TrackBeginner to intermediate
Data, automation and AI
For BIM people who want the data to work for them: model data as a database, dashboards that answer real questions, a first script, reading IFC with Python, cloud APIs such as Autodesk Platform Services, where AI helps today, and how MCP connects AI assistants to BIM tools, safely. No programming background needed; each lesson ends with a practical exercise.
3 chapters · 7 lessons · about 42 minutes
Finish all 7 lessons to download a certificate of completion.
Chapter 1. Data first
0/2 done- 1.1 The model is a databaseBehind the geometry, a model is a table of things with properties. Seeing it that way, and keeping its values consistent, is the start of every automation, check and dashboard.
- 1.2 Dashboards that answer questionsStart from a question someone asks every week, define the measure precisely, automate the refresh, and give the chart an owner. Three good charts beat forty.
- Chapter recap
Chapter 2. Automating your own work
0/3 done- 2.1 Your first scriptPick a task you do often by hand, write its steps in plain words, then build it in Dynamo or Python, and test on a copy. The steps are the hard part; the code is the easy part.
- 2.2 Reading IFC with PythonA few lines of Python with IfcOpenShell open any IFC file, find elements, read their properties and write a report, without any authoring software.
- 2.3 APIs and the cloudCloud APIs such as Autodesk Platform Services let scripts read projects, files, issues and model data without opening any software, the basis of reports, integrations and AI assistants.
- Chapter recap
Chapter 3. AI in BIM
0/2 done- 3.1 AI in BIM: what works todayLanguage models, computer vision, prediction and generative design each have real uses today. The useful question is which task, with which data, checked by whom.
- 3.2 MCP and AI assistants in BIM toolsMCP lets an AI assistant call a BIM tool's actions: read elements, set parameters, create sheets. Powerful for questions and reviewed edits, risky without permissions and checks.
- Chapter recap
Your learning route
Each station is a chapter; completed lessons are ticked.
- 1Data firstChapter 1 · 2 lessons
- 2Automating your own workChapter 2 · 3 lessons
- 3AI in BIMChapter 3 · 2 lessons