Oper8tor Documentation
Everything you need to get productive with Oper8tor, the AI workspace built for AEC. Chat with expert assistants, generate images, connect Autodesk Construction Cloud, and drive Revit, AutoCAD and MicroStation straight from the conversation.
Oper8tor is your team's AI workspace, built for architecture, engineering and construction. Instead of picking a raw AI model, you choose the assistant that fits the job, and Oper8tor runs the right model behind the scenes. On top of everyday chat, it connects to your design world: generate images, open Autodesk Construction Cloud models in 3D, and drive Revit, AutoCAD and MicroStation directly from the conversation.
Oper8tor runs in your browser at app.oper8tor.io. There is nothing to install to get started. An optional desktop companion, Oper8tor Link, lets the assistants reach the design software running on your own machine.
Creating your account & signing in
Anyone can sign up for a free account; a Pro seat unlocks the full workspace. Company seats are assigned by your administrator.
Use the “Forgot password” link on the sign-in page and Oper8tor emails you a reset link.
The interface
The Oper8tor workspace has three main areas:
- Left panel – your conversation history, a search box, and the button to start a new chat.
- Assistant picker – at the top of the chat, where you choose the assistant for the task at hand.
- Chat area – where you type your message and read the reply.
Your account menu sits at the bottom of the left panel. From there you can see your remaining usage in pounds and sign out; on Pro you can also top up and download the desktop app, and on Free you will find the Upgrade to Pro button.
Your first conversation
Starting a conversation takes three steps.
You can copy any reply, ask the assistant to try again, or edit your own message and resend it. Each conversation keeps its full history, so the assistant remembers the context as you go.
Turn on Temporary chat to ask something without saving it to your history.
How assistants work
Oper8tor is built around assistants, not model names. You pick the assistant for the task — quick drafting, deep analysis, a second opinion, long documents — and Oper8tor chooses a leading model to run it (drawing on models from providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google). You get the right tool for the job without having to track which model is best this week.
You can switch assistant at any time from the picker, including part-way through a conversation.
The assistants
These are the general-purpose assistants. Each is named after the model that powers it, with its context window on the end, and a one-line description of the job it suits:
| Assistant | Best for |
|---|---|
| Oper8tor (default) | Everyday questions and quick drafting. Fast and economical. |
| Claude Sonnet, GPT, Gemini and Mistral assistants | The daily workhorses: documents, analysis, coding and drafting at different quality and cost points. |
| Claude Opus and Claude Fable | The hardest problems, where answer quality matters most. |
| Fast and Nano assistants (Haiku, GPT Nano, Gemini Flash-Lite, Mistral Small) | Quick answers, emails and summaries at the lowest cost. |
| Web Research | Current answers from the live web, with citations. |
| pyRevit Tool Builder | Writing complete pyRevit tools for Revit automation. |
Free accounts see the economical assistants plus the free “not private” assistant; the full picker, the AEC experts and the tools below unlock with Pro.
AEC expert assistants
Alongside the general assistants, Oper8tor includes specialist assistants grounded in AEC standards and practice. They are tuned to give answers in the language of the industry. The AEC experts are available on Pro and above.
Answers from any assistant, including the AEC experts, can be incorrect, incomplete or out of date. Outputs are guidance, not professional advice, and they do not discharge any statutory duty. Verify answers against the current standards and regulations before acting on them, and have anything touching life safety checked by a competent professional.
Conversations & history
Every conversation is saved in the left panel. From there you can:
- Search your history with the search box.
- Rename a conversation to find it again later.
- Bookmark conversations you want to keep close.
- Delete conversations you no longer need.
Your conversations are yours. They are not shared with, or visible to, other people in your workspace.
Saving prompts
If you find yourself typing the same instructions often, save them as a prompt. Build a personal library of reusable prompts and drop them into any conversation in a couple of clicks. Available on Pro and above.
Uploading files
On Pro and above, you can attach files to a message and the assistant will read them as part of the conversation. Drag a file onto the chat, or use the attach button next to the message box.
- Up to 5 files per message.
- Up to 10 MB per file.
Attached files are used as context for that conversation, so you can ask questions about a document, drawing schedule or spreadsheet you have shared.
Web research
On Pro and above, when you need up-to-date information rather than a model's built-in knowledge, choose the Web Research assistant. It searches the live web and answers with current information, including links to the sources it used so you can check them.
Image assistants
Oper8tor includes assistants that create images. Pick one from the assistant picker and describe what you want. Free accounts get Image (Fast); the rest are Pro and above.
- Image (Fast) – quick image generation.
- Image (Detailed) – higher-quality results.
- ChatGPT Image and Flux 2 – alternative image models for different styles.
Image generation draws on your usage allowance, like the rest of your AI work.
Architectural Render
The Architectural Render assistant turns a rough input into a polished image. Upload a hand sketch, a massing model screenshot or a site photo, describe the look you are after, and it produces a photoreal render.
Autodesk Construction Cloud
Autodesk Construction Cloud is available on the Oper8tor Enterprise tier. If you do not see the Construction Cloud assistant, ask your administrator about upgrading.
Oper8tor connects to Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) and Autodesk Docs so you can work with your real project models in chat. You sign in with your own Autodesk account, and the assistant works only with the projects and files your account can already access.
Browsing your projects
Ask in plain language and the assistant navigates Construction Cloud for you:
- “List my projects”
- “Show the folders in the Riverside project”
- “Find the latest architectural model”
3D models in chat
Ask the assistant to preview a model and it opens an interactive 3D viewer right inside the conversation. You can orbit, zoom and select, without leaving Oper8tor.
With a model open, you can ask about it directly: find elements by category, read element properties, and list the sheets across a project.
Driving the model with AI
This is where Oper8tor goes further than a normal viewer. With a model open, ask the assistant to change what you see and it controls the viewer for you:
- By category – “isolate the walls”, “hide the ceilings”.
- By property – “show the windows on Level 1”, “select the doors with a one-hour fire rating”.
A banner shows what the AI did, and you can reset the view at any time.
Oper8tor Link
Oper8tor Link is an optional desktop companion for Pro and Enterprise seats that connects the design software on your computer to Oper8tor. With it installed, assistants can create, modify and query models in Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation and Rhino running on your machine, and even launch those applications for you.
Download Oper8tor Link from the account menu in the web app (“Download desktop app”).
Connecting your desktop
Driving Revit, AutoCAD & MicroStation
Once Link is paired and your design app is open, ask the assistant to work in the live model. For example:
- “Set the fire rating on the selected walls to 60 minutes”
- “How many doors are on Level 2?”
- “Open Revit 2026”
The desktop application needs to be running for the assistant to reach it. MicroStation must be run as an administrator for the connection to work.
Seats & usage
Anyone can use Oper8tor free with a small daily usage allowance. A Pro seat includes £40 of AI usage every month, covering both chat and images. As you work, usage draws down your remaining allowance, shown in pounds in the account menu; the Pro allowance refreshes each month and the Free allowance tops up daily.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | £0 | Everyday chat on the economical assistants, fast image generation, and a small daily usage allowance that tops up automatically. |
| Pro | £40 / seat / month | The full AI workspace: assistants, AEC experts, image generation, web research, desktop connectors, and £40 of AI usage every month. |
| Enterprise | Contact us (minimum 5 seats) | Everything in Pro, plus a dedicated private instance and Autodesk Construction Cloud: 3D models in chat, model queries and the AI-driven viewer. |
Your remaining usage is shown in pounds in the account menu at any time.
Topping up
If you use your monthly allowance, you can top up from the account menu. A top-up adds exactly what you pay — £10 adds £10 of usage — and top-ups carry over; they are not wiped when your monthly allowance refreshes. Top-ups stay valid for 12 months from purchase and require an active subscription.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oper8tor is an AI workspace for AEC professionals. The leading AI models, built-in AEC expert assistants, image generation and web research in one place, with desktop connectors that drive Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino and MicroStation directly from the chat.
No. Oper8tor runs in your browser at app.oper8tor.io. The only optional install is Oper8tor Link, if you want assistants to reach the design software on your own machine.
Oper8tor uses leading models from providers such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. You pick the assistant for the task, and Oper8tor chooses the right model to run it.
The assistants are curated and maintained for you. You can build your own personal library of prompts, and your administrator can arrange company-specific assistants.
Yes. Your conversations are private to you and are not shared with other people in your workspace. See Privacy & data for more.
You can top up from the account menu at any time, and your monthly allowance refreshes each billing period.
Construction Cloud is an Enterprise-tier feature. Open the Construction Cloud assistant and sign in with your Autodesk account. See Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Yes, with Oper8tor Link installed and paired. See Driving Revit, AutoCAD & MicroStation.
Every Pro seat includes £40 of AI usage each month, and your remaining usage is shown in pounds in the account menu. It covers chat, image generation and web research; in measured real usage that is typically 500 or more everyday questions, 100 or more AEC expert consultations, or several hundred quick images, mixed and matched however you like. The allowance resets on your billing date and unused allowance does not roll over. If you need more in a busy month, top-ups are available any time and add exactly what you pay; they carry over between months and stay valid for 12 months with an active subscription. See Topping up.
Your workspace is hosted in the UK and every user's conversations and files are isolated to their account. Data is encrypted in transit, files uploaded to chat are deleted automatically after 30 days, and the AI providers we use do not train on your data. Enterprise adds full instance isolation: your own server, database and file storage, in the country you choose.
Every expert must pass a source-verified evaluation gate before it ships, and re-pass it after every change. The Building Safety Act and Approved Documents experts are grounded in the official published documents and cite the passages they draw on. They are still AI: outputs are guidance to speed you up, not professional advice. See AEC expert assistants.
Yes. Attach documents to a chat and ask questions against them. See Uploading files. On Enterprise we go further and build agents around your company standards, libraries and workflows.
Yes. The Free plan is live: everyday chat with a fresh daily AI allowance, plus a free assistant for everyday questions. Sign up free and upgrade whenever you are ready. Enterprise onboarding always includes a pilot with your own team.
Per seat, monthly, through Stripe. Cancel any time. Yearly billing with a discount is coming soon. No VAT is charged. See Seats & usage.
Privacy & data
A short summary of how Oper8tor handles your information:
- Your account and conversations are stored so the service can work and so you can return to your history.
- Conversations are private to you and are not shared with other users in your workspace.
- Autodesk and desktop connections act as you. The assistant only reaches the projects and files your own account or machine can already access, and connections are scoped to your user.
- All traffic is encrypted over HTTPS.
For the full detail, see the AUTOM8LABS privacy policy.
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