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Forma full product icon

Forma Design Collaboration Product details

Starting at NZ$139 / month
Pricing optionsFree trial

A clash matrix in Autodesk Construction Cloud showing active clashes between models.
A 3D model of a hospital building with a rooftop helipad and BIM 360 Issues panel displayed on the right.
Meeting page displaying agenda items, schedule and budget updates, statuses and the navigation menu on the left.
A Files page displaying a project folder tree on the left and a list of folders with names, dates and metadata on the right.
Dashboard displaying design issue status bars, issue lists, company issue chart, trend graph and coordination issue metrics.
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Design Collaboration menu with Home, Project Status, Meetings, Members and Settings, plus discipline tabs for Architecture, Civil, MEP and Structure.

Project activity tracking

Track project activity with a clear view of when and what was shared. Access visual timelines showing dates, package contents and design exchanges across disciplines, helping teams to understand design history, dependencies and progress in multidisciplinary projects.

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Project correspondence

Keep project communication organised and connected to workflows like meetings, issues and project files. Every exchange is searchable and easy to retrieve when reviewing design records, ensuring clarity and accountability across the project.

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Meeting page displaying agenda items, schedule and budget updates, statuses and the navigation menu on the left.

Meetings

Schedule meetings, craft agendas and monitor attendee participation effortlessly. Generate minutes to capture critical decisions. Assign action items with due dates for increased accountability. Link references to action items for seamless in-session access. Organise follow-ups to sustain momentum in ongoing projects.

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Templates

Roll out projects faster with customisable templates tailored to client and business needs. Define folder structures, roles, permissions, DWG support and shared folder locations, so every new project aligns to standards with consistent set-up, minimal effort and repeatable workflows.

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ISO 19650 and customer file-naming standards

Implement, organise and manage files effortlessly with a standardised naming system. Start from the built-in ISO 19650 template or tailor your own, define attributes, import/export naming conventions and apply them across folders. Streamline data, improve clarity and reduce confusion across teams.

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Insight dashboard showing design issue status bar and a list of project design issues with IDs and titles.

Insights

View metrics and trends from design reviews and coordination to track progress, identify recurring issues and monitor team performance. Customise your dashboard by adding new Autodesk and partner cards from the Card Library to tailor your view of project performance.

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Permissions and control

Control and secure access to project data with role and group-based permissions. Assign the right level of visibility and editing rights for each discipline, helping to ensure that teams access only the relevant folders, packages and files, while maintaining project integrity and data security.

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Reporting

Generate, schedule and share reports to track project performance and maintain transparency. Centralise key insights from issues and other data sources, ensuring that teams have the information they need to document progress, communicate updates and keep every stakeholder informed.

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Project standards and controls

Drive consistency and quality across projects with predefined templates, controlled permissions, approved design assets and standardised naming.

Specifications page listing codes, descriptions, versions, issuance dates and options to add or filter specification entries.

Specifications

Centralise and manage design specifications with ease. Import and structure documents into standard formats, link to sections to models and keep design intent aligned across teams. Maintain version control and ensure accurate coordinated specifications throughout the project lifecycle.

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Multi-discipline design collaboration

Unite multidisciplinary teams in a cloud-connected environment. Exchange design data securely, track shared packages and strengthen transparency between internal and external teams for smoother coordination and faster decisions.

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Design coordination

Identify and organise coordination issues efficiently with automated clash detection. Conduct clash analysis in coordination spaces using shared models stored in dedicated folders, separate from active work. Compare disciplines, explore design options and resolve conflicts with confidence.

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Enhanced model viewer

Coordinate smarter with configurable file formats, extended properties, custom viewpoints and faster model viewing performance.

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Automated clash detection

Automatically detect conflicts across aggregated multidisciplinary models to identify and manage design issues early. Review clashes in context, prioritise severity and assign them to the right team members for resolution. Streamline coordination, reduce rework and deliver projects with greater confidence and accuracy.

Dropdown menu showing issue status options: Open, Answered, and Closed, with "Open" selected and a checkmark displayed.

Connected issues

Easily identify and assign issues on a design for fast resolution. Use the add-ins to resolve issues assigned to you from the cloud directly in Revit or Navisworks for closed-loop workflows.

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Packages

Bundle your team’s models, views, sheet sets and supporting documents to share with other project teams. Preview shared packages to determine the right time or when to consume a package into your design environment.

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A 3D model showing a green beam and a clash marker, with an issue panel on the right labelled ‘Piping Issues’.

Design Review

Create, style and collaborate on markups directly in the cloud. Apply comments, measurements and annotations to PDFs, DWGs or RVTs, sync changes across mobile and desktop, and track accountability in one connected workflow.

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Revit cloud work-sharing

Move work-sharing to the cloud for faster, smoother Revit co-authoring. Use BIM data to improve downstream constructability.

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Collaboration for Civil 3D

Securely collaborate on Civil 3D files, data shortcuts and xrefs in one location, with easy design review in a web browser.

Cutaway 3D view of an industrial facility showing green tanks, piping systems and structural framing.

Collaboration for Plant 3D

Securely access AutoCAD Plant 3D files across teams. Maintain compliance requirements in a cloud-based, common data environment.

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Document linking

Link assets to necessary documentation like operations and maintenance manuals, warranties, product data sheets, laser scans and more.

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Import BIM data

Source projects with data from Forma Data Management through its integration with Tandem Essentials, or manually import IFC and Revit models.

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Dashboards

Speed up the twin building process with dashboards by viewing the completeness of your asset data in charts.

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Facility templates

Establish a repeatable process for building digital twins. Structure data and drive consistency. Choose templates from our library or customise your own to use across multiple facilities.

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Global search

In Tandem digital twin software, quickly locate documents, assets by type, specific assets, spaces, saved views and dashboards.

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Filter

Quickly isolate data down to what you need by leveraging the filters panel.

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Classification Systems menu showing steps to add or edit custom classifications and a button to add a new system.

Asset information model

Structure data in a meaningful way. Use industry-standard classification systems to specify your asset breakdown structure or define your classification scheme.

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Parameters library table listing parameter names, categories, data types, units, descriptions and validation details.

Parameter library

Engineer your data for maximum value. Define the properties of your digital twin so that it is an accurate representation of the facility and aligns with the desired outcomes. Use standard and custom parameters to quickly import the data of interest from existing Revit files.

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Spaces

Review and manage all data associated with a building’s spaces with the help of a dedicated list of rooms and levels. Visualise by level, show all associated assets, or see trends in stream data to make well-informed operational decisions.

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A colour-coded 3D MEP model showing ducts, pipes and equipment elements represented by blue, yellow and pink geometry.

Tag assets

Manage asset data with Tandem digital twin software. Quickly locate or update the data and documentation for your assets and make daily management and maintenance tasks simple and straightforward.

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History

Keep an eye on every change that’s made to your digital twin with a comprehensive log of its users and their respective edits.

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Facility transfer

Once the digital twin is complete, Autodesk Tandem allows for the ability to transfer the twin to the facility owner.

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Streams

Connect IoT and BMS data to the digital twin to understand building operations via heatmaps applied to spaces and systems to time-series charts, viewing up to 14 days of data. Apply thresholds to create quick insights and alerts on system performance.

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Systems

Create a traceable network of building systems. Combine 3D BIM models with automation to mirror a building’s distribution systems, visualise networks and correct breaks. Move upstream or downstream through a system to see assets in context and understand the spaces they serve.

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System tracing

Visualise and understand systems in context. System tracing simplifies the navigation of complex models by automatically illustrating the path and elements within a system.

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