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Create a housing type, save it to your library, and then review the local housing metrics.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
6 min.
Transcript
00:03
When adding housing units to your Forma proposal, you can define a housing type, and then save it as a template.
00:10
This enables you to quickly add multiple units of that type, rather than defining them individually.
00:16
Housing types can be saved to your library and the Hub for future use,
00:20
which makes them helpful for filtering and reviewing local housing metrics.
00:24
Open a proposal in which you are ready to add housing units.
00:28
In this example, Proposal 1 is already set up, with site limits defined and some vegetation added.
00:35
To add housing units, on the Design toolbar, click Building, and then select House.
00:43
The House tool is used to draw single houses or row houses, as opposed to multi-story buildings.
00:49
On the canvas, pan and zoom to the desired location, then click and drag to start drawing a line of row houses.
00:57
If needed, on the Visibility toolbar, switch to 2D mode to make it easier to see the pink snap lines.
01:04
In the right panel, under House Automation, you can alter the alignment of the building relative to the line by clicking Align right or Align left.
01:14
When you are happy with the positioning, click to place the houses.
01:18
Return to a 3D view and zoom in a little to see the row of houses.
01:22
The houses you just created are saved as the Default housing type,
01:26
but this template can be edited and renamed, and you can create as many templates as you want.
01:32
Click the row of houses, and in the right panel, under Houses, click Default.
01:38
In the House templates dialog, next to Default, click Edit.
01:43
In the Default dialog, you can adjust the template settings, such as building dimensions, number of floors, and roof type.
01:51
To define the roof, under Building, click the right arrow next to the house image until you see a Flat roof.
01:58
Both the preview in the dialog and the site houses update dynamically with each setting change.
02:04
Above the roof type, set the number of floors to 3.
02:08
You can also set the dimensions of the building and the parcel, but leave them for now.
02:13
Under Layout, use the dot grid to select the location of your building in relation to the parcel.
02:19
Again, use the preview as a guide.
02:22
In this case, click the lower middle dot to position the green space at the back of the housing units,
02:28
and then, under Parcel, set the length to 24 meters.
02:33
Finally, click the Function, and in the Swap Function dialog, set the function to Residential.
02:39
You could also click the Settings cog to create other functions, if you want to see them reflected in your area metrics.
02:46
Click Publish to view the updated Default template.
02:49
Back in the House templates dialog, you can click Create new to create one or more different housing types,
02:55
depending on your project needs.
02:58
Return to 2D mode to adjust the drawing and add more houses.
03:03
In this case, the row is resized, and more rows are added, rotated, and aligned.
03:10
To copy a row of housing units, right-click the row and select Copy, then paste it into the desired location.
03:18
When you are finished creating the row houses, you can rename them in the Library.
03:22
Click the object name to highlight it, then type, “Row house Flat roof”, and press Enter.
03:29
If you want to reuse a drawn housing type, either in the current project or across all projects in your portfolio,
03:36
click More (…), and then select Share to the Hub Library.
03:41
Then expand the Project drop-down and select Hub.
03:46
A message appears to inform you that this template is now shared across projects on the hub.
03:51
Keep in mind that other hub members can now access this house template too.
03:56
To reuse the template, in the Library, switch back to the Project.
04:01
Then drag and drop the template onto the site.
04:05
Then move the new row houses to place them where desired.
04:10
Next, add a road to access your new row houses.
04:13
In the Design toolbar, click Transportation > Roads, or press the keyboard shortcut: “T”.
04:21
Click and drag to draw the road and then adjust the width in the right panel, if needed, and the placement of the row houses.
04:29
Also in the right panel is an overview of the area metrics in your proposal.
04:33
Note that the metrics in this project are specific to Norway,
04:37
but in general terms, you see the building coverage, or footprint, and the gross floor area, which is the sum of all the floors.
04:44
You also see the net internal area broken down by function.
04:49
In this case, all the buildings are tagged as Residential, but when you use different functions, you will see a breakdown.
04:56
Click the Units tab for an overview of the unit types.
04:60
In this case, they are all the same size, because only one house template was used,
05:05
but here, you see that there are 29 units in total and all of them are greater than 85 m2.
05:11
It is possible to adjust the grouping of unit sizes through the Settings menu, which can be found in the sidebar.
05:18
Defining housing templates streamlines the process of adding multiple housing units to the current proposal,
05:24
and saving these templates to your library and the Hub enables easy future access.
Video transcript
00:03
When adding housing units to your Forma proposal, you can define a housing type, and then save it as a template.
00:10
This enables you to quickly add multiple units of that type, rather than defining them individually.
00:16
Housing types can be saved to your library and the Hub for future use,
00:20
which makes them helpful for filtering and reviewing local housing metrics.
00:24
Open a proposal in which you are ready to add housing units.
00:28
In this example, Proposal 1 is already set up, with site limits defined and some vegetation added.
00:35
To add housing units, on the Design toolbar, click Building, and then select House.
00:43
The House tool is used to draw single houses or row houses, as opposed to multi-story buildings.
00:49
On the canvas, pan and zoom to the desired location, then click and drag to start drawing a line of row houses.
00:57
If needed, on the Visibility toolbar, switch to 2D mode to make it easier to see the pink snap lines.
01:04
In the right panel, under House Automation, you can alter the alignment of the building relative to the line by clicking Align right or Align left.
01:14
When you are happy with the positioning, click to place the houses.
01:18
Return to a 3D view and zoom in a little to see the row of houses.
01:22
The houses you just created are saved as the Default housing type,
01:26
but this template can be edited and renamed, and you can create as many templates as you want.
01:32
Click the row of houses, and in the right panel, under Houses, click Default.
01:38
In the House templates dialog, next to Default, click Edit.
01:43
In the Default dialog, you can adjust the template settings, such as building dimensions, number of floors, and roof type.
01:51
To define the roof, under Building, click the right arrow next to the house image until you see a Flat roof.
01:58
Both the preview in the dialog and the site houses update dynamically with each setting change.
02:04
Above the roof type, set the number of floors to 3.
02:08
You can also set the dimensions of the building and the parcel, but leave them for now.
02:13
Under Layout, use the dot grid to select the location of your building in relation to the parcel.
02:19
Again, use the preview as a guide.
02:22
In this case, click the lower middle dot to position the green space at the back of the housing units,
02:28
and then, under Parcel, set the length to 24 meters.
02:33
Finally, click the Function, and in the Swap Function dialog, set the function to Residential.
02:39
You could also click the Settings cog to create other functions, if you want to see them reflected in your area metrics.
02:46
Click Publish to view the updated Default template.
02:49
Back in the House templates dialog, you can click Create new to create one or more different housing types,
02:55
depending on your project needs.
02:58
Return to 2D mode to adjust the drawing and add more houses.
03:03
In this case, the row is resized, and more rows are added, rotated, and aligned.
03:10
To copy a row of housing units, right-click the row and select Copy, then paste it into the desired location.
03:18
When you are finished creating the row houses, you can rename them in the Library.
03:22
Click the object name to highlight it, then type, “Row house Flat roof”, and press Enter.
03:29
If you want to reuse a drawn housing type, either in the current project or across all projects in your portfolio,
03:36
click More (…), and then select Share to the Hub Library.
03:41
Then expand the Project drop-down and select Hub.
03:46
A message appears to inform you that this template is now shared across projects on the hub.
03:51
Keep in mind that other hub members can now access this house template too.
03:56
To reuse the template, in the Library, switch back to the Project.
04:01
Then drag and drop the template onto the site.
04:05
Then move the new row houses to place them where desired.
04:10
Next, add a road to access your new row houses.
04:13
In the Design toolbar, click Transportation > Roads, or press the keyboard shortcut: “T”.
04:21
Click and drag to draw the road and then adjust the width in the right panel, if needed, and the placement of the row houses.
04:29
Also in the right panel is an overview of the area metrics in your proposal.
04:33
Note that the metrics in this project are specific to Norway,
04:37
but in general terms, you see the building coverage, or footprint, and the gross floor area, which is the sum of all the floors.
04:44
You also see the net internal area broken down by function.
04:49
In this case, all the buildings are tagged as Residential, but when you use different functions, you will see a breakdown.
04:56
Click the Units tab for an overview of the unit types.
04:60
In this case, they are all the same size, because only one house template was used,
05:05
but here, you see that there are 29 units in total and all of them are greater than 85 m2.
05:11
It is possible to adjust the grouping of unit sizes through the Settings menu, which can be found in the sidebar.
05:18
Defining housing templates streamlines the process of adding multiple housing units to the current proposal,
05:24
and saving these templates to your library and the Hub enables easy future access.
When adding housing units to a Forma proposal, once a housing type is defined, it can then be saved as a template. Then, multiple units of that type can be added quickly, rather than defining them individually. Housing types can be saved to your library and the Hub for future use, which makes them helpful for filtering and reviewing local housing metrics.
To add housing units:
Note: The House tool is used to draw single houses or row houses, as opposed to multi-story buildings.
These new houses are saved as the Default housing type. This template can be edited and renamed. You can create as many templates as desired.
To create a housing template:
Note: Both the preview in the dialog box and the site houses update dynamically with each setting change.
To adjust the drawing and add more houses:
To copy a row of housing units:
When you are finished creating the row houses, to rename them in the Library:
To reuse a drawn housing type, either in the current project or across all projects in your portfolio:
A message appears, stating that this template is now shared across projects on the hub. Keep in mind that other hub members can now access this house template.
To reuse the template:
To add a road for access to the new row houses:
Note: Also in the right panel is an overview of the area metrics in the proposal. The metrics in this example project are specific to Norway, but in general terms, these metrics contain the building coverage, or footprint, and the gross floor area, which is the sum of all the floors. It also reports the net internal area broken down by function. In this case, all the buildings are tagged as Residential, but when you use different functions, you will see a breakdown.
To verify the unit types:
In this case, they are all the same size, because only one house template was used. Here, you see that there are 29 units in total, and all of them are greater than 85 m2.
It is possible to adjust the grouping of unit sizes through the Settings menu, which can be found in the sidebar.
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