesanextensivelistofplantnamesand botanicalinformationwhichcanbeusedtoassociatespecificplantdatawithplantdefinitions. TheplantdatabaseisastandaloneFileMakerapplicationthatopensinaseparatewindow.Thebenefitsofusingthe FileMakerdatabaseforplantdatamanagementincludeimprovednavigation,editing,searching,andfiltering,aswell astheabilitytoimportdatafromindustrystandardsources.Atinstallation,alargesetofplantrecordsisprovided. FileMakerisacomprehensivedatamanagementprogram.Thedetailsofeverymenucommandandoptionare beyondthescopeofthismanual.However,allrelevantinformationforusingFileMakerinconjunctionwiththe VectorworksLandmarksoftwareispresented.FamiliaritywithFileMakerisnotrequiredtousethedatabaseorto managebotanicaldata,ortousethatdatawiththeLandmarksoftware.ThefullversionofFileMakercanalsobeused whenworkingwiththeplantdatabase.ForindepthinformationaboutFileMaker,includingproductdocumentation, visitwww.filemaker.comandnavigatetotheSupportarea.(Theplantdatabasemaynotcontainallthefunctionality documentedforthefullversionofFileMaker.) Thegeneralworkflowconsistsofmanagingthebotanicalinformationintheplantdatabaseapplication,andfrom there,creatingtheplantliststobeusedintheLandmarksoftware.
2. Indicatewheretheplantdatabaseinformationistobelocated.Bydefault,theplantdatabaseisstoredlocally,in theuserfolderofthecomputerwhereVectorworksisinstalled.Largerofficesthatwishtosharetheplant databaseamongseveralcomputerscanstoreandaccesstheplantdatabasefromaworkgroupfolderlocatedona centralcomputerorserver.Alternatively,selectBrowsefordatabasefolderandthenclickBrowsetospecifythe desiredlocation. Ifthisisthefirsttimetheplantdatabaseisbeingaccessedanditdoesnotyetexistinthespecifiedlocation,the databaseisautomaticallycreatedinthatlocation.Whenevertheplantdatabaseisopenedinthefuture,itwilluse thedatafromthatlocation.ThelocationcanbechangedatanypointbyselectingLandmark>ChooseVW Plants.Itispossibletomaintainseveralplantdatabasesandswitchamongthemwiththiscommand. 3. ClickOK.Thecreationofanewplantdatabaselocationmaytakeafewmoments. TheVWPlantsdialogboxmayopen.SpecifyausernamefortheFileMakerapplication.
4. ClickOK. TheVectorworksLandmarkplantdatabaseopens,inaseparatewindow.
Scroll through the records Displays the current record number; enter a record number to display
3. Selecttheviewmodeandlayoutdependingonthetasktoaccomplish.
Description
Displaysplantrecordinformationandallowsediting Displaysablankformforspecifyingsearchcriteria Displaysplantrecordinformationasitwillbeprinted Displayseachrecordasanindividualformorpage Displaysrecordsconsecutivelyinascrollablelist Displayseachrecordasaniteminatable,forsortingandreordering Displaysplantrecordinformation Displaysaspecialbrowser(usingthedefaultsystembrowser)forlocatingplant imagesandinformation
SwitchbetweenmetricandimperialunitsfortheHeightandSpreadfieldswiththeEdit>Options>Use ImperialValueListsorUseMetricValueListsdatabasecommands.
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7. SelecttheView>SwapDataView/WebViewdatabasecommandtoreturntothedatabaseview.
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4. ClickOK. Theplantlistfileisatabdelimitedfilesavedinthelocationoftheplantdatabase.
UsingPlantListDatainVectorworksLandmark
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Parameter
PlantList
Description
Selecttheplantlistthatcontainstherequiredplantinformation;allplantlistscreated fromtheplantdatabaseandsavedinthedatabaselocationarelisted.Aprogressbar indicatesthestatusoftheplantlistimportwhenitisusedforthefirsttime,andallows theimporttobecanceled. Openstheplantdatabase,forlocatingplantinformationandcreatingplantlists OpensExplorer(Windows)orFinder(Macintosh)tothefoldercontaininggenerated plantlists TogglesbetweenplantlistdisplaybyLatinnameorcommonname Findsaplantintheplantnamelistbymatchingtypedcharacters Liststheplantsincludedinthecurrentlyselectedplantlist.Selectaplanttoviewits botanicalinformationontheright,andtousethatdataintheplantdefinition. Displaysthebotanicalinformation(fromtheplantdatabase)fortheplantselectedin thenamelist
3. Selecttheplantnameanddatatoincludeintheplantdefinition,andclickOK.
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4. ThePlantDatatabdisplaysthedatafromtheplantdatabase.