Welcome to Data Exchange

Autodesk Data Exchange lets you share focused design data across applications without exporting or linking entire model files.

With Data Exchanges, teams can publish the geometry and properties needed for a specific workflow, share that data through Forma Data Management, and keep downstream tools updated as the design changes.

What are Data Exchanges?

Data Exchanges are simple, shareable sets of design information. They let you share only the parts of a model that another team or application need. Data Exchanges stay connected to the original model, so teams can work with the latest information as the design changes, instead of sending the whole model or exporting files over and over.

Data Exchanges help every discipline access trusted, up-to-date model data and use it in the way their work requires, whether to reference, analyze, coordinate, make decisions, or power downstream workflows, so teams can turn design information into action faster.

Why use Data Exchange?

Data Exchange helps teams share the right design data at the right time, without relying on full model exports or manual file handoffs. Instead of sending entire source files, you can publish focused subsets of geometry and properties that other teams can use in their own tools.

As designs change, exchanges can be updated from the source modelso downstream users can work with current information. This makes it easier to coordinate across disciplines, support analytics, hand off data between project phases, and connect Autodesk and third-party applications.

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