topic Re: Push/pull building geometry? in Forma for Design Forum

Push/pull building geometry?

ct_studio — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 16:01:23 GMT

Is it possible to "push/pull" faces of line buildings?

Thanks.

Re: Push/pull building geometry?

vegard_edvardsen — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:20:49 GMT

Hi, thanks for your question. It is currently not possible to push/pull faces on line buildings, but I will note down the feedback for later. What do you think would be most valuable -- is it push/pulling the number of floors in a section, i.e. the height dimension, or would it be important to also have this in the length and/or the width dimensions?

Best regards,

Vegard

Re: Push/pull building geometry?

CT36801 — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:23:02 GMT

@vegard_edvardsen I could see it being implemented leveraging the Tab key to change the size of the selection (number of adjacent bays) to push pull - I think this is what you are asking:

We would love to see this 🙂

Re: Push/pull building geometry?

josh.goldstein — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:35:11 GMT

Hi @CT36801,

You can also convert a Line Building into a Basic Building, then edit that in 3D Sketch which gives you the ability to extrude any face.

The conversion does mean the loss of the parametric line-based editing, so maybe that's not what you'd want, but figured it's worth a mention.

Re: Push/pull building geometry?

jesper.staahl — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:12:58 GMT

To add to what @josh.goldstein suggests here, if you prefer to keep it a Basic Building (and not further convert it to a 3D sketch building), you can push-pull Basic buildings by facades, floors, or roofs by finding the dot in the middle of the face.