Category: Design with Forma
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Forma’s design solutions at Autodesk University 2026: What to see in Las Vegas
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…
Design with Forma
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What is Autodesk Forma Site Design? Uses, Revit integration, and project types
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 project performance before moving into detailed design. It is part of…
Design with Forma
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Introducing total carbon analysis in Forma Site Design: Understand embodied, operational, and total carbon from the earliest stage of design
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…
Design with Forma
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What’s new in Forma Building Design: stairs, section slicing, and unit-level GFA
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…
Design with Forma
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Designing with wind: what a children’s science museum taught us
TL;DR: This was one of the exhibits we came across recently at the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam in the construction section. Technically it was aimed at kids, but it was equally fascinating to the architects looking at it. The exhibit asked two simple questions: how do you build many homes on a small piece…
Design with Forma
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Designing climate-resilient coffee farms with Forma Site Design
Highlights: Mechanical engineer and fourth generation coffee farmer Juan David Hurtado Henao spent 15 years helping large AEC organizations with BIM implementation. Now, he’s using that expertise on a personal front — the sustainability of his family’s coffee farm, Los Cedros. Most of the world’s coffee comes from small family-owned companies like Blue Bird Coffee,…
Customer Stories
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Designing with data: Rethinking South Downtown Dallas as a 15-Minute city
Students from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Urban Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), presented a bold vision for the revitalization of South Downtown Dallas. Designed in the spirit of 15-minute cities, their masterplan took a sensitive approach to a complex site, carefully considering densification, quality of life, new urban connections,…
Customer Stories
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Designing resilient cities: a data-driven approach to site analysis
What happens when cars make way for pedestrians as part of a 15-minute city? How do environmental conditions impact people’s wellbeing? With these questions and more in mind, students from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Urban Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) presented a bold vision for the revitalization of South…
Customer Stories
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How to: create a 3D Sketch building in Forma Site Design
Create and refine a 3D massing model in Forma Site Design using 3D Sketch, then convert it into a building with defined floors and functions.
Learning
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Connect your design workflows with Forma Building Design
Connect Forma Building Design with Forma Site Design and Revit to create a more continuous design workflow, saving rework across design phases.
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