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AI Chat gives you a conversational interface directly inside your project. Instead of hunting through stacks of PDFs, you type a question and CIM Build answers using your uploaded drawings, specifications, and documents as context. You can ask about anything from material specifications and sheet notes to compliance requirements and revision history, and the AI will cite the relevant documents in its response.

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Starting a conversation

1

Open the Chat panel

Click Chat in the left sidebar. The chat panel opens alongside your current view.
2

Create a new thread

Click Start new chat at the top of the chat sidebar to open a fresh conversation.
3

Ask your question

Type your question in the input area at the bottom of the panel and press Enter. The AI searches across your project documents and returns an answer with source references.
Start a new conversation for each distinct topic. Response quality can decrease in very long threads as the AI has to track more context from earlier messages.

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Advanced features

Type @ anywhere in your message to reference a specific file. An autocomplete menu appears as you type, showing matching drawings, documents, and uploads from your project. Selecting a file from the menu tells the AI to draw directly on that document when forming its answer, which is useful when you want to limit the response to a particular drawing sheet or specification section.
Click the settings icon next to the input area to open the document filter. You can restrict the AI’s context to:
  • Contract documents only
  • Tender documents only
  • A specific Revision set
Filtering is useful when you want answers based on a particular version of your documents — for example, checking a requirement against the original tender set rather than the latest contract revision.
Click the attachment button in the input area to upload files directly into the conversation. You can attach multiple files at once — each one shows a progress indicator while it uploads. Remove any attachment before sending by clicking the remove icon next to it. Attached files are available to the AI for that message only.
The Prompt Library lets you save, reuse, and share questions you ask regularly.Opening the library: Click Prompt Library in the chat sidebar. Saved prompts are displayed as cards in a grid.Using a saved prompt: Click a prompt card to load it directly into the chat input, or click Copy to copy its content to your clipboard.Creating a new prompt: Click New Prompt, give it a title, and write the prompt content. Markdown formatting is supported in the content field, so you can structure complex prompts with lists or emphasis. Save the prompt and it becomes available to everyone on your project.Editing and deleting prompts: Hover over any prompt card to reveal the edit and delete icons.Accessing prompts from the chat input: Type / in the chat input to open a quick-access menu of your saved prompts without leaving the conversation.

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Conversation history

Your past conversations are listed in the chat sidebar, grouped by Today, This Month, and Earlier. Click any thread to reopen it and continue where you left off. A spinning icon next to a thread name means the AI is still generating a response in that conversation.
If you see a spinning indicator on a thread you navigated away from, click it to return and view the response once it finishes.