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Test your knowledge and apply what you have learned about Forma and conduct a sun hours analysis on a concept, before editing the concept and comparing the environmental impact results. The practice exercise is accompanied by a dataset to work through the example. The solution is also provided.
Exercise requires: Autodesk Forma
Exercise
Any referenced datasets can be downloaded from "Module downloads" in the module overview.
Transcript
00:02
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:05
You'll use Forma,
00:06
existing site geometry,
00:08
and weather data to conduct a sun hours analysis on a
00:12
concept before editing the concept and
00:14
comparing the environmental impact results.
00:17
To begin,
00:18
navigate to the Autodesk Forma website and click to access your Forma hub.
00:23
Click to choose your hub and open any projects that you have access to.
00:29
In your projects,
00:30
click Open Demo Project
00:33
to open the demo project model.
00:36
If prompted,
00:37
close any tips that pop up.
00:40
And once open in the tools panel,
00:43
click to activate the Sun Hours analysis tools.
00:48
Set the date to August 21st and click Run Analysis to start the analysis.
00:55
And once it's complete from the analysis tools,
00:58
click View History.
01:01
Click to select the date.
01:03
And click to select the Suns analysis to see the results.
01:09
Your model
01:09
should update in a new analysis window.
01:13
To inspect the number of hours as indicated by the colors,
01:16
click to activate the inspect tool.
01:20
Click your mouse on the face of the building concept
01:23
to see the number of suns that area will receive.
01:28
When done,
01:29
click to close the analysis window and return to the concept.
01:35
Click to select one of the buildings.
01:38
And in the properties for that building,
01:40
edit the stories property to 21 stories.
01:45
The concept should update to reflect the new properties as inputs.
01:50
With any changes to the concept model,
01:52
a new analysis needs to be run.
01:54
Click run analysis to analyze this new concept,
01:58
and when done,
01:59
click View History,
02:00
click to select the latest date,
02:02
and click to select Sun Hours analysis.
02:06
Investigate the new concept's impact on other
02:09
buildings suns by using the inspect tool.
02:13
And to see both concepts together,
02:15
close the analysis window and return to the concept.
02:21
In the open analysis
02:23
View History window,
02:25
click Compare to open the most recent concept analysis.
02:30
Click to select the initial analysis as a model to compare it to,
02:34
and you should now see two concepts
02:36
the 7 story and the 21 story buildings.
02:41
You can use the inspect tool to inspect the Sun hours in both concepts at the same time.
Video transcript
00:02
This is a practice exercise video solution.
00:05
You'll use Forma,
00:06
existing site geometry,
00:08
and weather data to conduct a sun hours analysis on a
00:12
concept before editing the concept and
00:14
comparing the environmental impact results.
00:17
To begin,
00:18
navigate to the Autodesk Forma website and click to access your Forma hub.
00:23
Click to choose your hub and open any projects that you have access to.
00:29
In your projects,
00:30
click Open Demo Project
00:33
to open the demo project model.
00:36
If prompted,
00:37
close any tips that pop up.
00:40
And once open in the tools panel,
00:43
click to activate the Sun Hours analysis tools.
00:48
Set the date to August 21st and click Run Analysis to start the analysis.
00:55
And once it's complete from the analysis tools,
00:58
click View History.
01:01
Click to select the date.
01:03
And click to select the Suns analysis to see the results.
01:09
Your model
01:09
should update in a new analysis window.
01:13
To inspect the number of hours as indicated by the colors,
01:16
click to activate the inspect tool.
01:20
Click your mouse on the face of the building concept
01:23
to see the number of suns that area will receive.
01:28
When done,
01:29
click to close the analysis window and return to the concept.
01:35
Click to select one of the buildings.
01:38
And in the properties for that building,
01:40
edit the stories property to 21 stories.
01:45
The concept should update to reflect the new properties as inputs.
01:50
With any changes to the concept model,
01:52
a new analysis needs to be run.
01:54
Click run analysis to analyze this new concept,
01:58
and when done,
01:59
click View History,
02:00
click to select the latest date,
02:02
and click to select Sun Hours analysis.
02:06
Investigate the new concept's impact on other
02:09
buildings suns by using the inspect tool.
02:13
And to see both concepts together,
02:15
close the analysis window and return to the concept.
02:21
In the open analysis
02:23
View History window,
02:25
click Compare to open the most recent concept analysis.
02:30
Click to select the initial analysis as a model to compare it to,
02:34
and you should now see two concepts
02:36
the 7 story and the 21 story buildings.
02:41
You can use the inspect tool to inspect the Sun hours in both concepts at the same time.
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