Podium Extension for Autodesk Forma

Overview Pre-requisites Install Extension Login to the Extension Integration with Podium Podium data in Forma Usage in Forma Boards Usage through Autodesk Docs Re-Sync Data

Overview

Podium’s extension for Autodesk Forma allows workflows between both products.

The current focus is to allow users to perform their building automations in Podium, and be able to publish/synchronize the automated buildings into Forma Site Design to perform Simulations (eg, Sun, Wind) or use them in Forma Boards for ideation.

Pre-requisites

Existing Podium account

Existing Forma account

Install Extension

Create the Project in Forma (currently Forma doesn’t support headless creation of Projects, so the Project Creation flow needs to start in Forma)

Create a Proposal in Forma

Note: For every new Proposal in Forma you’d perform a new Scenario Sync in Podium via the Extension. This will guarantee you can keep the mapping between Forma Proposal and Podium Scenario and that performed design comparisons within Forma and within Podium are aligned.

Search for the Podium Extension via the “Find Extension by ID” of Autodesk App Store (id: f1d536c1-9278-4259-a140-b8b1a212f110)

Add the Podium Extension to your Forma Project

Login to the Extension

Provide your Podium URL (<organization>.app.podium.io)
Use your Podium login credentials

Podium will link your Forma account with your Podium account

After navigating inside the Extension use the feature “Sync to Podium”

Integration with Podium

Choose if this Project is aimed to be for Residential or Industrial typologies (ie, Industrial, Data Center)

Note: this is a temporary step, soon it won’t be necessary and it will disappear.

Click “Open in Podium” and a new tab will open with your Podium account (this tab should show <organization>.app.podium.io)

Behind the scenes, Podium has replicated your Project Location + Proposal in Podium
You now have a Scenario linked with your Forma Proposal

You can now proceed in Podium, automate your buildings, manipulate them and benefit of the different automations made available in the tool

Podium data in Forma

When you’re happy you can go back to the Extension and hit “Publish to Forma” and your Podium buildings (geometries) will now be published into the Forma Proposal

Once the Podium buildings show up in Forma you can now run your Simulations like with any other Forma building and use such Proposals with Podium buildings in your Forma Boards as well

Usage in Forma Boards

Another use case that this allows is for users to use their Podium Buildings for the Ideation in Forma Boards

Usage through Autodesk Docs

An alternative way of publishing information into your Forma Boards is via Autodesk Docs.

Podium allows users to export a GLB file with different levels of filtered data from Podium’s Data Model, which can then be consumed within Forma Boards

Download GLB of the full Podium model or with applied filters

Upload the GLB file into your Autodesk Docs

Add it to your Boards and use it for your team ideation

Re-Sync Data

As buildings and other elements change within the Scenario in Podium, such changes are detected within the extension in Forma, allowing users to republish their re-automated Scenario elements into the Forma Proposal.