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Create row housing units that feature attached garages.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:03
In Forma, you can define and combine multiple housing types to create housing row units that feature attached garages.
00:11
Open the proposal where the housing units will be created.
00:15
In this example, Proposal 1 is already set up, the site limits have been defined,
00:20
and some row housing units, roads, and a parking lot have been added.
00:26
First, create a new row housing template.
00:29
On the Design toolbar, click Building, and then select House.
00:35
On the canvas, click and drag to draw a line of row houses.
00:40
In the right panel, under Houses, click the Default house type to open the House templates dialog, and then click Create new.
00:48
In the template settings dialog, enter the name “Row house type 2”.
00:53
Leave the settings for two floors and a pitched roof, but change the roof orientation to Across.
00:59
Under Layout, leave the center of the dot grid selected for a bit of green space on either side of the row.
01:06
Then, click the Unspecified function to open the Swap Function dialog, and then select Residential.
01:13
Click Publish.
01:15
On the canvas, you see the updated row houses, and in the House templates dialog, Row house type 2 is added to the list.
01:23
Click Create new to create another housing type called “Garage”, with 1 floor and a flat roof.
01:30
To create a new function, click the function to open the Swap Function menu, and then click Settings.
01:36
In the Settings dialog, click Unit properties.
01:40
Here, you can add new functions and change the visibility color.
01:44
Adjacent to Functions, click Add (+) to create a new function, and then rename it “Garage”.
01:50
Then select the current color, to give it a gray label.
01:54
If you do not want the garage to be included in the area metrics, then click Area metrics
02:00
and expand one of the metrics, such as BRA in this example.
02:05
Next to the Garage function name, click the minus symbol to exclude that function from the calculation method.
02:12
Repeat this for the BRAS metric as well.
02:16
To confirm the changes, click Apply changes.
02:20
Since you created a new function, you will have to apply the new function in the Garage template.
02:25
Click the Garage function again, and then select Garage to activate it.
02:31
Click Publish.
02:34
The Garage housing units update with the correct color and function.
02:38
Close the House templates dialog.
02:40
To see the function colors or unit sizes, in the Display options, change the Building colors mode to Functions.
02:48
You can now alternate the new Row house type 2 and Garage housing types to simulate row houses with attached garages.
02:56
On the canvas, select every other housing unit in the row.
02:60
Then, in the right panel, click Garage, and in the Housing templates dialog, select Row house type 2.
03:07
Now, every other unit is a house.
03:10
The result is three housing units, each with its own garage.
03:14
Now, you can adjust the location of the units and add more rows by editing the line
03:19
or by using CTRL+C and CTRL+V to copy and paste rows.
03:24
Press R to activate the Rotate tool to align them.
03:29
When you have finished creating housing rows, in the right panel, in the Units tab, you can see the breakdown.
03:36
This example now shows 15 of the type 2 row houses, 15 garages, and 29 of the Default row houses drawn previously.
03:47
Once you have finished creating your proposal, you are ready to run analyses on the site.
Video transcript
00:03
In Forma, you can define and combine multiple housing types to create housing row units that feature attached garages.
00:11
Open the proposal where the housing units will be created.
00:15
In this example, Proposal 1 is already set up, the site limits have been defined,
00:20
and some row housing units, roads, and a parking lot have been added.
00:26
First, create a new row housing template.
00:29
On the Design toolbar, click Building, and then select House.
00:35
On the canvas, click and drag to draw a line of row houses.
00:40
In the right panel, under Houses, click the Default house type to open the House templates dialog, and then click Create new.
00:48
In the template settings dialog, enter the name “Row house type 2”.
00:53
Leave the settings for two floors and a pitched roof, but change the roof orientation to Across.
00:59
Under Layout, leave the center of the dot grid selected for a bit of green space on either side of the row.
01:06
Then, click the Unspecified function to open the Swap Function dialog, and then select Residential.
01:13
Click Publish.
01:15
On the canvas, you see the updated row houses, and in the House templates dialog, Row house type 2 is added to the list.
01:23
Click Create new to create another housing type called “Garage”, with 1 floor and a flat roof.
01:30
To create a new function, click the function to open the Swap Function menu, and then click Settings.
01:36
In the Settings dialog, click Unit properties.
01:40
Here, you can add new functions and change the visibility color.
01:44
Adjacent to Functions, click Add (+) to create a new function, and then rename it “Garage”.
01:50
Then select the current color, to give it a gray label.
01:54
If you do not want the garage to be included in the area metrics, then click Area metrics
02:00
and expand one of the metrics, such as BRA in this example.
02:05
Next to the Garage function name, click the minus symbol to exclude that function from the calculation method.
02:12
Repeat this for the BRAS metric as well.
02:16
To confirm the changes, click Apply changes.
02:20
Since you created a new function, you will have to apply the new function in the Garage template.
02:25
Click the Garage function again, and then select Garage to activate it.
02:31
Click Publish.
02:34
The Garage housing units update with the correct color and function.
02:38
Close the House templates dialog.
02:40
To see the function colors or unit sizes, in the Display options, change the Building colors mode to Functions.
02:48
You can now alternate the new Row house type 2 and Garage housing types to simulate row houses with attached garages.
02:56
On the canvas, select every other housing unit in the row.
02:60
Then, in the right panel, click Garage, and in the Housing templates dialog, select Row house type 2.
03:07
Now, every other unit is a house.
03:10
The result is three housing units, each with its own garage.
03:14
Now, you can adjust the location of the units and add more rows by editing the line
03:19
or by using CTRL+C and CTRL+V to copy and paste rows.
03:24
Press R to activate the Rotate tool to align them.
03:29
When you have finished creating housing rows, in the right panel, in the Units tab, you can see the breakdown.
03:36
This example now shows 15 of the type 2 row houses, 15 garages, and 29 of the Default row houses drawn previously.
03:47
Once you have finished creating your proposal, you are ready to run analyses on the site.
In Forma, multiple housing types can be defined and combined—for example, to create housing row units that feature attached garages.
Open the proposal where the housing units will be created. In this example, Proposal1 is already set up, the site limits have been defined, and some row housing units, roads, and a parking lot have been added.
To create a new row housing template:
Adjust the settings for the new house type:
Note: On the canvas, the row houses update. In the House templates dialog, Row house type 2 is added to the list.
To create a new function:
To exclude the garage from the area metrics:
Since you created a new function, you will have to apply the new function in the Garage template:
The Garage housing units update:
To see the function colors or unit sizes:
To alternate the new Row house type 2 and Garage housing types to simulate row houses with attached garages:
Now, every other unit is a house. The result is three housing units, each with its own garage.
To adjust the location of the units and add more rows:
When you have finished creating housing rows, in the right panel, in the Units tab, the breakdown is reported. This example now shows 15 of the type 2 row houses, 15 garages, and 29 of the Default row houses drawn previously.
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