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Transcript
00:06
In this video,
00:08
we will review how to import and place a JPEG or PNG file into your project in Autodesk Forma.
00:17
We'll start by navigating to the library.
00:22
Next, click on "Import".
00:28
The import window will pop up on the screen.
00:32
Next, you'll want to go ahead and find your JPEG and your files for your PNG and drag it onto the screen.
00:44
Your file will take a few moments to upload and once it's ready,
00:48
you'll see a preview of it in the viewer and the notification at the top saying that your file is successfully imported.
00:59
Click "Save and close".
01:03
You'll now see the image amongst the list of items in your library on the left.
01:08
To add the image to your project and in the canvas, click on the image icon in the library.
01:18
You will enter place mode and your cursor will have the image available to drop anywhere you would like in the canvas.
01:27
Go ahead and try to drop your image close to a point in your sight that you want to overlay it on,
01:37
and click once to place it.
01:41
The image is now placed in the canvas and it's added to the project and the project layers.
01:52
You can edit the transparency in the panel on the right-hand side, I'm going to change the transparency to 30%.
02:04
You can move the image as well as rotate the image using the tools in the design toolbar.
02:11
I'm going to rotate this image so that it is the correct orientation based on my property boundary.
02:20
So, to do that, I'll click "Rotate", find the point in question.
02:38
All right.
02:41
If you would like to scale the image, double click the image in the canvas,
02:48
and now you'll see that we are in the editing mode for the reference image when there's that X here,
02:56
on the top right-hand corner, and it says to set reference points, to press tab. So that's what we're going to do next,
03:05
I'll press tab and I can edit my reference points depending on how big your image is, you might have to zoom out.
03:13
And I'm going to make my reference point the same vertex in this project.
03:23
And then I can go ahead and drag the node on the top right-hand corner as well.
03:31
Once I'm done setting my reference points, I'll press tab again to scale,
03:39
and I'll click one node and drag it in, until it looks correct.
03:58
If you would like to disable snapping, you can do so by pressing option on your keyboard.
04:04
And I'll click when I'm done, it looks good.
04:07
And now to exit this mode, go ahead and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
04:15
If you would like this reference image to be present throughout every proposal in your project, be sure to add it to your base layers.
04:23
So, one right click and move to base and click "Done".
00:06
In this video,
00:08
we will review how to import and place a JPEG or PNG file into your project in Autodesk Forma.
00:17
We'll start by navigating to the library.
00:22
Next, click on "Import".
00:28
The import window will pop up on the screen.
00:32
Next, you'll want to go ahead and find your JPEG and your files for your PNG and drag it onto the screen.
00:44
Your file will take a few moments to upload and once it's ready,
00:48
you'll see a preview of it in the viewer and the notification at the top saying that your file is successfully imported.
00:59
Click "Save and close".
01:03
You'll now see the image amongst the list of items in your library on the left.
01:08
To add the image to your project and in the canvas, click on the image icon in the library.
01:18
You will enter place mode and your cursor will have the image available to drop anywhere you would like in the canvas.
01:27
Go ahead and try to drop your image close to a point in your sight that you want to overlay it on,
01:37
and click once to place it.
01:41
The image is now placed in the canvas and it's added to the project and the project layers.
01:52
You can edit the transparency in the panel on the right-hand side, I'm going to change the transparency to 30%.
02:04
You can move the image as well as rotate the image using the tools in the design toolbar.
02:11
I'm going to rotate this image so that it is the correct orientation based on my property boundary.
02:20
So, to do that, I'll click "Rotate", find the point in question.
02:38
All right.
02:41
If you would like to scale the image, double click the image in the canvas,
02:48
and now you'll see that we are in the editing mode for the reference image when there's that X here,
02:56
on the top right-hand corner, and it says to set reference points, to press tab. So that's what we're going to do next,
03:05
I'll press tab and I can edit my reference points depending on how big your image is, you might have to zoom out.
03:13
And I'm going to make my reference point the same vertex in this project.
03:23
And then I can go ahead and drag the node on the top right-hand corner as well.
03:31
Once I'm done setting my reference points, I'll press tab again to scale,
03:39
and I'll click one node and drag it in, until it looks correct.
03:58
If you would like to disable snapping, you can do so by pressing option on your keyboard.
04:04
And I'll click when I'm done, it looks good.
04:07
And now to exit this mode, go ahead and press "Enter" on your keyboard.
04:15
If you would like this reference image to be present throughout every proposal in your project, be sure to add it to your base layers.
04:23
So, one right click and move to base and click "Done".