This workflow is based on the ArtisanRV design philosophy and the CloudScapes data-centric approach. The recommended workflow is:
Cloud Libraries → Project Palette → Model Components → Schedules
Unlike traditional CAD or BIM planting workflows that start by placing objects, ArtisanRV starts with authoritative planting data and specifications, ensuring that design, quantification, and reporting remain synchronised throughout the project lifecycle. Features such as dynamic schedules, plant tagging, characteristic information from the web repository, and support for specimens, hedges, avenues, and planting areas are core parts of the workflow.
Begin by searching the CloudScapes cloud repository for approved planting material.
The repository provides:
ArtisanRV is designed to use characteristic and performance information sourced from the web repository.
A project-specific Plant Palette containing:
Where required, use Concept Planting before progressing to detailed planting design.
The Help system specifically identifies support for creating early-phase Concept Planting prior to detailed placements.
Concept planting strategy linked to approved palette content.
After palette approval, place planting content into the Revit model.
ArtisanRV supports placement as:
Individual Revit planting family instances.
Linear planting with quantity derived from length and spacing.
Linear tree planting with spacing rules.
Mixed species or mass planting regions.
A coordinated BIM planting model.
ArtisanRV uses Revit Planting Families with both Type and Instance Parameters.
Users should:
Fully attributed model content ready for reporting.
Use Visibility Options to control how planting is displayed during different project stages.
Examples:
ArtisanRV supports:
within tiled workspaces.
Coordinated design review environment.
Where required, use ArtisanRV analytical tools.
Available functions include:
Simulate planting development from specification size to maturity.
Calculate percentage shade within external spaces and landscapes.
Performance-based design validation.
Use the Plant Tagging system to display selected information within views.
The Help system notes that tagging options are fully customisable.
Typical tag content:
Clear model annotation linked directly to live planting data.
Schedules are generated directly from model content.
ArtisanRV schedules update dynamically and can display full NPS plant information.
Typical outputs include:
Project schedules that remain synchronised with the model.
As the project progresses:
Changes propagate throughout:
ensuring consistency from concept through construction documentation.
ArtisanRV is a data-centric BIM planting system where authoritative cloud-hosted plant information is assembled into project palettes, placed as model components, automatically quantified, tagged, analysed, and reported through dynamic schedules that remain synchronised with the design throughout its lifecycle.