Edmundo Herrera, a Senior Solutions Engineer at Autodesk, presented this excellent webinar explaining:
- MCPs for Revit
- Autodesk Assistant
- The Revit MCP Server
- Using AI Tools with the Revit MCP Server
Connect software to Large Language Models
Creating a List of Prompts / Tasks
Create a notepad file with a list of prompts to perform.
Task list with tasks to perform in order.
- Audit against ADA standards
- Query against IBC rules
- QA/QC
Save the prompt > Adds to Library
- Create a new floor plan and apply a view template
- Annotate all rooms
- Create a sheet view
- Analyze the fire rating on all walls
- Have assistant modify the problematic walls
Autodesk Assistant is an example of a tool using the Revit MCP Server
Comparison to Autodesk Assistant
Fewer tools available than Autodesk Assistant — for now
Using AI Tools with the Revit MCP Server
Independent Revit MCP Servers
Community has added a bunch of new functions that other MCP servers don’t have
execute_revit_code
if can’t find a command, writes a python script on the fly and executes it
