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Groundcover Issues

Hello,

I am hoping to get some clarity on how to modify and add groundcover. I have searched everywhere on the forum and online to find how to save a plant as .ArGroundcover, but I cannot find anything. I am using AccuRender Plant Editor and once I finish editing the plant that I want to use as a groundcover, I click "save plant as", but all it allows me to save as is .ArTree. I have a deadline to get this render finished, but I cannot for the life of me figure this out. 

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Permalink Reply by Ben Mixson on May 14, 2021 at 2:48pm

Hi Brittany,

I have two different plant editors. The Accurender plant editor that installed with Accurender Studio and the NXT plant editor that installed with NXT for Autocad. Only the NXT for Autocad version lets you open, modify, and save groundcover. Also, the NXT editor doesn't have the .ArTree format, but .ArPlant and .ArGroundcover. Maybe you have both installed on your computer and are using the wrong one?

Permalink Reply by Brittany Watson on May 18, 2021 at 12:31pm

Hi Ben,

You were absolutely right! I took over a computer that was previously used for rendering by someone else. The Accurender Plant Editor was on the desktop and used as the primary plant editor, so I assumed it was the only one. Thank you so much for helping me out!

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