New integration makes authoritative GIS Data directly accessible in design phase.
Esri released ArcGIS for Autodesk Forma. Part of a longstanding partnership with Autodesk, this new integration introduces Esri’s authoritative geospatial reference data into Autodesk Forma to transform design and planning for architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) professionals. ArcGIS for Autodesk Forma will allow more seamless collaboration by providing users with a single design environment without switching between platforms.
ArcGIS for Autodesk Forma will serve as an Autodesk extension, incorporating geographic data and geospatial services that enable greater analytics and insights into Autodesk offerings. With ArcGIS as a key part of design and construction, professionals will have deeper, more holistic understanding of projects connected to the social, built, and natural worlds. The new application elevates every design with ArcGIS content,empowering GIS and non-GIS specialists with access to maps, layers, and other spatial data within Forma. Included are Esri’s ArcGIS basemaps and select data layers from ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World—the foremost collection of globally sourced geographic information.
The combination of GIS and building information model (BIM) technologies during early design and planning stages will also bring teams advanced understanding and visualization of projects. This will enable them to more effectively reduce costs and timelines. ArcGIS for Autodesk Forma streamlines the sharing of designs enriched with GIS data from Autodesk Forma to Autodesk Revit and other Autodesk solutions.
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