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Load site data from Forma into a Rhino project, adjust the Forma site limit, and bake Forma elements into your Rhino model as mesh objects.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
3 min.
Transcript
00:03
After connecting your Forma and Rhino projects,
00:06
you can easily bring Forma data into your Rhino proposal to incorporate site data and enhance your design process.
00:13
Begin in Forma by creating a new, empty proposal.
00:17
This example is named, “Rhino Empty site”.
00:21
Then, copy the URL.
00:25
In Rhino, with your project open in the Perspective view, first make sure that the Forma panel is open and docked.
00:32
Under Connect to Forma, paste the Forma URL and press Enter to link the Forma project to your Rhino model.
00:39
Next, in the Forma panel, under Select a Proposal, you can see that the Rhino Empty site is already selected.
00:47
Note that you can expand the drop-down and select a different proposal, if needed.
00:52
Also note that, under Send Layers to Forma, you can select the layers you want to further define the properties of the Rhino geometry.
00:60
For this example, leave these checkboxes clear.
01:03
Click Load Site Data.
01:07
Once it loads, the Roads data appears.
01:10
The Open Data Attributions messages show data acknowledgements
01:14
or data export restrictions that are relevant to your country and location.
01:19
Optionally, you can click Learn more, or click elsewhere to close this.
01:24
Also notice that the data from Forma is now viewable on the canvas, including the site limit, which works as a reference object.
01:32
In case the site limit does not align with the Rhino geometry,
01:36
you can rotate and move the site limit without changing the location of the project in Forma.
01:41
To do so, first lock the layers used for your Rhino geometries.
01:46
In the Layers panel, under Default, next to each of the numbered layers, click the Lock, and click the lock for Original site limit.
01:55
Then, under Forma layers, right-click Site limits, and then click Select Objects.
02:02
Then, on the canvas, select the site limit.
02:07
In the Command line, type “Move”.
02:10
Then, use the cursor to click and drag the site limit until it aligns with the Rhino geometry.
02:16
The reason that you need to do this before baking any of the context into the Rhino model is because once they are baked,
02:22
those elements will shift with the site limit.
02:25
So, for example, in the Forma panel,
02:28
hover the cursor over each of the Forma elements—Terrain, Buildings, and Roads—
02:34
—and then click the visibility icon to change which elements display on the canvas.
02:39
Currently, the elements are references only,
02:42
but if you live in an area without data restrictions, you can easily integrate the Forma elements into your project.
02:49
Simply click Bake next to the desired element.
02:53
Another message in the Open Data Attributions might appear in the Forma panel.
02:57
Click Learn more, read the message, then click Dismiss.
03:03
In this example, after baking the Buildings and Terrain into the project,
03:07
you can see that the Forma elements changed to mesh objects with their own layers in Rhino.
03:13
Seamlessly transfer data from Forma to Rhino to streamline your design process.
Video transcript
00:03
After connecting your Forma and Rhino projects,
00:06
you can easily bring Forma data into your Rhino proposal to incorporate site data and enhance your design process.
00:13
Begin in Forma by creating a new, empty proposal.
00:17
This example is named, “Rhino Empty site”.
00:21
Then, copy the URL.
00:25
In Rhino, with your project open in the Perspective view, first make sure that the Forma panel is open and docked.
00:32
Under Connect to Forma, paste the Forma URL and press Enter to link the Forma project to your Rhino model.
00:39
Next, in the Forma panel, under Select a Proposal, you can see that the Rhino Empty site is already selected.
00:47
Note that you can expand the drop-down and select a different proposal, if needed.
00:52
Also note that, under Send Layers to Forma, you can select the layers you want to further define the properties of the Rhino geometry.
00:60
For this example, leave these checkboxes clear.
01:03
Click Load Site Data.
01:07
Once it loads, the Roads data appears.
01:10
The Open Data Attributions messages show data acknowledgements
01:14
or data export restrictions that are relevant to your country and location.
01:19
Optionally, you can click Learn more, or click elsewhere to close this.
01:24
Also notice that the data from Forma is now viewable on the canvas, including the site limit, which works as a reference object.
01:32
In case the site limit does not align with the Rhino geometry,
01:36
you can rotate and move the site limit without changing the location of the project in Forma.
01:41
To do so, first lock the layers used for your Rhino geometries.
01:46
In the Layers panel, under Default, next to each of the numbered layers, click the Lock, and click the lock for Original site limit.
01:55
Then, under Forma layers, right-click Site limits, and then click Select Objects.
02:02
Then, on the canvas, select the site limit.
02:07
In the Command line, type “Move”.
02:10
Then, use the cursor to click and drag the site limit until it aligns with the Rhino geometry.
02:16
The reason that you need to do this before baking any of the context into the Rhino model is because once they are baked,
02:22
those elements will shift with the site limit.
02:25
So, for example, in the Forma panel,
02:28
hover the cursor over each of the Forma elements—Terrain, Buildings, and Roads—
02:34
—and then click the visibility icon to change which elements display on the canvas.
02:39
Currently, the elements are references only,
02:42
but if you live in an area without data restrictions, you can easily integrate the Forma elements into your project.
02:49
Simply click Bake next to the desired element.
02:53
Another message in the Open Data Attributions might appear in the Forma panel.
02:57
Click Learn more, read the message, then click Dismiss.
03:03
In this example, after baking the Buildings and Terrain into the project,
03:07
you can see that the Forma elements changed to mesh objects with their own layers in Rhino.
03:13
Seamlessly transfer data from Forma to Rhino to streamline your design process.
After connecting the Forma and Rhino projects, Forma data can be brought into the Rhino proposal to incorporate site data and enhance the design process.
Note: Under Send Layers to Forma, layers can be selected to further define the properties of the Rhino geometry, but for this exercise, leave these checkboxes clear.
The Roads data appears, and the Open Data Attributions messages show data acknowledgements or data export restrictions that are relevant to the country and location.
The Forma data that is now viewable on the canvas includes the site limit, which works as a reference object. If the site limit does not align with the Rhino geometry, as in this case, it can be rotated and moved without changing the location of the project in Forma.
To lock the layers used for the Rhino geometries:
To select and move the site limit:
This is done before baking any of the context into the Rhino model, because once they are baked, those elements will shift with the site limit.
Currently, the elements are references only, but if you live in an area without data restrictions, the Forma elements can be integrated into the project:
Another message in the Open Data Attributions might appear in the Forma panel.
In this example, after baking the Buildings and Terrain into the project, the Forma elements changed to mesh objects with their own layers in Rhino.
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