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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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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Forma Site Design is AI-powered cloud software for site planning and analysis. Explore more options, make confident decisions earlier, and carry your design directly into Revit — all in one connected workspace.

Your site planning needs in one place

Create your site and massing in minutes with design automations.
Understand the full picture of your site earlier with AI-powered analyses.
Coordinate design reviews with your team in one shared workspace.

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Deliver more, stress less with AI

Forma Site Design's AI-powered tools let you explore more options, understand your site faster, and make confident decisions — all before committing to a single direction.

Site Automation generates multiple building layout options automatically based on your predefined rules and typologies. Switch between alternatives, adjust edges, reshape layouts, and modify building heights or floor counts on the fly — all while metrics update in real time.

Site context

Set up your site faster with contextual data at your fingertips. Access terrain, building, road, and other data to inform your design. Then, bring it into Revit as a geolocated project—no rework needed.

3D modeling in Forma Site Design

Create, explore, and iterate massing concepts with Forma Site Design's intuitive 3D modeling tools. Model directly in Forma Site Design or bring in geometry from tools like Revit or Rhino. Use AI automations to cut tedious manual tasks and free up more time for design.

Environmental analysis in Forma Site Design

Make confident design decisions with real-time AI analyses. Compare alternatives and improve building performance using Forma Site Design's easy-to-use analysis tools for sun, wind, noise, carbon and more — without needing advanced technical skills.

Forma Board

Keep early design reviews aligned to BIM throughout the project lifecycle with Forma Board. Compare options, add markups, align direction, and present your ideas clearly without breaking the connection to project data.

Model Coordination

Aggregate models, detect clashes automatically, and track issue resolution to improve coordination.

Visualize and manage change

Compare design versions, track modifications, and stay informed with connected change management.

Document management

Centralize file management with version control, permissions, and access the latest project data.

Design collaboration

Share and compare design data in the cloud, track package exchanges, and visualize project changes.

Project communications

Plan meetings, assign actions, & monitor design changes to improve coordination and accountability.

Align design review to BIM with Forma Board

Connect early design review directly to your BIM data with Forma Board’s collaborative visual workspace that’s built for AECO teams.

Early-stage design is rarely short on ideas — what teams often lack is shared clarity. Forma Board is a collaborative visual workspace built for AECO teams to gather, compare, and align on design direction while staying connected to real project data.

Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM Collaborate Pro) gives AEC teams a connected common data environment (CDE) to co-author, coordinate, and deliver designs with confidence from early concept through to project handover.

Create, collaborate, and deliver with confidence

Forma Design Collaboration delivers a connected common data environment that enables AECO teams to:

Co-author and collaborate across disciplines
Organize and control shared project data
Coordinate change with structured exchanges
Support design management and handover

Drive more predictable digital project delivery with one trusted source of information.

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Model Coordination

Aggregate models, detect clashes automatically, and track issue resolution to improve coordination.

Visualize and manage change

Compare design versions, track modifications, and stay informed with connected change management.

Document management

Centralize file management with version control, permissions, and access the latest project data.

Design collaboration

Share and compare design data in the cloud, track package exchanges, and visualize project changes.

Project communications

Plan meetings, assign actions, & monitor design changes to improve coordination and accountability.

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

Forma Site Design is AI-powered cloud software for site planning and analysis. Explore more options, make confident decisions earlier, and carry your design directly into Revit — all in one connected workspace.

Your site planning needs in one place

Forma Design Collaboration (formerly BIM Collaborate Pro) gives AEC teams a connected common data environment (CDE) to co-author, coordinate, and deliver designs with confidence from early concept through to project handover.

Create, collaborate, and deliver with confidence

Customer Stories

Resources Library

AEC Blog

Why FDME is a Game-Changer for AutoCAD Users

AutoCAD 2027: What's New and What Changed

Civil 3D 2027: AI, Cloud, and Smarter Infrastructure Design

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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.