Summarize this content to 100 words: Revit 2027 is now available. Here is our top 15 favorite new features.
New Autodesk AI Assistant
Before jumping to the best new features, let’s tackle what will probably get the most attention: the Autodesk AI assistant.
This AI tool was announced last fall at Autodesk University. In the “live demo”, the assistant was shown to automate window placement in a façade.
This assistant is currently very limited. I’ve tried a dozen tasks, and most of them failed.
I asked to create a sheet and place a floor plan view and a ceiling plan. It did create the sheet, but added a section and told me it couldn’t create a ceiling plan.
I asked to set a red graphic override for walls with a fire rating of 60. It told me “mission accomplished!”, but nothing happened. I asked it to create a view filter instead of a graphic override. It told me it didn’t have the capacity to do that.
I asked what happened, and it went on a typical AI rant of “I am so sorry!”, but proceeded with confusing…