We’ve been working on something a lot of you have been asking about, and we’re ready to start rolling it out: a native integration between CxAlloy and Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud).
Starting last month, we’ve been rolling out this feature on an early access, invitation-only basis. If you’re interested, you can sign up at cxalloy.com/acc-integration.
Early access is available exclusively to Enterprise accounts and is currently limited to one project per account. Invitations will be sent on a rolling basis throughout May.
Full subscription access is planned for the second half of 2026. More details on pricing and availability will be shared as we approach the general release.
What It Does
The core idea is straightforward: issues you create in CxAlloy get a corresponding issue created in Autodesk Forma, and the two stay in sync from that point forward.
If you’re familiar with our Procore integration, this works the same way. Issues flow from CxAlloy into Autodesk, not the other way around. If an issue is created directly in Autodesk, it won’t come into CxAlloy. The integration is specifically about getting your CxAlloy issues into Autodesk and keeping them in sync.
This distinction matters for a few reasons. In a lot of cases, the Autodesk instance is owned by the general contractor, and they’re understandably cautious about connecting external tools to their environment. Knowing that nothing gets pulled from Autodesk into CxAlloy tends to put people at ease. The GC can respond to commissioning issues right inside Autodesk without worrying about their own content going somewhere else.
The other benefit is practical: folks who live in Autodesk every day don’t have to log into a separate system or learn a new interface just to respond to commissioning issues. They can work where they’re already comfortable, and the updates sync back into CxAlloy automatically.
How It Works
For full technical details, see the Autodesk Integration support article. Here’s an overview of what to expect.
Prerequisites
Before you can set up the integration, a few things need to be in place:
- The Autodesk integration feature needs to be enabled for your CxAlloy account (this is what the early access process handles)
- The CxAlloy app needs to be added as a custom integration in your Autodesk hub using the Client ID S4kmWMGJVWAKmjpg8eybbWUi96KFS8WVE0wvQTZ13dTHMBus
- The user setting up the integration needs to be listed in the Autodesk project’s Members list
- The relevant issue categories and types need to be set as Active in Autodesk Build before configuring the integration, including the Design category and type, which are used to test the connection
- The authorizing user needs to be a hub admin and have appropriate licensing for Autodesk Forma and the Build tool
Setting It Up
Once the prerequisites are met, setup goes like this:
- Authorize with Autodesk: Navigate to the Autodesk integration tab in your CxAlloy project settings and press Connect to Autodesk. You’ll be redirected through an authorization flow. One recommendation here: create a dedicated Autodesk user specifically for the integration rather than authorizing as a real person. This keeps the activity log clean. Actions taken by the integration will show up under that account rather than under someone’s personal login. It also gives you an easy kill switch if you ever need one: just remove that user’s access in Autodesk and the integration stops.
- Select your project: You’ll choose which Autodesk project to sync with, and which issue phases (design, construction, or both) to include.
- Choose your issue type: Autodesk requires every issue to have a type assigned. You’ll pick what type CxAlloy issues should receive. Commissioning is a natural choice, but whatever makes sense for how your Autodesk project is set up.
- Map your statuses: CxAlloy and Autodesk use different status names, so you’ll map them in both directions: for each CxAlloy status, what should the corresponding Autodesk status be? And for each Autodesk status, what should it come back as in CxAlloy?
Once that’s done, you’re live. Any existing issues in your project will start syncing to Autodesk within a few minutes, and new issues will follow the same pattern going forward.
On the CxAlloy Side
Once the integration is active, issues get a couple of new details: an Autodesk issue number displayed right on the issue, and a link that takes you directly to the corresponding issue in Autodesk. You can also expand an integrations panel on the issue to see more detail.
CxAlloy automatically creates a dedicated integration user on the CxAlloy side to handle syncing activity. Removing this user has no effect on the integration.
On the Autodesk Side
The issue name, due date, and description are copied directly from CxAlloy. Status and type are mapped according to your integration settings. Fields that don’t have a direct match in Autodesk (like assignee, asset, and CxAlloy issue type) get included in a “CxAlloy details” section appended to the issue description, along with a link back to the original item in CxAlloy.
Changes from CxAlloy sync to Autodesk every few minutes. Changes made in Autodesk sync back to CxAlloy instantaneously.
One minor note: Autodesk’s API doesn’t include an endpoint for deleting issues, so if you delete an issue in CxAlloy, the corresponding Autodesk issue will be unpublished rather than deleted. Deleting an issue in Autodesk has no effect on the corresponding issue in CxAlloy.
A Few Current Limitations
This is an early release, and there are some things that aren’t there yet.
File syncing isn’t supported in the initial release. Attachments on issues in either platform won’t sync across yet. This is one of the first things we’re planning to add.
Custom field mapping isn’t available yet either. Right now, issue attributes from CxAlloy and custom fields from Autodesk show up in the respective “details” sections on each side. What we’re working toward is letting you map those fields directly to each other, so something like a “root cause” issue attribute in CxAlloy could map to the root cause field in Autodesk, and a priority from CxAlloy could map to a custom priority field you’ve set up in Autodesk. That’s coming later this year.
Autodesk marketplace app is also in the works. Right now, the integration requires adding CxAlloy as a custom integration at the hub level. We’re working on getting a marketplace app published so that process is simpler.
What’s Next
To summarize the roadmap: file syncing is coming soon after the initial release, the Autodesk marketplace app will make setup simpler, and custom field and issue attribute mapping is planned for later this year.
How to Get Access
Sign up for early access at cxalloy.com/acc-integration. We’re starting with a small group in early May, making sure things are working smoothly, and then expanding access throughout the month.
If you have questions in the meantime, reach out and we’re happy to walk through any of the details.
Resources
Watch the on demand recording — our Director of Product Development walks through the full integration setup and a live demo.
Autodesk Integration support article — step by step technical setup instructions.