From feasibility to site analysis, without rebuilding
Early-stage decisions hinge on two questions: what can we build here, and how will it perform in this place? Both are feasibility questions, and they usually live in different tools. The PODIUM Extension for Forma Site Design closes that gap. Optimised PODIUM schemes flow into Forma as geometry, so the massing you generated and compared in PODIUM becomes the starting point for Forma's analysis.
No Remodelling Required
Push automated PODIUM designs directly into Forma as geometry. The scheme you optimised carries forward intact, with no rebuilding massing, no re-importing context, and no reconciling lost parameters.
Stop Redoing Existing Work
In most projects, early schemes don't move cleanly into environmental analysis, so teams redo work that already exists every time they want to go deeper on an option. The extension removes that step.
Explore More Options
Friction is where good options get dropped and timelines slip. By carrying feasibility forward automatically, teams iterate faster, explore more scenarios, and make decisions on richer analysis.
How the workflow runs
Two tools, one continuous decision. Generate and compare in PODIUM, then analyse in Forma, without losing the work in between.
Step 1. Generate & evaluate in PODIUM
- Build from your own templates: apartment layouts, data halls, building cores
- Generate building schemes automatically
- Compare scenarios and optimise spatial layouts
- Assess key development metrics grounded in real supplier products and bills of quantities
Step 2. Analyse in Autodesk Forma
- Visualise the project in real-world context with Forma's contextual data
- Run sun hours, daylight, wind, and solar energy analyses
- Refine planning and massing with environmental insight
- Collaborate with stakeholders in Forma Boards as part of the ideation flow
Extension details
Carry feasibility all the way through
Connect your PODIUM workflow to Autodesk Forma and take every option deeper, without leaving the model behind. Book a demo to see the workflow end to end.