

With our planes now on their own layer, let’s use the Dynamo script. These two planes will essentially be the roof footprint for our new building. We will be able to use this a little bit later in the process. Select both rectangles and put them on their own layer. Give it a different height than the first rectangle. Be sure to go into an elevation view and pull the second rectangle off the ground.

Repeat the process for a second rectangle but let us rotate the second rectangle a little bit, and then let’s make sure the rectangles overlap a bit. Then, go into an elevation view (vf, vr, vl or vb), select the rectangle and pull it off the ground however high you would like. Personally, I like to use an orthographic view, but a perspective will also work. First, jump into a plan view (VT for the shortcut), and draw a rectangle of any dimension. Now, let’s get into drawing a new building using 2D planes. You will have Dynamo scripts already available to use that are native to FormIt, so be sure to use the drop-down menu to select your local folder (indicated by the above yellow arrow). You should now have the “Overlapping Planes Building” dynamo script available to you. Click on the Dynamo folder you just created and then hit “select folder.” Then click “Ok” to finalize the link.

A new window will open, and again, you will want to click the “+” sign to add your Dynamo folder to the directory (indicated by the green arrow).

We will need to direct FormIt to the Dynamo file structure, so click the “link Dynamo directory” button in the top left of the Dynamo window (indicated by the red arrow). Once you have the script in your desired location, click on the Dynamo icon in FormIt. To get started, you will need to download the “Overlapping Planes Building” Dynamo script >īe sure to save the script into a Dynamo folder to easily locate it within FormIt. So boot up FormIt and get ready to create! Today’s post covers Dynamo’s “Overlapping Planes Building” tool. These follow-up blog posts provide more details around the process we outlined. Watch the on-demand webinar “Using FormIt to Create 3D Terrain, Site, and Building Layouts” here* >
