
Autodesk Forma™ Add-In for Revit, Beta
Win64, EnglishGeneral Usage Instructions
In Forma, from the list of your proposals in the left-side panel, left-click on the 3-dot menu of the proposal you'd like to work on and choose “Send to Revit” from the menu.
Open Revit and create a new project. In the Massing and Site tab, find the Load Proposal button. (Note, if you are loading a Forma proposal into an existing Revit project, the existing Revit location data will be overwritten by the GIS coordinate system used to locate the Forma project)
Note: while the add-in is regularly being improved, current conversions are
- Basic Buildings and Released Line Buildings are converted to Walls, Floors, and Roofs
- 3D Sketch Buildings are converted to loaded mass families with mass floors
- Line Buildings, Vegetation, context buildings, and ShapeDiver elements are Converted to Generic Models (Direct Shapes)
- Parking is converted to Parking Components (Testfit parking is currently not supported)
- Terrain is converted to Toposolids in Revit 2024 (toposurface in previous versions)
For more details, see the Forma Revit Interoperability documentation.
Commands
Installation/Uninstallation
Installation
Run the included Windows Installer .msi installer.
Uninstallation
Windows Start > Settings > Apps and Features, search for Forma, select Forma Revit Add-In, and click Uninstall.
Additional Information
Known Issues
Contact
Author/Company Information
Support Information
Visit https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/product/forma for support options.
Version History
Version Number | Version Description |
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0.9.15.0 |
April 2025 update. This is an optional release that will be required to support Revit 2026. Release also prevents "Unable to restore Forma Data" error from blocking usage of the Massing & Site tab. |
0.9.14.0 |
March 2025 update. This is an optional release that will be required to support users in the Australia data region. Release also contains a fix to the create of some terrain subdivisions when bringing Forma data into Revit (Revit 2024, 2025 only). |
0.9.11.0 |
November 2024 update. This will be a required update starting November 25th, 2024 and offers improved support for mass families and Revit models with more elements as well as adding a map option for terrain image. |
0.9.8.0 |
August 2024 update. This is an optional update that contains fixes for issues with conceptual mass orientation, property boundaries, and level names. |
0.9.7 |
August 2024 update. This is an optional update that contains fixes for issues with conceptual mass orientation, property boundaries, and level names. |
0.9.5 |
June 2024 update. This optional update will become required on July 8, 2024. |
0.9.3 |
April 2024 update. |
0.9.2 |
March 2024 update. |
0.9.0 |
February 2024 update. |
0.8.16 |
January 2024 update. |
0.8.12 |
December 2023 update. |
0.8.11 |
November 2023 update. |
0.8.4 |
Post-launch update with fixes for a number of issues. |