Friends of EPIC –
Hey, everyone. As some of you might have heard, we’ve been working for a while with Autodesk to get c.scale (the data model behind EPIC) built into Forma – Autodesk’s AI-powered planning tool. Forma is packaged within Autodesk’s AEC collection and most firms using Revit should already have access. This integration is soft-launching as a native capability (i.e. no additional cost) within Forma next week after Autodesk University!
EPIC has obvious limitations –it’s difficult to integrate into existing workflows (which are typically already in the Autodesk ecosystem). And there’s no good graphic interface to visualize the effects of design decisions on whole life carbon. EPIC will continue its life as a free tool with regular updates – but we also hope that offering our data model and optioneering approach within Forma can supercharge climate action, getting us all a little closer to our goal of setting a path to zero at the beginning of every project by every firm.
If you want to sign up for the beta test, please fill out this form and indicate “existing EPIC user” in the comment field (this should get you prioritized in the beta). Feel free to forward this around to other EPIC users in your firm and beyond.
Thanks for your support along the way, apologies for the mass email, and looking forward to hearing your feedback in the Autodesk review sessions!
