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Review the status of order data, use the Library to preview data, and add geometries to your Forma project.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:04
Once you have a project created in Forma, you can add geometries to the canvas from the library.
00:09
First, review the status of the data in the project.
00:15
From the sidebar, select Library.
00:17
Here, the data orders, and any imports display as a thumbnail.
00:22
Once the orders are loaded, preview them in the canvas.
00:27
Hover your cursor over one of the thumbnails in the library and select Preview.
00:31
A preview displays with geometries of selected buildings.
00:35
To customize which building geometries you want to include,
00:39
you can deselect geometries to exclude them from the current selection.
00:44
From your keyboard, press SHIFT, and then select the geometries you do not wish to include.
00:51
Once you have made your selections, click Add.
00:54
The canvas updates with the geometries added to your base layer.
00:57
Preview another data type.
01:00
In this example, property boundaries are selected.
01:04
In the preview, select or deselect the geometries to suit your needs, and then click Add.
01:10
Again, the canvas updates with the selected geometries added to your base layer.
01:16
With Forma, you can easily preview and add data to your project, while customizing the geometry you want to include.
Video transcript
00:04
Once you have a project created in Forma, you can add geometries to the canvas from the library.
00:09
First, review the status of the data in the project.
00:15
From the sidebar, select Library.
00:17
Here, the data orders, and any imports display as a thumbnail.
00:22
Once the orders are loaded, preview them in the canvas.
00:27
Hover your cursor over one of the thumbnails in the library and select Preview.
00:31
A preview displays with geometries of selected buildings.
00:35
To customize which building geometries you want to include,
00:39
you can deselect geometries to exclude them from the current selection.
00:44
From your keyboard, press SHIFT, and then select the geometries you do not wish to include.
00:51
Once you have made your selections, click Add.
00:54
The canvas updates with the geometries added to your base layer.
00:57
Preview another data type.
01:00
In this example, property boundaries are selected.
01:04
In the preview, select or deselect the geometries to suit your needs, and then click Add.
01:10
Again, the canvas updates with the selected geometries added to your base layer.
01:16
With Forma, you can easily preview and add data to your project, while customizing the geometry you want to include.
Once a project is created in Forma, geometries can be added to the canvas from the library.
First, review the status of the data in the project:
Here, the data orders and any imports display as a thumbnail.
Once the orders are loaded, preview them in the canvas:
A preview displays with geometries of selected buildings.
To customize which building geometries to include, deselect geometries to exclude them from the current selection:
The canvas updates with the geometries added to the base layer.
Again, the canvas updates with the selected geometries added to the base layer.
With Forma, it is easy to preview and add data to a project, while customizing the geometry to include.
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