MCP 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.
AI assistants became much more useful when they could use tools, not just write text. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the open standard most of them use for it. Connected through MCP, an assistant can ask Revit for the doors on Level 3, read their properties, and, if you let it, change them.
You type: "Which fire doors on Level 3 have no fire rating?"
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