Notes from the Frame team on BIM analytics, Power BI templates, Autodesk workflows, ACC/Forma data, and model review.
Frame's first AI answered questions from a query sandbox. The new Frame agent drives the 3D viewer with commands, keeps your conversation in the browser and runs on frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Here's what we learned and why we think it's a better experience.
Frame's in-app chat is gone. In its place: an agent docked next to the 3D viewer that runs viewer commands from plain-language requests, and MCP access so Claude, ChatGPT and other clients can read your model datasets on every plan.
Frame Power BI Viewer 0.8.5.7 adds adaptive model loading, WebGPU support, navigation controls, persistent viewer settings, and fixes for filtered and saved views.
Use Frame's version templates to compare completed local models or analyze synchronized ACC/Forma model history in Power BI.
Process an IFC file with Frame's engine, explore it in the included viewer, and start a Power BI report from the Free plan's IFC starter template.
Frame's alpha Excel workflow lets construction teams create location-based issues and markers in an Autodesk Viewer directly from the Frame Excel Add-in.
How Frame prepares large Revit models and Autodesk Forma data for Power BI with server-side model processing, compressed Parquet artifacts, reusable Assets and Properties queries, stable viewer IDs, and batched 3D operations.
A gallery-style walkthrough of six Power BI construction dashboard pages for BIM reviews: overview, model viewer, assets, object tree, quantity takeoff, and clash coordination.
A practical workflow for using a custom Autodesk Viewer-based BIM viewer inside Power BI reports, with large-model support, saved views, colors, markers, and model-to-report interaction.
A practical look at connecting Autodesk Forma and former ACC project data to custom Power BI BIM dashboards with large-model support, viewer extensions, issues, assets, and model properties.
The latest Frame Excel Add-in release brings export from visible elements, offline model preparation, a redesigned ribbon, and taskpane improvements for BIM teams.
A practical look at generating viewer-first BIM dashboards from natural language prompts using Vercel json-render, AI SDK, and Autodesk Platform Services Viewer.