Module 1 — Introduction to Autodesk Forma for Construction
- Project structure and common data environment (CDE)
- Users, companies, roles and permissions
- Project members and account administration
- Understanding the relationship between:
- Forma Data Management
- Forma Design Collaboration
- Forma Model Coordination
- Revit Cloud Worksharing
Module 2 — Forma Data Management
- Project and folder structure
- Files and folders
- Uploading and downloading files
- File naming and organisation
- Version management
- File permissions
- Reviews and approvals
- Transmittals
- Viewing 2D drawings
- Viewing 3D models
- Model navigation
- Properties
- Measure tools
- Sheets and sheet sets
- Version comparison
- Markups
- Issues
Module 3 — Revit Cloud Worksharing
- Traditional Revit worksharing vs cloud worksharing
- Cloud models vs cloud work shared models
- Prerequisites and licensing
- Setting up a Forma project
- Connecting Revit to Forma
- Saving a Revit model to the cloud
- Enabling worksharing
- Creating a cloud work shared model
- Opening cloud models
- Central model concept in cloud worksharing
- Synchronize with Central
- Reload Latest
- Relinquish
- Worksets
- Element ownership
- Editing and borrowing
- User permissions
- Collaboration between geographically distributed teams
- Model publishing
- Model maintenance
- Handling synchronization problems
- Cloud model performance
Module 4 — Forma Design Collaboration
- Purpose of Design Collaboration
- Teams
- Team spaces
- Shared folders
- Consuming and sharing design information
- Packages
- Creating packages
- Publishing models
- Sharing models with other teams
- Consuming packages
- Package versioning
- Timeline
- Design changes
- Design reviews
- Coordination between architectural, structural and MEP teams
Module 5 — Forma Model Coordination
- Purpose of Model Coordination
- Coordination spaces
- Adding models to coordination
- Primary models and comparison/clash models
- Federated models
- Model aggregation
- Model viewing
- Clash detection
- Clash tolerance
- Clash groups
- Grouping and filtering clashes
- Investigating clashes
- Measuring clashes
- Creating issues from clashes
- Assigning issues
- Marking clashes as non-issues
- Tracking coordination status
- Coordination between disciplines
- Model coordination workflow
Module 6 — Integrated BIM Collaboration Workflow
Revit → Cloud Worksharing → Forma Data Management → Design Collaboration → Model Coordination → Issues → Design Revision → Package → Coordination → Final Deliverable
Students should complete a project involving:
- Architectural Revit model
- Structural Revit model
- MEP Revit model
- Cloud worksharing
- Team setup
- Model publishing
- Package creation
- Package sharing
- Model consumption
- Federated model
- Clash detection
- Issue creation
- Issue assignment
- Clash resolution
- Model revision
- Republish
- Re-coordinate
- Final coordinated model