{"id":59504,"date":"2026-08-20T11:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=views&#038;p=59504"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:07:38","slug":"views-revit-forma-connected-client","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/views-revit-forma-connected-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Revit as a Forma Connected Client: What customers can do today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><em><em>Revit is the first Forma Connected Client, bringing select Autodesk Forma capabilities\u2013including project context, analysis, and connected cloud workflows\u2013into the Revit experience customers rely on for detailed design.<br \/><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; encrypted-media\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" title=\"Autodesk_FormaToolsInRevit Video\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/ij7rv2wbzt?videoFoam=false\" data-secret=\"io4Vp0vXVV\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/company\/autodesk-platform\/aec\">Autodesk Forma<\/a>, the AECO industry cloud. Our goal is to help teams work with more context, less friction, and better continuity throughout the project lifecycle. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f094\">&nbsp;<\/span>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. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f098\">&nbsp;<\/span>In this Q&amp;A, I share more of what Revit as a Forma Connected Client enables today (currently available in <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/RVT\/2027\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-8955EA48-6A4B-4936-BF62-1104501088BE\">Tech Preview<\/a>), how the experience is evolving, and what it means for the evolving relationship between Revit and Forma. <\/p>\n<h3>What is Autodesk Revit as a Forma Connected Client?<\/h3>\n<p>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\u2019s cloud-based capabilities, including project context, analysis, and more connected workflows.<\/p>\n<h3>What can Revit users do today, and what has improved since launch?<\/h3>\n<p>Today, customers participating in the Tech Preview can bring Forma context and select analysis into detailed design without leaving Revit\u2014including surrounding site information from Forma such as terrain, buildings, and parcel data, plus early-stage design analyses such as wind and microclimate analysis from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/forma-site-design\/overview\">Forma Site Design<\/a>. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f099\">&nbsp;<\/span>They can also work across connected Revit and Forma workflows with less reliance on disconnected import\/export steps. Since launch, we\u2019ve continued to improve the Tech Preview and expand the connected workflows customers can explore.<\/p>\n<h3>Why does this matter to Revit users?<\/h3>\n<p>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\u2019s model-based BIM workflows to more cloud-based, outcome-based ways of working.<\/p>\n<h3>When should teams use Forma, and when should they use Revit?<\/h3>\n<p>Forma and Revit are strongest when customers use each tool for what it does best. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f09b\">&nbsp;<\/span>Forma Site Design brings instant site context and analysis to feasibility studies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/forma-building-design\/overview\">Forma Building Design<\/a> 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.<span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f09c\">&nbsp;<\/span>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. <\/p>\n<h3>Will Autodesk Forma replace Revit?<\/h3>\n<p>Revit is a critical tool for detailed, model-based BIM, and we will continue to invest in it. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f09d\">&nbsp;<\/span>At the same time, we\u2019re 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. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f0a0\">&nbsp;<\/span>We\u2019re 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. <span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f0a1\">&nbsp;<\/span>We encourage customers to join the Tech Preview of Revit as a Forma Connected Client by following the instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/RVT\/2027\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-8955EA48-6A4B-4936-BF62-1104501088BE\">here<\/a>.<span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f0a2\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"m-0 p-0 d-block c_6a873e201f0a3\">&nbsp;<\/span><em>DISCLAIMER: Roadmaps are plans, not promises. We\u2019re 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.\u202fThese 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.\u202f<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Revit users can do today with Forma context, analysis, and connected cloud workflows. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":59508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,512],"adsk_tags":[407,405,412,404],"class_list":["post-59504","views","type-views","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-aec-bim","categories-architecture","categories-tech-innovation","adsk_tags-bim","adsk_tags-cloud","adsk_tags-collaboration","adsk_tags-digital-transformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Revit as a Forma Connected Client today<\/title>\n<meta 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