Drew44 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 I am looking for good rendering workflow options to create great looking landscape plans. Is there a way to create a library of plants, render them individually in photoshop using my shading and shadowing styles, THEN import them as individual blocks into your AutoCad file? I've tried importing as PDF but it brings in a square box along with the colored tree graphic. I'm looking for plant symbols that have a little depth to them and not just a flat solid hatch pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 In Photoshop, delete the white background, so only the tree remains, then save the tree as .png format. In Autocad, insert the tree image. Open the Properties palette and enable "Background Transparency". In the image below, I have also set the Imageframe variable to 0, so the image border is not visible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew44 Posted November 14, 2019 Author Share Posted November 14, 2019 YES!! I created the plant image in photoshop and saved/ imported as you said- flawless. I had forgotten about the imageframe setting command. Great thing with the photoshop opacity values, they carry through into autocad, so I can see overlapping data and understory plants under the tree symbols. Thank you! test1.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Looking good Drew. Now you have to show us the finished plan as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 Looks cool was not sure about understory, may need at times draw order or another trick set elev of image as it stacks in 3d. Post final result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADTutor Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 +1 nice work Drew. Would love to see the final result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_O'neill Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Anybody remember doing this by plotting the drawing on a pen or pencil plotter and spending a day or two with a set of watercolors and a brush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Jack_O'neill said: spending a day or two with a set of watercolors and a brush ^^^^^^^^^ This was the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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