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Autodesk Forma Site Design

Explore early-stage site and building-massing options with data-informed environmental analyses.

PURPOSE

Where this tool can help

Explore early-stage site and building-massing options with data-informed environmental analyses.

Architects, planners and engineering offices at concept stage.

PRACTICAL WORKFLOW

How to start using it

  1. 01Create a site project and add its boundaries and context.
  2. 02Model massing alternatives and compare them in the shared workspace.
  3. 03Run available environmental analyses, such as sun hours, and review their assumptions.
  4. 04Take a suitable concept forward into design tools such as Revit where supported.

Summarized from the developer's public documentation; buttons and availability may change. The video below shows the maker's own workflow.

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VERIFY BEFORE USE

Human and local review still matter.

Early-design analysis is not a Saudi building-code check or a permit approval. Confirm local data coverage and verify decisions with the responsible professionals and authorities.

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