Is it possible to add a wood type to the list, including picture, like from the Wood database. love your software, works great.
Yes there is. Basically any image (jpeg) can be used as a wood species.
In WTP
Go to File / Options
In the Options box there is a button for New Species.
click on it and a new window pops up.
Enter a new name. (what ever you want)
Select bitmap
Identify the path of where your image is. (the little square three dot button) click on it. Go to the location of your image.
I would leave the 1" Height and Width alone.
Check the stretch to fit segment box.
click ok
your new wood species will show up in the list under the name you gave it.
LLoyd goes through the process in one of the vids (forgot which one) The vid shows how to make a featured segment image in sketchup and bring it in to WTP.
Here is a copy of response of specie file location I received.
Wood species
The two programs were written in two different languages with two different goals in mind and so it was necessary to have different approaches to the Species List. Ideally, it would have been nice to have a single repository of shared species and this is still a medium-term goal.
Woodturner PRO allows you to add your own custom species as you have found by clicking File > Options > Custom Species. Click the Path box and brows you any image file, regardless of size, and simply give it a name and this will be permanently added to the drop-down species list. The list is generated by the software at run-time and so the list itself is not editable.
Lamination PRO allows you to simply drop an image file into a folder and it is immediately available as a species using the file name as the species name. This folder is located in your c:\Program Files\Lamination PRO\Species or c:\Program Files (x86)\Lamination PRO\Species (depending on your operating system).
In Lamination PRO, it also does not matter what size or resolution the file is, but the size of the file will determine how big the grain pattern will be. If you are looking for a particular grain configuration, it may be necessary for you to first adjust the size of the file using a graphic program such as Microsoft Paint or Irfanview. Irfanview is also a free program which I highly recommend and can be found at IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide.
One thing I highly recommend is that if you use customer species for either (or both) programs, you should create a separate folder somewhere and keep all those files in it as a backup.