Revit is the first Forma Connected Client, bringing select Autodesk Forma capabilities–including project context, analysis, and connected cloud workflows–into the Revit experience customers rely on for detailed design.
Revit became the first Forma Connected Client, which is an important step in connecting the design tools our customers rely on today with the cloud-connected and outcome-based workflows we are building in Autodesk Forma, the AECO industry cloud. Our goal is to help teams work with more context, less friction, and better continuity throughout the project lifecycle. For Revit users, the value is practical: they can continue using Revit for detailed design while accessing more project context, analysis, and connected data from Forma. Over time, more work will happen directly in Forma, and Autodesk will continue investing in Revit and giving customers a practical path toward that future. In this Q&A, I share more of what Revit as a Forma Connected Client enables today (currently available in Tech Preview), how the experience is evolving, and what it means for the evolving relationship between Revit and Forma.
Revit is the first Forma Connected Client, which means it is deeply integrated with the Forma industry cloud. For customers, that connects detailed, model-based BIM workflows in Revit with Autodesk Forma’s cloud-based capabilities, including project context, analysis, and more connected workflows.
Today, customers participating in the Tech Preview can bring Forma context and select analysis into detailed design without leaving Revit—including surrounding site information from Forma such as terrain, buildings, and parcel data, plus early-stage design analyses such as wind and microclimate analysis from Forma Site Design. They can also work across connected Revit and Forma workflows with less reliance on disconnected import/export steps. Since launch, we’ve continued to improve the Tech Preview and expand the connected workflows customers can explore.
For our Tech Preview users, the value is continuity: teams can keep working in the tool they know while gaining access to more Forma capabilities over time. That means they can bring more context and analysis into detailed design, reduce friction between Revit and Forma, and start connecting today’s model-based BIM workflows to more cloud-based, outcome-based ways of working.
Forma and Revit are strongest when customers use each tool for what it does best. Forma Site Design brings instant site context and analysis to feasibility studies. Forma Building Design accelerates schematic design exploration, helping architects shape and test building options and details before moving into detailed design. And Revit remains essential for detailed design, documentation, and coordination around a shared model. With Revit as a Forma Connected Client, teams can move between those stages with more context intact, and continue using select Forma capabilities directly in Revit as the design becomes more detailed.
Revit is a critical tool for detailed, model-based BIM, and we will continue to invest in it. At the same time, we’re building more connected, cloud and outcome-based workflows in Forma, and Revit as a Forma Connected Client is an important step in that direction. By bringing select Forma capabilities into the Revit experience today, we are helping customers work with more context, less friction, and better continuity between early design and detailed design. We’re still early in this journey, but the direction is clear: Revit and Forma will continue to work more closely together, giving teams a practical path toward more connected ways of planning, designing, and coordinating work across the project lifecycle. We encourage customers to join the Tech Preview of Revit as a Forma Connected Client by following the instructions here. DISCLAIMER: Roadmaps are plans, not promises. We’re as excited as you to see new functionality make it into the products, but the development, releases, and timing of any features or functionality remain at our sole discretion. These statements are not intended to be a promise or guarantee of future delivery of products, services, or features but merely reflect our current plans, which may change. Purchasing decisions should not be made based on reliance on these statements.