What can Autodesk Assistant do?

Autodesk Assistant is your AI partner for Design and Make. Whether you need quick answers, want to explore your work, or speed up repetitive tasks, Autodesk Assistant is designed to help you work more efficiently and support your creative process.

Note:

Autodesk Assistant capabilities vary by product. Some capabilities described here may not be available in all products. See your product's documentation for details.

If you don't see Autodesk Assistant, it may not be available in your region.

Tech Preview capabilities now generally available

Tech Preview for Autodesk Assistant has ended. Expanded capabilities are now generally available. The capabilities vary by product. See your product's documentation for details.

General capabilities

Depending on your product, Assistant can work with:

Your current project — Ask questions about your model, design, or project data
Automated tasks — Let Assistant perform repetitive or time-consuming tasks with your approval
Recommended prompts — Start conversations with personalized starter prompts

Ask questions about your work

In products that support this capability, you can ask Assistant for information about your current model, design, or project. Instead of manually counting or searching, let Assistant find the answer for you.

Examples:

"How many windows are in this design?"
"What materials are used in this component?"
"Show me all open RFIs on this project."

Automate tasks with your approval

In some products, you can use Assistant to perform repetitive or time-consuming tasks, giving you more time for creative and high-value work.

You stay in control. Assistant only makes changes when you ask it to or confirm its suggestions.

Examples:

"Create a schedule for all doors."
"Generate sheets for each floor plan."
"Purge all unused layers."
"Assign this user to review these submittals."

Use recommended prompts

When you open a new chat, Assistant shows a few starter prompts. As you continue to work in your product, one of these updates to a recommended prompt based on your recent activity.

These personalized prompts show a Recommended label, so you can tell it apart from the standard starter prompts. To use it, click the prompt to start a conversation.

Get answers and guidance

Ask Assistant how to accomplish tasks, find features, or understand workflows. Assistant provides clear, concise guidance to help you learn and work faster.

Examples of what you can ask:

"How do I create a view template?"
"How do I create a block?"
"Where can I find the render settings?"
"How do I add a markup to a sheet?"

Assistant references Autodesk product documentation (help.autodesk.com) to provide relevant, contextual answers.

Get Insights

In products that support this capability, Autodesk Assistant offers personalized Insights to help you work more productively — such as a shortcut for a task you do often or a feature you haven't tried. Assistant bases these Insights on how you use your product, not on your model or design content.

Insights appear only when your recent activity matches one. When one is ready, it appears as a card or a brief notification. Selecting it starts a new chat with that context. Your previous conversation isn't lost and remains in your chat history.

You control notifications. You can't turn Insights off, but you can turn notifications on or off in Settings. With notifications off, Insights are delivered to your chat history instead.

Limitations

Autodesk Assistant is a powerful productivity tool, but like all AI systems, it has limitations. Assistant does not browse the internet by default, though some products may enable an MCP tool for internet access. AI-generated responses may occasionally be incomplete or incorrect. Always verify important information before acting on it.

For detailed guidance on what to expect and how to get the best results, see AI limitations and best practices.