Forma Building Design, available in the AEC Collection, Revit standalone license, and Forma for Buildings bundle, helps architects explore more ideas before it’s time for BIM. Schematic design moves fast, and the questions it raises go beyond the building itself. How much natural light will the spaces get? Do the parking stalls actually fit? Can…
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After an incredible week at Autodesk University 2026, the Forma team showed up with live demos, new sessions, and a handful of things we’d been sitting on for a while and were finally ready to share. Before we get into what’s next, let’s recap what got announced, whether you were there with us in Las Vegas or following along from home. Here…
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We're introducing Forma Street Design, a cloud-based street design software that civil engineers and transportation planners use to lay out and iterate on streets in real site context during early-stage design.
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Get to know Forma Site Design's tools: here's a quick guide to familiarize yourself with the main tools and areas of the interface.
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Autodesk University 2026 returns to Las Vegas September 15 to 17. Autodesk Forma, the industry cloud for architecture, engineering, construction, and operations, has one of its biggest AU presences yet, and if planning and design is your world, this is the year to pay attention to where Forma is heading. Here’s how to plan your three days, whether you’re deep…
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Autodesk Forma Site Design is a data-driven, cloud software for site planning, feasibility studies, conceptual design, and early environmental analysis. Architects, urban planners, and real estate developers use it during pre-design, programming, and concept design phases to explore sites, compare massing options, and test early building performance before moving into detailed design. It is part…
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The decisions you make in the first weeks of a project shape a building’s carbon footprint for its entire life. Where the buildings sit. How big they are. What they’re made of. By the time a sustainability specialist runs a detailed assessment, the massing is often locked — and the biggest opportunities to cut carbon have already passed. Early…
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Effective schematic design is about answering hard questions early while they’re still cheap to answer. Since the launch of Forma Building Design in April, we’ve released several updates that help you tackle early design decisions. Does the building work vertically? How does it sit in section? And how much floor area does each unit actually give you? Here’s what’s new in our schematic design software – Forma Building Design. Design stairs in your floor plan Vertical circulation isn’t a detail you add at the end. At…
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