Category: Design with Forma

At Autodesk University 2026, we’re introducing Forma Street Design — the newest addition to Forma’s design solutions. Forma Street Design is 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, part of Autodesk Forma, the AEC industry cloud. Forma Street Design is currently in…

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…

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…

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…