Project creation and layer editing

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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.

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First, you will need to enter some baseline information about the project including its location,

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and whether it's a standard format or classic project type.

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You will then need to specify the location of the site by typing in its address.

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Then you can adjust the bounding box as you see fit.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Video 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.

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