Are there any plans for adding file import support for gis shape files 2d and 3d and geotiffs?

[ugur.gursoy]

Hi,

Since forma does not provide high quality elevation terrain maps, satellite photography and lod1 building models , property borders, in my country (Belgium). I would love to be able to import that data which is publicly available from the government web service. 

Are there any plans to implement that to forma? I can do that in Infraworks and it works like a charm but my work is more suitable to forma and I have no possibility to utilize any of the data I have. 

Kindest regards,

[oduijl]

Good afternoon,

This is not an answer to all your problems, but I do have a workaround for the building data perhaps. In the Netherlands, the building data is provided through Forma (until LOD 1). But sometimes I want to include a higher level of detail. In that case I use Google SketchUp to convert the downloaded data to a .obj file to import in Forma.

Hope this helps a bit!

Kind regards,

Oscar den Uijl

[kristoffer.dyrkorn · Accepted solution]

Hi!

We strive to offer third-party free/open high-quality data inside Forma for as many regions as possible - but we also have to prioritize what we support since there are a lot of potential data sources around the world.

As you mention, importing data yourself can be a good alternative. We plan on improving the supported data formats / data types but we can unfortunately not share the exact scope and timeline for that work now.

Best regards,

Kristoffer

Autodesk Forma