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Transcript
00:04
We are going to run a sun hours analysis and a daylight potential analysis on an imported building.
00:12
All right, we have our building and our site limit.
00:16
Let's run a sun hours analysis first.
00:20
Sun orientation and the ability to control it are important when making design decisions.
00:26
Whether it's by architecture or other means,
00:29
the power to harness the sun's energy and limit its potentially harmful effects,
00:34
can make an enormous difference between a good site and a bad one.
00:39
Cold countries may chase the sun for warmth, to place outdoor areas and windows at the exact place,
00:46
while warm climates build to shade from the scorching heat of the high sun.
00:52
Allowing sun into buildings provides free heat and natural light.
00:57
But it can also create glare and when heat is not needed discomfort and added demand for cooling.
01:04
The sun analysis in Forma,
01:06
measures the amount of time and sunlight at a given date for points of covering the ground and the buildings in a proposal.
01:15
Go to the right panel of your screen and select the "Sun hours analysis".
01:23
Select the "Site limit."
01:29
And choose a desired date to run the analysis.
01:35
I'm going to choose June 21st, June 22nd,
01:44
and order the analysis.
01:48
The analysis will take a few moments to run and when completed,
01:52
you can view it under view history or at the notification bar on the top of the canvas.
02:04
Before we view, let's run a daylight potential analysis.
02:09
Navigate to the "Daylight potential" button.
02:14
Using the daylight potential analysis in Forma will give you valuable insights into the daylight performance of your buildings,
02:21
highlighting facade areas or inappropriate levels of light that you might want to fix to improve the quality of your housing.
02:31
The analysis provides a rating of vertical sky components score for areas where larger windows or changes in layout,
02:40
are needed to compensate for less optimal daylight conditions,
02:45
or areas where it will be difficult or impossible to achieve reasonable daylight conditions.
02:55
Go ahead and click the "Order analysis" button.
03:01
Again, the daylight potential analysis may take a few moments to load.
03:07
You'll see the progress of the analysis under the analyzing view history circle,
03:16
and then you'll also see the update in our notification on the top of our canvas.
03:25
Now, let's compare the analysis we just ran side by side.
03:29
Let's navigate over towards the left panel and click the "Compare" button.
03:39
Choose the date and the proposal where you ran the analysis and expand it.
03:49
Then drag the analysis to the left and right windowpanes.
03:58
Here, we're able to view both of our analysis of the same building side by side.
04:07
We can add inspection points to get more details of our analysis at specific parts of our building.
04:20
And if you'd like to save this visual to share with others,
04:24
you can click the camera icon and select the "4K Screen capture with graphics",
04:31
which will download a PNG file of your compare results to your machine.
Video transcript
00:04
We are going to run a sun hours analysis and a daylight potential analysis on an imported building.
00:12
All right, we have our building and our site limit.
00:16
Let's run a sun hours analysis first.
00:20
Sun orientation and the ability to control it are important when making design decisions.
00:26
Whether it's by architecture or other means,
00:29
the power to harness the sun's energy and limit its potentially harmful effects,
00:34
can make an enormous difference between a good site and a bad one.
00:39
Cold countries may chase the sun for warmth, to place outdoor areas and windows at the exact place,
00:46
while warm climates build to shade from the scorching heat of the high sun.
00:52
Allowing sun into buildings provides free heat and natural light.
00:57
But it can also create glare and when heat is not needed discomfort and added demand for cooling.
01:04
The sun analysis in Forma,
01:06
measures the amount of time and sunlight at a given date for points of covering the ground and the buildings in a proposal.
01:15
Go to the right panel of your screen and select the "Sun hours analysis".
01:23
Select the "Site limit."
01:29
And choose a desired date to run the analysis.
01:35
I'm going to choose June 21st, June 22nd,
01:44
and order the analysis.
01:48
The analysis will take a few moments to run and when completed,
01:52
you can view it under view history or at the notification bar on the top of the canvas.
02:04
Before we view, let's run a daylight potential analysis.
02:09
Navigate to the "Daylight potential" button.
02:14
Using the daylight potential analysis in Forma will give you valuable insights into the daylight performance of your buildings,
02:21
highlighting facade areas or inappropriate levels of light that you might want to fix to improve the quality of your housing.
02:31
The analysis provides a rating of vertical sky components score for areas where larger windows or changes in layout,
02:40
are needed to compensate for less optimal daylight conditions,
02:45
or areas where it will be difficult or impossible to achieve reasonable daylight conditions.
02:55
Go ahead and click the "Order analysis" button.
03:01
Again, the daylight potential analysis may take a few moments to load.
03:07
You'll see the progress of the analysis under the analyzing view history circle,
03:16
and then you'll also see the update in our notification on the top of our canvas.
03:25
Now, let's compare the analysis we just ran side by side.
03:29
Let's navigate over towards the left panel and click the "Compare" button.
03:39
Choose the date and the proposal where you ran the analysis and expand it.
03:49
Then drag the analysis to the left and right windowpanes.
03:58
Here, we're able to view both of our analysis of the same building side by side.
04:07
We can add inspection points to get more details of our analysis at specific parts of our building.
04:20
And if you'd like to save this visual to share with others,
04:24
you can click the camera icon and select the "4K Screen capture with graphics",
04:31
which will download a PNG file of your compare results to your machine.
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