• 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,…


  • BPD: “When you can show a certain density is viable, the municipality is open to discussing it.”

    Executive summary:  As cities feel the pressure to accommodate ever-growing urban populations, municipalities are looking to densify existing neighborhoods to build new housing. By repurposing existing structures and optimizing available land for urban development, urban densification aims to limit a city’s footprint, both physically and environmentally and enables infrastructure and amenities to be used more…


  • 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…


  • Celebrating the launch of Forma at the Autodesk Gallery

    On May 8th we unveiled the first set of capabilities of Autodesk Forma, the industry cloud that will unify workflows across the teams that design, build and operate the built environment. We’ve been delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response from customers, who are already taking advantage of Forma’s automations and AI-powered insights for early-stage planning.…


  • Rødovre becomes the first Danish municipality to collaborate with Forma

    Autodesk Forma’s cloud-based platform will help Rødovre Municipality to better visualize and optimize future urban development projects, positioning the municipality at the forefront of digital urban development in Denmark. Initially, Forma will be used for three urban development projects totalling around 200,000m2.  The agreement follows several months of testing, and the new digital tools will help…


  • Forma’s rapid wind analysis offers instant insights into wind conditions

    Analyzing wind conditions on your site are essential to avoid your buildings creating unwanted wind impacts, making outdoor spaces unpleasant and even hazardous for pedestrians and cyclists. Autodesk Forma‘s rapid wind analysis makes this process even faster and more fluid. Rapid wind predicts wind conditions instantaneously, giving you an immediate indication of how your building…


  • Film: Nordic Office of Architecture – how new technology opens up new opportunities for design, collaboration and business 

    How can new technology help architects navigate the increasing complexity in their work? What new opportunities will data open up? And how will the architects’ involvement in a longer building lifecycle benefit the project? In this film, the Autodesk Forma team travels to Oslo, Norway to meet Knut Ramstad and Bridget White from Nordic Office…


  • Microclimate analysis allows for intuitive insights into perceived temperature

    Great outdoor spaces encourage public life, inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to meet, play and socialize. Perhaps they might stroll along a promenade, linger for coffee on a café terrace, or simply just hang out on seating steps and people-watch. Especially in an urban context, good outdoor public spaces are essential for improving people’s…


  • Autodesk Introduces Forma, the next evolution of Spacemaker

    SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2023/PRNewswire/– Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today unveiled the first set of capabilities of Autodesk Forma, an industry cloud that will unify workflows across the teams that design, build and operate the built environment. Forma’s initial capabilities target the early-stage planning and design process with automations and AI-powered insights that simplify exploration…


  • CUBE 3: a cloud-based way of working is the way of the future for its business

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  Exceeding clients’ expectations Led by the motto, Designing Your Vision, CUBE 3 brings its client’s ambitions to life through considered, innovative and distinctive solutions across architecture, interior design and planning. Established in 2003 the US-based practice is headquartered in Lawrence, MA, with later expansion to Boston, MA, Miami, FL, and Princeton, NJ, serving the…