Architecture, Engineering & Construction

Connected design solutions for the AEC industry

The Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection gives architecture teams, designers, engineers, and construction professionals the tools and integrated workflows they need to create with ease, explore what’s possible, and build with confidence.

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Top design products plus additional products for analysis and simulation, visualization, reality capture, detailing, and automation.

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Integrated workflows for improved design processes

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How architects use the AEC Collection

From conceptual to detailed design

Create high-quality, high-performing designs. Use Forma Site Design to model complex 3D design concepts in minutes. Fluidly move proposals to Revit for detailed design and benefit from generative design workflows.

Performance and environmental simulations

Make data-driven insights the foundation for your design approach with powerful, fast analytics. Use Forma Site Design's AI-powered analyses for key factors such as sun hours, daylight potential, operational energy, wind, and microclimate. Better insights mean better outcomes.

Develop detailed and beautiful visualizations

Use advanced visualization tools, such as 3ds Max or TwinMotion for Revit, to develop high-quality architectural designs. Visually communicate your clients’ proposed designs and tell their story with realistic elements and details.

Enhanced project coordination and design management

Simplify collaboration and data management with Autodesk Docs' cloud-based CDE, enabling ISO 19650 compliance. Identify and merge issues from AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks Manage, and more, into one centralized database.

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Engineer the best structural solutions

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How structural engineers use the AEC Collection

Integrated structural analysis

Apply BIM-centric workflows for structural analysis and get bidirectional interoperability between Revit and analysis software.

Structural design optimization

Verify and optimize structures with an extensive range of built-in design codes for various countries, all within BIM-based workflows.

Concrete design

Enable integrated design and detailing workflows from start to finish with BIM-based tools. Use advanced capabilities for modeling 3D concrete reinforcement, creating shop drawings,

and bending schedules.

Steel design

Adopt BIM-based tools for engineers, detailers, and fabricators in

the steel industry to integrate design and detailing workflows. Create detailed 3D steel structures with steel connections and 2D documentation with high fidelity and accuracy.

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Connect design to detailing for MEP systems

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How MEP engineers use the AEC Collection

Space, zone, and load requirements

Use architectural Revit models, DWGs, or PDFs to define spaces and zones, occupancy, lighting, and equipment loads for equipment selection and sizing.

Equipment selection and sizing

Use space and zones, schedules, custom parameters and calculations, built-in simulation and analysis, and export to third-party tools to select and size equipment.

Systems and energy analysis

Get advanced building energy and systems simulation and analysis with EnergyPlus through an open and extensible connection to Revit.

Equipment layout

Define the layout of major mechanical and electrical equipment in 2D and 3D for use in distribution routing and sizing.

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Integrated tools to design sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

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How the AEC Collection works for civil engineers

Design bridge structures in the broader context of your project

Create high-quality flexible designs incorporating road, land, and other civil data. Quickly iterate as many times as necessary to arrive at the best solution.

Analyze multiple design alternatives for ultimate quality

Reduce errors and rework by using analysis tools to quickly understand the viability of the proposed design. Assess design viability with integrated analysis tools.

Share detailed design documents with project stakeholders

Use automated production techniques to produce and share documentation such as road details, grading, bridge details, or visualizations.

Exceed design requirements with modeling flexibility

Manage the complexity of unique bridges and develop custom components to satisfy stakeholder requirements.

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Use powerful BIM and CAD workflows to build with precision and predictability

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How construction professionals use the AEC Collection

Connect design to fabrication

Use Revit and Advance Steel to create a more precise BIM workflow from design to fabrication. Collaborate with designers and engineers in one model for more accuracy and improved controls.

Tools for concrete structures

Work more productively and accurately with BIM workflows that help automate and connect concrete design and detailing to fabrication.

Use Revit’s comprehensive set of tools for modeling 3D concrete reinforcements, creating shop drawings, and schedules – all in one environment.

Boost interoperability and data exchanges

Exchange BIM data easily between design and detailing workflows with the Advance Steel extension for Revit.

Automate design to fabrication workflows with ready-made templates to create drawings for fabrication.

Control costs and quantify materials easily

Drive efficiency and accuracy with a model-based workflow for project requirements, cost estimation, and material quantification.

Rapidly generate material costs to accurately maintain project budgets and evaluate costs of design alternatives.

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Streamline Collaboration with Autodesk Docs

Cloud-based common data environment

What is Autodesk Docs?

Autodesk Docs is a cloud-based document and data management solution within Autodesk Construction Cloud.

Connect, manage, and coordinate design and construction data with all project stakeholders. Align teams, reduce errors and rework, and execute projects more efficiently and collaboratively with Docs, Autodesk’s Common Data Environment for the AECO industry.

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Unlock design efficiency with BIM content management

Content Catalog, included with your Autodesk Docs subscription, gives design teams a trusted, cloud-based digital asset management solution, streamlining the process for finding, organizing, and granting access to vetted data. By having a single source for Revit families, CAD blocks, and other design content, users can make rapid gains in collaboration, efficiency, productivity, and quality of BIM project deliverables.

Why use Content Catalog?

Centralize digital assets

Gain better control and accessibility by connecting your assets in a common data environment.

Unlock reliable data

Avoid unnecessary rework by ensuring team members have access to the latest approved version of each digital asset.

Find content faster

Save time with a robust search system that uses a variety of filters and display options to locate BIM content quickly.

What are the benefits of Autodesk Docs?

Access the latest project information to keep work moving efficiently.
Streamline and automate document reviews to minimize errors and rework.
Enhance collaboration and team alignment for improved accuracy and productivity.

Enhanced Document Approval

Increase communication, transparency, and accountability amongst all stakeholders in a controlled document approval process.

Improved Design Review

Identify and prioritize critical design problems before delays and overrun costs occur with collaboration tools such as markups and issues.

Secure File Sharing

Ensure the right people can access the needed project
data with comprehensive permission tools at all levels
of the project.

Seamless collaboration with powerful, simple software

Securely organize, review, and share project files on a single, connected data environment. Get the right information into the right hands with ease.

Work flexibly on a cloud-based platform

From design to construction, take the stress out of data
management. Empower your teams to access centralized information anytime, anywhere.

Improved visibility between the office and field

Avoid rework by communicating design and engineering problems, accelerating the delivery of
quality construction projects.

Workflows for Autodesk Docs

Autodesk Docs supports connected workflows across the project lifecycle by providing a centralized cloud platform for managing, reviewing, and sharing project information. Teams can organize files by discipline, collaborate in real time, and maintain clear version control to ensure everyone works from the latest data.

Document management

Store, review, and share project documentation in the cloud with useful management features.

Docs + Revit + AutoCAD + Forma 

Connect building plan and design workflows in the cloud for teams using other tools in the AEC Collection.

Docs for civil engineers

Simplify paperless collaboration for civil engineers with digital markups and issues, audit trails, and more.

Get more done in the planning phase

If you already have the AEC Collection you can access Forma Site Design at no extra cost

3D modeling

Create, explore, and iterate massing concepts with Forma Site Design's intuitive design tools.

Use conceptual design and modeling capabilities, real-time analytics, and automations to make solid foundations for your projects.

Forma Site Design is your go-to AI-powered cloud software for data-driven planning.

Combine Forma Site Design with your favorite tools such as Revit, ACC, and more.

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Environmental analysis

Make data-driven design decisions and improve building performance.

Forma Board

Collect ideas, metrics, visuals, and feedback with Forma Board.

Customer Stories

“Standardized data capture allows our teams to collaborate on projects regardless of location to share expertise and balance their workload.”

— François Appéré, Global Autodesk Platform Director, Arcadis

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Connected design solutions for the AEC industry

Discover the toolkit that expands your skill set. Top design products plus additional products for analysis and simulation, visualization, reality capture, detailing, and automation.

Meet the AEC Collection

Integrated workflows for improved design processes

How architects use the AEC Collection

From conceptual to detailed design

Performance and environmental simulations

Develop detailed and beautiful visualizations

Enhanced project coordination and design management

Streamline Collaboration with Autodesk Docs

Cloud-based common data environment

What is Autodesk Docs?

Get more done in the planning phase

If you already have the AEC Collection you can access Forma Site Design at no extra cost

3D modeling

Create, explore, and iterate massing concepts with Forma Site Design's intuitive design tools.

Environmental analysis

Make data-driven design decisions and improve building performance.

Forma Board

Collect ideas, metrics, visuals, and feedback with Forma Board.

Customer Stories

Resources Library

AEC Blog

Building HVAC simulation: ensuring occupant comfort and safety

The New Design-to-Delivery Workflow with Forma and AEC Collection

What's New in ReCap Pro 2026

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Discover the toolkit that expands your skill set.
Top design products plus additional products for analysis and simulation, visualization, reality capture, detailing, and automation.