Category: Product

Hey! It’s the season of new launches at Autodesk, but of course, for us here at Forma, every week is launch week, and this last quarter has been as busy as ever.  This last quarter we released 33 updates   It feels like we’re really getting into the flow of things. I’ve been talking to…

Given the pressing realities of climate change, it’s essential that we take decisive action to curb carbon emissions. However, the built environment, responsible for over 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions, remains unchecked to a large extent. What does that mean? Accurate carbon emissions data is only available for less than 1% of all the…

When I heard that we were building a “Row house”-tool in Forma, my mind went a lot of places. I was both excited about the prospect of a parametrical tool to populate sites and a little worried we would digitize and empower industrial-scale urban sprawl at the click of a button.  How can we enable…

Editor’s note: You can watch the previous on-demand version of our product update webinar for fall 2023 here. Hello again! It’s Jesper from the Forma team. I did an okay enough job writing about product updates last time, so I was allowed back for another update! We did promise you an update on updates every…

Architects! 2024 is a bearer of great news! The Dynamo Player extension for Forma BETA is now available to supercharge your computational design workflows and push the boundaries of your design possibilities. Forget repetitive tasks and data silos – Forma just got a serious power-up. What is Dynamo Player? It’s the missing link between Forma’s…

Understanding and documenting a site’s existing conditions is a critical first step in the early stages of conceptual design. It’s essential for ensuring that your design solution is not only sustainable but also contextually sensitive and relevant. Autodesk Forma steps in here as a pivotal tool, making the gathering of contextual site data during these…

How to Load Forma data into Revit and Update Forma projects with Revit changes  Picture this: You have sketched an epic design in Forma. Now, you are itching to amp up the details in BIM and send your conceptual design into the world of Revit, and if you make some snazzy changes in Revit, you…

From the outset, Autodesk Forma has been designed with the vision of openness and extendibility at its center. Forma’s list of integrations is constantly expanding with extensions to various third-party tools and data sources. These integrations can significantly expand Forma’s ability to support complex design studies that incorporate computational design methods, leading to more efficient,…

Editor’s note: You can watch the on-demand version of our product update webinar here. Hi there. It’s Jesper, from the Forma team. I’m currently sitting down with a cup of coffee in Manchester, UK, after going through pages and pages of changes and updates to Autodesk Forma from changes.autodeskforma.com (login required) and I’ve had some…