About
Autodesk Forma Site Design is a cloud-based AI-powered early-stage site design and analysis tool for architects, urban designers, and AEC professionals. It enables rapid massing exploration, environmental analysis (sun/wind/daylight/embodied carbon), terrain editing, site automation, and collaborative design workflows. Integrated with Revit, Civil 3D, Dynamo, Rhino, and Autodesk Construction Cloud, it supports BIM-connected schematic design from concept through early design development. Part of the AEC Collection and Autodesk Forma platform.
How teams use it
By audience
- Architecture
- Rapidly iterate on building massing and site layouts using AI-powered Site Automation
- Conduct solar, wind, and microclimate analysis to inform early design decisions
- Embed embodied carbon analysis from the earliest project stages
- Edit terrain and site topography directly within the design workflow
- Collaborate with teams in a shared cloud model connecting to Revit and Rhino
- BIM Manager
- Manage connections between Forma Site Design and downstream Revit/ACC workflows
- Set up API extensions and embedded views for contextual data delivery
- Coordinate IFC and OBJ data exchange with other model authoring tools
- Civil Engineering
- Analyze terrain and site conditions using integrated GIS and topography tools
- Assess wind and flood risk at the site-planning stage
- Coordinate civil site context data with architectural massing models
- Designer / Drafter
- Generate and compare multiple massing layout alternatives quickly
- Adjust building typologies, heights, widths, and floor counts interactively
- Export geometry in IFC or OBJ for downstream detailing workflows
- Owner/Developer
- Visualize site potential and zoning compliance early in development
- Use environmental analysis outputs to evaluate sustainability targets
- Leverage data-driven design insights to guide programming decisions
By phase
- Concept & Planning
- Generate massing options and test layouts against site constraints
- Evaluate environmental performance (sun, wind, carbon) before committing to a scheme
- Import terrain and GIS context data for site feasibility analysis
- Design
- Refine schematic massing with terrain editing and facade-level inputs
- Run integrated embodied carbon and daylight analysis as design develops
- Push approved concept geometry into Revit for detailed BIM development
Integrations (2)
| Integrates with | Connection | Details |
|---|---|---|
| NativeForma Connected Client - Revit | ||
| NativeCivil 3D → Forma DXF import |
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