Autodesk Forma

PAACADEMY offers online courses teaching Autodesk Forma, enabling architects to integrate cloud-based wind, microclimate and solar analysis directly into early-stage concept design.

Autodesk Forma (formerly Spacemaker) is a cloud-based design and analysis platform for early-stage urban and architectural design, integrating environmental performance analysis directly into the concept design workflow. Its Rhino plugin brings Forma's site analysis capabilities into the Rhino modeling environment, allowing architects to run wind, microclimate, and solar analyses on design geometry instantly.

At PAACADEMY, Autodesk Forma is taught as an essential urban context tool in Building Performance with Forma and Opossum:

• Urban Microclimate Analysis: Utilizing Forma's fast cloud engine to evaluate how surrounding city massing affects wind flow and comfort on the project site.
• Early-Stage Feedback: Gathering actionable environmental metrics in seconds during the initial massing phase, before moving into heavier simulation software.
• Rhino Integration: Pushing design variations seamlessly between Rhino and Forma using the dedicated plugin to iterate rapidly based on performance data.