Advanced Object Properties

The Advanced Object Properties dialog provides additional options that can be useful in some situations. For example, you can use it to prevent a pre-existing plant from appearing in the project material list and plant legend.

To edit advanced object properties:

1.   Select the object(s) you want to change. The objects do not all have to be the same type.

2.   Click Edit > Advanced Object Properties.

3.   Set the desired properties and click OK.

Include in Project Material List
Uncheck to exclude the object from the project material list. For plants, this also excludes them from the plant legend.

Render in Plan view
Uncheck to prevent the object from appearing in the plan view.

Render in Perspective view
Uncheck to prevent the object from appearing in the perspective view.

Cast shadows in Realtime Walkthrough
Uncheck to prevent the object from casting shadows during a realtime walkthrough.

Receive shadows in Realtime Walkthrough
Uncheck to prevent the object from being shadowed by nearby objects during a realtime walkthrough.

Cast shadows in Plan view
Uncheck to prevent the object from casting shadows in the plan view.

Custom shadow offset in Plan view
Check this option if you want to specify a custom plan shadow offset.

Note: Some objects do not support all of the above options, so some of the options may be disabled.