Hi, I have been testing Autodesk Forma with Dynamo for Civil 3D. I tried importing Terrain as a TIN Surface. The only thing I am missing is to get the coordinate system so I can create the surface in the correct coordinates. How to do it? [image] D4F_test_1.1.dyn (381.8 KB)

Hi @jacob.small , for example I work with Civil 3D template where CzechJTSK/5b.Krovak coordinate system is set. It would be nice if Forma project have the ability to set coordinate system same as it is possible in InfraWorks

Do you know if Forma has that data in the UI? If not I feel like that is going to take a bit to get produced. @havardh may have better insights to share.

We do not have this, and do not have a plan for going in this direction. For now we have handled this on the integration boarders into and out of Forma (e.g. import/export, data order or Revit/Rhino addins). I think there are three main ways of doing this: change the coordinate system in Forma tr…

Hi @Drbohlav , could you give us some more insight into what use cases you (or your clients) are interested in when connecting Forma and Civil 3D via Dynamo? I think that will help us clarify how to proceed.

Hi @zachri.jensen , for example at this moment I’m working on some analysis using Map 3D in Civil 3D. The result is polygons that meet the conditions might be nice to import into Forma. This is addressed by solar power plant designers, for example. First they need to identify the right property areas…

Hi @havardh , please, is there any update solving this: [image] havardh: tell the (Dynamo) user what coordinate system we use and let the user do the projection on their end. Thank you Lukas

Hi Lukas :slight_smile: Yes. Version 1.1.0 of the DynamoFormaBeta includes the GetFormaProject node which exposes both the srid+refPoint and proj4string. Sorry I forgot about update this thread. Please let me know if you are able to solve your usecase with this node :+1: [image] -Håvard

I found a coordinate that might help: [Video] Frederic Classon on LinkedIn: #forma #design #dynamo #civil3d #arcgis #autodeskemploye #bim #gis | 11 comments

Hi, thank you. I don’t know how to use it at the moment. Do you have any example please? Is there any link to Dynamo graph example?

At this moment I tested this with one point only and I used epsg.io web page for coordinates transformation. [image] [image] [image]

Forma Terrain to Civil 3D TIN Surface

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Drbohlav April 16, 2024, 8:25am 26

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