Choose a useful first app
Pick a task with a clear input and a result you can check. A parameter audit, a repeatable data export, or an ACC issue-routing workflow gives you a concrete first build.
Write down who does the work today, what they start with, and what they hand over when they finish. If several decisions are involved, choose one part to build first.
- Revit: model checks, sheet workflows, parameter updates, and data exports.
- AutoCAD: desktop automations built around your drawing workflow.
- ACC: browser-hosted project workflows, such as document review or issue management.
The template catalog includes Revit and ACC starting points. You can also describe your own app from scratch.
Create your workspace
- Create a Conduit account with your work email.
- Set up a workspace for your team. Apps, versions, and team access belong to that workspace.
- Use the guided first-app brief, or choose a template as your starting point.
Your first trial workspace includes one Creator seat and 100 generation credits, with no credit card required. A first app version uses 40 credits; each later version uses 20. That gives you a first build and three iterations on the trial.
Creators build and deploy apps. Viewers run apps assigned to them. You can build your first version with the included Creator seat before adding teammates. See seats and billing when you are ready to plan team access.
Bring an example of the work
A useful brief includes the host application, the data or elements in scope, the rules to apply, and the output you expect. Include one ordinary case and one exception.
“Build a Revit tool that checks the selected doors for a missing Mark value. Show an issue list with the element ID and current value. Keep the first version read-only.”
This is an example request to adapt, not a prebuilt tool. Replace the category, parameter, and rules with your project’s requirements. Conduit asks follow-up questions and presents a plan before you launch the build.
Build, test, and refine
- Review the plan. Confirm that the scope and intended changes match your brief.
- Launch the plan. Conduit writes the code and builds a version.
- Test that version on a model, drawing, or project where you can check the result against a known example.
- Describe any mismatch in the Builder: what you expected, what happened, and which case exposed it. Generate the next version when the revised plan is ready.
Your earlier versions stay in Conduit. You can keep improving the same app rather than starting again each time.
Get the app to its users
For Conduit-built Revit and AutoCAD apps, install Conduit Desktop Runner once on each user’s Windows computer and sign in. It delivers assigned apps, keeps them current, and lets Conduit see how they’re running.
ACC apps run in the browser. They do not use Desktop Runner.
Start by assigning a tested version to a small group. When their results are right, expand the deployment. The deployment guide explains installation, updates, and checking delivery.