![]() While Autodesk Forma may initially excite architects, especially those who felt they could not afford to tap into the power of Spacemaker (Forma will be much more accessible), Anagnost isn’t naive about the impact of the delivery of new paradigms to AEC professionals. That’s how it will arrive that’s the pattern with Fusion.” “As I’ve said before,” injects Anagnost, “when it comes to improving Revit, we have to do it over time because the future doesn’t arrive instantaneously it moves slowly, slowly, and then suddenly it’s here. Other important Revit updates are announced this week at AU22, but these noted above are the big ones for the world of architects. New IFC certifications take Revit up to IFC 4.3, a broad industry standard that offers smarter ways for data exchange and effective data handovers. These two new advancements with Revit address important workflow issues with customers and will indeed please those using the Revit platform as their BIM platform. Architects on Revit will be able to get their hands on Twinmotion for Revit in the near future. All Revit subscribers will become members of the Epic ecosystem and have Twinmotion added to their Revit subscription. Epic Games’ Twinmotion for Autodesk Revit will accelerate immersive, real-time (RT) experiences and collaboration across AEC workflows for Autodesk customers. One such advance is a new Autodesk and Epic Games strategic collaboration. It will continue to be advanced, and some significant new features are arriving at AU22 (discussed below). Revit will not be rewritten from the ground up for the Mac or the cloud. So now the industry is hearing about Revit’s future in clear absolute terms, including for those architects who are a part of the Open Letters to Autodesk. “We are focused on building multiplatform with the app model, across a range of devices with the browser being one access paradigm,” he concludes. “Philosophically-and this is the same philosophy we applied to Autodesk Fusion on the manufacturing side-we don’t look at this like moving Revit to the browser,” adds Anagnost, “we are building native, file-free workflows that will be multi-platform and multi-device.”Īnagnost is a big fan of the sheer power of mobile devices-like the iPad Pro with its M-chip-but says “browsers will be one paradigm” that users access Forma and other future Autodesk apps with, but so will thin and medium thick clients running on a range of devices. “Over time, more detail design will end up in Forma,” says Anagnost, “but reimagined in terms of an outcome-based, machine-generated paradigm.”Īnagnost outlined Autodesk’s future, more or less, two years ago in our Open Letter features. “Forma will slowly absorb capabilities that Revit does now,” adds Anagnost, “but the first thing it will do is work tightly with Revit between conceptual design and detail design.” Architects will start generating designs in Forma and then move their designs and process to Revit for detail design and documentation. It also analyzes building design options based on energy use so architects can design more sustainable structures. The software will automatically generate a multitude of design iterations and then rank them based on the weight of variables in that criteria. This article is dedicated to the AEC cloud Autodesk Forma and its path for Revit users.įorma will allow architects to input design criteria for new building projects on real sites. Autodesk Fusion is the industry cloud for Design & Manufacturing (D&M).Īutodesk’s three new industry clouds focus on M&E, D&M, and AEC industry sectors. Autodesk Flow is a new industry cloud for the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry. Forma is one of three new industry clouds. This new AEC industry cloud aims to unify building information modeling (BIM) workflows for teams who design, build, and operate the built environment. ![]() The centerpiece of that vision is a new product called Autodesk Forma. This week at Autodesk University 2022, the California-headquartered design software giant has introduced a substantial new forward vision for the AEC industry, particularly architects. And not just to architects-though they may need it most-to engineers, contractors, building owners, and their operators. And Anagnost is confident that, at least in the long term, Autodesk can play a significant role in bringing about substantial game-changing productivity improvements. That question brought up the latest unionization efforts by architects in some large firms and the apparent underlying economic and productivity issues architects face today. He referred to the profession and my last question in our hour-long interview. “EVERYONE INVOLVED IN ARCHITECTURE, including tool providers, needs to reimagine themselves for the profession to survive,” says Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost at the tail end of our conversation last week.
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