Category: Product


  • Site Context in Revit via Forma 

    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…


  • Forma to Revit: Add-In Setup, Key Features & Advanced Use Cases   

    This article was updated on April 3rd 2025 to reflect recent improvements to the integration. 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…


  • Forma’s integration with Rhino and Dynamo

    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,…


  • What’s New in Autodesk Forma – Fall 2023 Update

    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…


  • Solar panels + Skyline

    Realize the potential of Forma’s solar energy analysis 

    How Forma’s solar energy analysis tool can support sustainable outcomes from day one of the planning process  Solar energy analysis is a new addition to Autodesk Forma‘s ever-growing suite of sustainability tools. This new analysis helps you identify the potential for solar energy during the initial stages of planning, enabling you to make high-impact design decisions that…


  • Detailed noise analysis helps architects do the groundwork for noise assessments

    Providing good acoustic performance of a building is part and parcel of what we do today as architects–we work closely with noise/acoustic consultants for this. Minimizing noise issues from traffic and rail for our projects contributes to creating healthy, livable cities that allow a high quality of living for residents, especially for those living in…


  • Develop early insights on the daylight potential of your design projects  

    This article was updated on October 2025 with the latest in daylight potential analysis. People residing in major countries spend over 90% of their lives indoors, within buildings that receive limited daylight. Research highlighting the benefits of daylight on health, happiness, and productivity, suggests that we should be more concerned about the impact of too…


  • Chicago skyline

    Interoperability workflow between Forma and Revit

    Forma and Autodesk AEC Collection subscribers can benefit from the interoperability feature between Forma and Revit. This add-in allows you to expedite the delivery of environmentally sound projects created in Forma using the powerful documentation features in Revit. What does the Forma-Revit interoperability tool do? The Forma Add-in for Revit allows users to transfer a…


  • Designing cantilevered buildings with Forma’s 3D Sketch tool

    Designing cantilevered buildings with Forma’s 3D Sketch tool  

    In this blog, we’ll be working through some of the basics of 3D Sketch: Forma’s powerful modeling mode that enables the creation and modification of complex shapes. We’ll also quickly learn how to leverage this tool to design cantilevered buildings featuring various unique angles.  The chosen site for our demonstration is located in downtown Denver,…


  • Forma’s AI-powered rapid noise analysis offers instant insights into noise conditions

    Leveraging machine learning, the rapid noise analysis is a predictive analysis that complements our standard noise analysis. What’s the difference between the two, you might be asking? To find out more, we caught up with Principal Machine Learning Engineer and rapid noise project lead Renaud Danhaive from our Boston office. He gives us a quick…