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Transcript
00:00
In this video, I will demonstrate how to create a project and populate proposal and base layers using Autodesk Forma.
00:07
With Autodesk Forma, you can start working in a 3D environment from day one.
00:12
From your company's online hub, click "New project" and follow the steps.
00:15
First, you will need to enter some baseline information about the project including its location,
00:20
and whether it's a standard format or classic project type.
00:25
You will then need to specify the location of the site by typing in its address.
00:29
Then you can adjust the bounding box as you see fit.
00:33
Upon entering Forma, you will be directed to a data marketplace where you can purchase available data for your site.
00:40
The availability and quality of different types of contextual data will vary by country.
00:45
This demo project is in Paris and therefore, the data sources are specific to France.
00:50
In this example, I'm ordering contextual building data and property boundaries to get started.
00:56
You will be able to specify which area you would like to order data for.
01:00
The data sources will then be added to the library located in the right-hand panel.
01:07
Note that via the import tab, you can also bring your own data, if this isn't available through Forma.
01:17
Next, I'm going to preview the property boundaries that I've ordered and add them all to my base layers.
01:24
I'm going to do the same for my building data, which is now loaded.
01:29
You can choose to remove certain contextual buildings if they will form part of the site that you're going to develop.
01:40
And here you go. Now we've added property boundaries and contextual data.
01:45
Before we proceed, let's take a look at the different elements in our left hand menu that we can access via the Navigator tab.
01:52
The proposal section at the top is a list of all your design options for the current project.
01:57
You can click the "Plus" icon to create a new empty proposal or right click on a proposal to duplicate, rename, or delete it.
02:06
Next, we have the objects which is a list of all the map elements.
02:09
These can either be proposal specific in which case they get added to the top, or project wide,
02:15
in which case they form part of your base.
02:18
A base is a project wide context that applies to all your proposals.
02:23
And as you can see, the contextual building data and property boundaries by default, get added there.
02:28
If you edit a base layer, the changes will be reflected in all the proposals this base is used in.
02:35
You can however test different base situations per project and thus understand your design options in multiple contexts.
02:45
You can edit your base layers by unlocking it and then highlighting the relevant layer you wish to edit.
02:52
In this example, I want to select a particular polygon and define it as my sitelimit, on the right-hand side.
02:59
This will add the site limit into its own category under base layers.
03:04
You can then continue to add other relevant information to your object layers.
03:10
I'm going to turn on a satellite image to get a better understanding of the current situation on site.
03:17
As you can see, there are quite a lot of trees in the area.
03:20
So, I'm going to add an area of trees next to the site towards the river.
03:26
Simply define the area that you want to be occupied with trees.
03:30
And once you're done, you're going to get the option to define the height of the trees and also the spacing between them.
03:38
You do this by opening the little tree menu on the right-hand side and then adjusting the settings.
03:50
As you can see the trees got added to a vegetation layer under objects.
03:55
So, these are currently proposal-specific.
03:59
This means that if I add a new proposal, they will not include trees,
04:07
but they will include all the other contextual data that I had added to my base layers,
04:12
such as my site limit my buildings and my property boundaries.
04:16
If I return to proposal 1, you see that proposal 1 also includes the vegetation that I drew,
04:24
I can right click on vegetation and then move to base layer and this will add the vegetation to your base.
04:34
There we go. I think we're now ready to start drawing.
00:00
In this video, I will demonstrate how to create a project and populate proposal and base layers using Autodesk Forma.
00:07
With Autodesk Forma, you can start working in a 3D environment from day one.
00:12
From your company's online hub, click "New project" and follow the steps.
00:15
First, you will need to enter some baseline information about the project including its location,
00:20
and whether it's a standard format or classic project type.
00:25
You will then need to specify the location of the site by typing in its address.
00:29
Then you can adjust the bounding box as you see fit.
00:33
Upon entering Forma, you will be directed to a data marketplace where you can purchase available data for your site.
00:40
The availability and quality of different types of contextual data will vary by country.
00:45
This demo project is in Paris and therefore, the data sources are specific to France.
00:50
In this example, I'm ordering contextual building data and property boundaries to get started.
00:56
You will be able to specify which area you would like to order data for.
01:00
The data sources will then be added to the library located in the right-hand panel.
01:07
Note that via the import tab, you can also bring your own data, if this isn't available through Forma.
01:17
Next, I'm going to preview the property boundaries that I've ordered and add them all to my base layers.
01:24
I'm going to do the same for my building data, which is now loaded.
01:29
You can choose to remove certain contextual buildings if they will form part of the site that you're going to develop.
01:40
And here you go. Now we've added property boundaries and contextual data.
01:45
Before we proceed, let's take a look at the different elements in our left hand menu that we can access via the Navigator tab.
01:52
The proposal section at the top is a list of all your design options for the current project.
01:57
You can click the "Plus" icon to create a new empty proposal or right click on a proposal to duplicate, rename, or delete it.
02:06
Next, we have the objects which is a list of all the map elements.
02:09
These can either be proposal specific in which case they get added to the top, or project wide,
02:15
in which case they form part of your base.
02:18
A base is a project wide context that applies to all your proposals.
02:23
And as you can see, the contextual building data and property boundaries by default, get added there.
02:28
If you edit a base layer, the changes will be reflected in all the proposals this base is used in.
02:35
You can however test different base situations per project and thus understand your design options in multiple contexts.
02:45
You can edit your base layers by unlocking it and then highlighting the relevant layer you wish to edit.
02:52
In this example, I want to select a particular polygon and define it as my sitelimit, on the right-hand side.
02:59
This will add the site limit into its own category under base layers.
03:04
You can then continue to add other relevant information to your object layers.
03:10
I'm going to turn on a satellite image to get a better understanding of the current situation on site.
03:17
As you can see, there are quite a lot of trees in the area.
03:20
So, I'm going to add an area of trees next to the site towards the river.
03:26
Simply define the area that you want to be occupied with trees.
03:30
And once you're done, you're going to get the option to define the height of the trees and also the spacing between them.
03:38
You do this by opening the little tree menu on the right-hand side and then adjusting the settings.
03:50
As you can see the trees got added to a vegetation layer under objects.
03:55
So, these are currently proposal-specific.
03:59
This means that if I add a new proposal, they will not include trees,
04:07
but they will include all the other contextual data that I had added to my base layers,
04:12
such as my site limit my buildings and my property boundaries.
04:16
If I return to proposal 1, you see that proposal 1 also includes the vegetation that I drew,
04:24
I can right click on vegetation and then move to base layer and this will add the vegetation to your base.
04:34
There we go. I think we're now ready to start drawing.