Topiary

Where can I find this command?
laTopiary
Icon:
Topiary left click
RhinoLands:
Lands Design:
Lands Objects
Or, Menu > Vegetation > Topiary

Topiary are vegetation elements that wrap around any piece of geometry and simulate a Topiary art object.

Insert a Topiary

After running the laTopiary command, the Topiary insert dialog box will appear. This dialog shows the basic options and parameters of the Topiary object in different tabs:

  • Topiary: Parameters of the topiary.
  • Format: Format of the plant species in the topiary.

Steps:

  1. Select a species from the list. Click on the Browse... button to select a new one from the Plant Database.
  2. Select the rest of insert parameters (format, density, plant scale, and 2D display attributes) and click OK to close the dialog. (The blue arrow button next to the Plant scale and Density parameters, resets them to the Plant editor default values.)
  3. Pick an existing solid, surface and/or mesh in the model to define the Topiary shape.
  4. Press ENTER, or right click to end the command.
Note

When selecting a plant species, the Plant database will filter those species that have a realistic representation which is suitable for the topiary object. Nevertheless, any other species can be selected.

Insert dialog box for the Topiary
Insert dialog box for the Topiary object

Control Points Control Points

Topiary objects have a single control point located at the bottom-center position of the object bounding box.

Options and Parameters

The Topiary insert options and parameters are divided in different tabs, and are available from different dialogs:

General

General attributes for the Topiary object: Name, Color, Layer, and Transparency (only visible in Conceptual display mode).

Topiary

Topiary tab
Topiary tab in Properties area of Edit panel.
  • Species: name of the selected Topiary or plant species. The combo displays a list of the different vegetation species that have been already inserted in the current model. You can select a plant species from that list, or select a new one from the Plant Database, after clicking on the Browse... button.
  • Density: indicates the amount of vegetation specimens in units/m2 inside the boundary curve.
  • Override global season: when checked, the species will be rendered according to their representation for the selected season.
  • 2D display: hatch pattern attributes for the Topiary representation in 2D.

Format

  • Caliber: dimensions of the plant species bark. There are some range of values available that go from 10 to 130 mm, but you can type any other value.
  • Presentation mode: there are three types of presentation modes available, but you can type new ones.
    • Naked root
    • Root ball
    • Container
  • Quantity: Number of plants that will be counted for this topiary in plant lists.

Edit options

These are the edit options for the Topiary object, available in the Edit area of the Edit panel:

Topiary graphical display

Lands Design offers different simultaneous 2D and 3D displays of Topiary objects on the drawing, with the purpose of handling plants from three different conceptual levels. The Topiary representation display can be changed in the Document properties.

Topiary 2D display

Topiary 2D display
Crown and setting out symbol representations

Topiary 3D display

Realistic 3D display Detailed 3D display Conceptual 3D display
Realistic Detailed Conceptual