Category: Autodesk Forma

  • How BDP upskills its team for positive impact

    BDP is embedding sustainability into everyday design by empowering its global workforce to make sustainable decisions routine rather than exceptional. The firm began with a skills survey to understand where teams stood, then developed internal sustainability champions and a Climate Action and Social Impact Design Framework aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Implemented as…

    Customer Stories

  • My Top Five Favorite Features of Forma Site Design in 2025 

    In 2025, Forma Site Design introduced targeted improvements across modeling, analysis, interoperability, and collaboration. Development focused on strengthening and stabilizing existing workflows, with emphasis on reliability, user control, and continuity between early site studies and downstream design tools.  The features below are the ones I consistently relied on this year because they directly reduced friction…

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  • How to use Forma Board with Autodesk Docs to capture design intent from the get-go

    Tl;dr: Early-stage architectural design is rarely short on ideas, inspiration, requirements, regulations, references, or stakeholders. What often lacks is shared clarity.  At the start of a project, information arrives from many directions: site constraints, early massing models, environmental metrics, reference imagery, screenshots, notes from meetings, and informal assumptions. By the end of the day your browser probably looks like mine: 5 windows,…

    Learning

  • How to: present your Forma Site Design findings in Forma Board

    Create a new board for your site Add a new frame Add widgets from Site Design Edit widgets Sun hours analysis widget Add external images Share the board Annotate your board Present the board You now have a collaborative online whiteboard that brings together data, visuals, and insights in a clear, shareable design narrative.

    Learning

  • Inside Forma Building Design: How architects’ feedback shapes better products

    As Principal Product Manager for Autodesk Forma Building Design, which will soon be launched, a big part of my work involves testing what we build with the people who will rely on it every day. Getting user feedback gives us clear input on the direction we should take in the development of the product. The whole team is involved, from the software engineers to UX designers, so they can engage with users…

    Product
  • Forma Building Design

    Looking ahead to 2026: Building on a strong AECO foundation

    Carl Christensen is Vice President, Product at Autodesk As we kick off 2026, there’s a lot to be excited about—and it all builds on the progress we made last year in shaping the Forma Industry Cloud. 2025 was very much about connecting the pieces and laying the groundwork for AECO’s first end-to-end industry cloud. At…

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  • The 2025 Desing Slam unfolds on stage at the Expo Hall

    Designing the Future: Creativity Takes the Stage at the 2025 AECO Design Slam

    Forma Site Design, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Global competitors reimagined “Music City Living 2050,” blending AI, data, and innovative ideas live at Autodesk University 2025. Every year, the AECO Design Slam brings together the brightest…

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  • Environmental analysis

    Designing resilient communities: Arcadis’ data-driven approach with Forma and ArcGIS

    Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Our world is changing, and the way we design our environments much shift accordingly to meet new climate and societal demands. Having accessible context and environmental data from the…

    Customer Stories

  • Stantec case study: how to reduce embodied carbon in the schematic design phase 

    Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Early, informed insights during the design phase are crucial for achieving sustainable outcomes in architectural and urban planning projects. Leveraging advanced yet easy-to-use tools like Autodesk Forma not only…

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  • Autodesk Forma meets ArcGIS: how integrating geographic data gives designers a decision-making edge

    Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. The new ArcGIS for Autodesk Forma app combines Autodesk Forma’s intuitive planning, design, and analysis tools with powerful geographic information system (GIS) data from Esri’s ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS…

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