About
Forma for Buildings is a subscription bundle from Autodesk that combines Forma Site Design and Forma Building Design (plus Forma Data Management and Forma Board) for end-to-end early-stage building design. Forma Site Design handles site massing, feasibility, and environmental analysis (wind, sun, noise); Forma Building Design adds schematic LoD 200/300 detail with AI-powered facade, floor plan, and unit layout automation, real-time carbon and daylight analysis, and native Revit model export. Together they form a continuous early-design workflow from site to building, all within the Autodesk Forma cloud. Available as a standalone subscription or included in the AEC Collection.
How teams use it
By audience
- Architecture
- Move from site massing to detailed schematic design without switching tools
- Use AI-powered generative site layouts and building floor plan automation
- Run real-time environmental analysis (sun, wind, noise, daylight, carbon) across both site and building
- Export a geolocated native Revit model at schematic completion
- Collect design review feedback in Forma Board alongside performance metrics
- BIM Manager
- Manage the full early-design pipeline from site planning to BIM hand-off
- Administer data flow between Forma Site Design, Building Design, and Revit
- Maintain project data in Forma Data Management CDE from concept onwards
- Owner/Developer
- Evaluate site feasibility and building performance from a single subscription
- Compare multiple design scenarios with environmental metrics before committing to a scheme
- Participate in Forma Board design reviews to align on direction early
- Landscape Architecture
- Contribute site planning context alongside building design teams
- Analyse site-level environmental factors that influence building placement
By phase
- Concept & Planning
- Generate and evaluate multiple site layout options with AI automation
- Assess site feasibility against zoning, density, and environmental constraints
- Produce early building massing from geospatial data
- Design
- Progress from site massing to LoD 200/300 building design in one platform
- Automate facade, floor plan, and unit layout at schematic design stage
- Validate design performance with integrated carbon and daylight analysis
- Hand off a native Revit model to detailed design teams
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