Mastering AI for Revit Add-ins with Michael Kilkelly | BIM Pure Live #084

Michael Kilkelly is the founder of Archsmarter and a structural applications product owner at IMEG Corp. Michael trains users on developing their own add-ins using the C# language.

Michael last came to the show 3 years ago. Since then, the AI revolution emerged and brought new ways to develop custom plugins. Michael will talk about:

✨ The increasing role of AI in the AEC industry
✨ Practical applications of AI in Revit
✨ Best practices for AI integration in Revit add-ins
✨ The future of AI-driven Revit tools

Thanks to 🛡️ Guardian for sponsoring this episode of BIM Pure Live.

🎵 Music by: Ile Flottante

Timestamps:

0:00 - Pre-show music
0:32 - Intro & Guardian sponsor of the season
3:34 - Announcements
6:01 - The evolution of AI in the last 3 years
8:01 - Who is Michael?
10:29 - Poll about AI
12:29 - Why use AI?
17:31 - What is AI good for?
21:05 - What is AI not good for?
23:40 - Future of AI in Revit add-ins
34:22 - Role of AI in AEC tools
42:12 - Python vs C#
45:21 - Visual Studio Setup
48:45 - Claude vs ChatGPT
53:20 - Prompting Claude for code
58:28 - Using Claude for User Interface
1:01:34 - Adding brand colors to UI
1:07:49 - Fixing code errors
1:08:19 - Is your data protected in Claude?
1:10:16 - Prompt engineering
1:11:35 - Testing the addin
1:13:05 - Best practices for AI integration
1:15:05 - Using ChatGPT as a mentor
1:16:38 - Michael's podcast and bootcamp
1:19:45 - Q&A
1:24:13 - Are Revit macros dead?
1:26:11 - Is GitHub copilot good for Revit?
1:28:17 - xMind
1:29:20 - How to create a 10-year AI plan?
1:30:41 - AI agents
1:32:26 - Announcements and final words
1:34:28 - Post-show music

[RevitGord]

I'm super excited to watch Michael for the second time on this show. I always learn new stuff after watching him.

[wrighthausracing]

Only one comment. This is so underrated thank you for putting this out. You guys are awesome.

[rafakwiatkowski]

This is Great ! Could you tell me please if in need my addin to be written in c# in order to able to assign its functions by hotkeys? I’ve tried this with simple pyRevit addin and it doesn’t work.

[dronovdmitry]

One day the tasks for engineers will end because the whole process will be done by artificial intelligence. and then according to the laws of efficiency a person will be more efficient as a meat robot than a neural network and will not be able to do what he likes, but will be forced to do what effective managers tell him to do.