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This guide walks you through the full CIM Build workflow end-to-end. By the end, you’ll have uploaded a drawing set, processed it through CIM Build’s AI pipelines, set a contract baseline, and reviewed your first design risks. Each step builds on the previous one, so work through them in order the first time.
CIM Build only accepts PDF files. If your drawings are in another format (DWG, RVT, IFC, etc.), export them to PDF before uploading. Dragging a non-PDF file into the upload zone will show a warning prompting you to convert it first.
1

Sign in and open a project

Go to app.zorosai.com and sign in to your account. On the dashboard, open an existing project or create a new one. All your drawings, documents, and analysis results live inside a project.
2

Upload your drawings

  1. Click Upload in the left sidebar.
  2. Select Tender Set as the upload context (this is the starting point for a new project).
  3. Select Drawings as the file type.
  4. Drag and drop your PDF drawing files into the upload zone, or click to browse. You can also drag an entire folder — CIM Build will find the PDFs inside. If your drawings are in Procore or Google Drive, connect the integration and import directly.
  5. Assign a revision set name (for example, “Rev A” or “Tender Issue”).
  6. Use the discipline dropdown in the file table to assign each file to its discipline — architectural, structural, MEP, and so on. Select multiple files and use the bulk action to assign a discipline to all of them at once.
  7. Click Process new revision set to start processing.
A progress overlay appears showing upload status. You can minimise it and continue working — it floats in the bottom-right corner until the upload finishes.
3

Monitor processing

After uploading, click Status in the left sidebar to watch the analysis pipelines run.
You don’t need to stay on the Status page — processing continues in the background. Check back any time, or use the Refresh button to pull the latest updates if the page doesn’t update automatically.
The Status page shows two groups of pipelines:
  • Inputs & Preparation — Drawing Processing, Specification Processing, and Specification Check Generation.
  • Active Analysis — Clash Analysis and other analysis tools.
Each pipeline shows a status badge (Running or Complete), a description of what it’s currently doing (for example, “Processing pages 234/450”), and a progress bar. Expand the Pipeline Detail Panel to see the status of individual files, or check Workflow Runs for detailed execution logs. If a workflow shows as Failed, expand it to see the error details.Wait until all pipelines show Complete before moving on.
4

Set the contract drawing baseline

The contract baseline is the reference point CIM Build uses for all downstream analysis — change detection, clash analysis, and audit checks all depend on it.
  1. Click Documents in the left sidebar.
  2. If no baseline is set, you’ll see a banner at the top: “Contract drawing baseline not set”.
  3. Review your drawings under the Drawings tab and specifications under the Specs & Reports tab. Check that all files are correctly assigned and that there are no revision conflicts (shown as warning badges).
  4. Resolve any conflicts before proceeding — the Set contract baseline button is disabled while conflicts exist.
  5. Click Set contract baseline.
After setting the baseline, the Documents page switches to a post-baseline view with three viewing modes: Current Revision, Contract, and Tender. The Change Register and Clash Analysis tools are now fully operational.
5

Review the Risk Register

Click Risk Register in the left sidebar. CIM Build has already analysed your drawings and specifications for design risks — compliance gaps, missing details, and coordination issues are listed here, grouped by severity.Click any risk to open the Risk Detail panel, which shows the severity, a description and rationale for why the risk was flagged, the affected drawings with PDF references, and action items for the relevant consultant.Use the Filter icon to narrow results by status, labels, criticality, workstream, or sub-project. Switch to Review Drawings mode to see risks annotated directly on the drawing canvas. Use the Download button to export risks as a PDF or Excel file for sharing with your team.
6

Check the Change Register

Once you have more than one revision uploaded, click Change Register in the left sidebar to see what has changed between revisions. CIM Build compares each revision against the contract baseline and surfaces drawings that have been modified, added, or removed.Upload a new revision any time from the Upload page — select Revision as the upload context and CIM Build will automatically compare it against the baseline.
7

Chat with the AI

Click Chat in the left sidebar, then click Start new chat. Type any question about your project in plain language and press Enter.
  • Use @ to mention a specific drawing or document — an autocomplete menu appears as you type, and mentioning a file gives the AI direct context from that document.
  • Click the settings icon near the input to filter the AI’s context to a specific document type (Contract, Tender, or a particular Revision).
  • Type / in the input to access saved prompts from the Prompt Library, or open the Prompt Library directly from the sidebar to browse and create reusable prompts.

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What’s next

Now that you’ve completed the core workflow, explore the platform in more depth:
  • Upload Documents — learn about upload contexts, discipline assignment, and importing from Procore or Google Drive.
  • Contract Baseline — understand how baseline settings affect downstream analysis.
  • Risk Register — filter, triage, and export design risks.
  • AI Chat — get the most from the Prompt Library and document filtering.