Working link to your Revit cloud model in Forma Data Management.
https://acc.autodesk.com/docs/files/projects/f33d74cd-07ad-475e-a8a8-30d6964935aa?folderUrn=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Afs.folder%3Aco.k3WyLlXYQsuWdaX68qWIaQ&entityId=urn%3Aadsk.wipprod%3Adm.lineage%3AJ8oYCVVzTsODNSkn6y55qw&viewModel=detail&moduleId=folders
Working link to your Individual Forma Board
Module 4 - Fall 26 - CEE 120A_220A - Zhu - Autodesk Forma Board
DF sheet set at D size, 30 by 42 inches, six sheets. Delete any blank sheets.
Screenshot of your Insight result alongside your Week 3 Forma result.
Insight Result
Module 3 Result
Design memo of 300 to 400 words: what survived the handoff, what you rebuilt, what assembly choices you made and why, and where Revit and Forma disagreed.
When exporting my Forma model to Revit, most of the geometries and elements survived the handoff. This included the overall geometries of the massing as well as some of the core elements (i.e. stairs, elevators shafts), placement of the windows, and roof elements. However, I had to rebuild the elevator elements and room objects/tags, update the staircases, and modify the assemblies for the walls, roofs, and floors. For the wall assembly, I used a concrete wall assembly for the ground floor, and a Type III light gauge steel wall assembly for the remaining 5 floors, consistent with the module requirements. I also modified the existing building design from 6 stories above the concrete podium to 5 stories, to align with more typical building heights. A light gauge steel wall assembly was chosen over a wood frame assembly due to the enhanced structural and seismic properties of the steel; using a steel wall assembly allows for more flexible office build outs, improved structural performance over wood frame, and is more commonly used for mid-rise commercial buildings. Wall assemblies were constructed based on the typical layers of a commercial wall assembly in Northern California.
For the roof assembly, a white TPO membrane was placed on the exterior facing side of the assembly to align with the California Title 24 requirements for cool roofs. Having a cool roof also helps reduce the solar heat gains into the building through the roof, decreasing building cooling loads in the summer. Double-glazed windows were selected for the facades. Higher VLT and low U-values were prioritized on the north façade (typically gets the least amount of sunlight), while higher SHGC and higher VLT windows were selected for the south façade. Tinted, low SHGC, medium VLT windows were selected for the west and east façades to help reduce some of the glare from the rising and setting sun. For the floor assemblies, a concrete subfloor was used due to its excellent structural properties, and wood finishes/ceramic finishes (restrooms) were used for the upstairs office spaces, based on common floor finishes. These assemblies had to be re-built in Revit, as the generic assemblies carried over from Forma didn’t fully capture the realistic thermal metrics associated with the different material layers of each assembly.