Autodesk Assistant in InfoWater Pro

The Autodesk Assistant, embedded in modeling products like InfoWater Pro, uses artificial intelligence to understand your questions and provide helpful responses.

It aims to become a workflow assistant for water engineers. This topic explains how the Assistant works at a high level.

How the Assistant answers questions

When you ask the Assistant a question, it:

1. Understands your request — The Assistant uses AI to interpret what you're asking, including context from your current session when available.
2. Finds relevant information — The Assistant searches Autodesk help documentation and other authoritative sources to find answers.
3. Generates a response — The Assistant creates a clear, conversational response based on what it found.

What the Assistant uses

The Assistant draws on Autodesk product documentation (http://help.autodesk.com) to answer your questions about products, features, and workflows.

When enabling the Tech Preview, the Assistant can also use:

• Your current work — The project you have open
• Your product's capabilities — The tools and features available in InfoWater Pro

Important: All MCP tools that can access your project data are hosted locally with your installed version of InfoWater Pro. The data and tools are used locally, and only the results of select queries are shared with the AI LLM for context when responding to user prompts.

The InfoWater Pro Assistant doesn't browse the internet.

MCP servers

Autodesk Assistant can connect to MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to access additional tools and data sources. When the Assistant calls a tool from an MCP server, the tool name is shown in the conversation.

MCP servers are provided by Autodesk and run automatically in the background. They allow the Assistant to:

• Access additional data — Retrieve information from Autodesk knowledge bases and services, such as our open source GitHub repository for script generation support and troubleshooting.
• Use product tools — Interact with product-specific capabilities for deeper automation, when available for your product

The available MCP servers depend on your product and subscription. You don't need to configure or manage them.

About AI-generated responses

Autodesk Assistant uses generative AI to create responses. This means:

• Responses are generated, not retrieved. The Assistant doesn't just look up pre-written answers. It creates responses based on its understanding of your question and available information.
• Responses aim to be helpful and natural. The Assistant is designed to communicate clearly and conversationally.
• Responses may not always be perfect. Like all AI systems, the Assistant can make mistakes. Always verify important information before acting on it.

For more on working effectively with AI, see Autodesk Assistant limitations and best practices for InfoWater Pro.

Supported languages

Autodesk Assistant is available in multiple languages.

Supported languages:

• Chinese (Simplified, Traditional Taiwan, Traditional Hong Kong)
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English (US, UK)
• Finnish
• French (France, Canada)
• German
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
• Russian
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Turkish

Response language: When you write a prompt in a specific language, the Assistant tries to respond in that language. However, response quality may vary for languages with limited support in the Assistant's knowledge sources.

Continuous improvement

Autodesk Assistant is constantly learning and improving based on user feedback. When you rate responses or add comments, you help make the Assistant better for everyone. The Assistant learns from this feedback, not from your customer data or project files.

The Assistant may also improve over time as Autodesk updates its AI models and expands its knowledge base.