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ChatGPT for AEC teams: a free tutorial
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ChatGPT for AEC teams is a free, 16-page PDF tutorial from CloudBrain. It shows architecture, engineering and construction teams how to set ChatGPT up safely, write prompts that work and use it on five real tasks: design reports, site reports and RFIs, tenders, BOQs and specifications, with a check for every output.
What will I learn?
- How to use this tutorial · Start here
- What ChatGPT is, and isn't · The basics
- Choosing a plan · Accounts
- Set it up safely · Settings
- A tour of the screen · Getting around
- Writing prompts that work · Prompting
- Draft a design report section · Workflow 1 · Architects
- Site notes to a progress report, and an RFI · Workflow 2 · Contractors
- Read a tender or contract · Workflow 3 · Everyone
- Check a BOQ and write formulas · Workflow 4 · Estimators
- Compare a specification with a data sheet · Workflow 5 · Engineers and architects
- Projects: one place per job · Organising your work
- Search, deep research and concept images · Research and images
- Mistakes, fixes and the review checklist · Quality
- Keep this page by your desk · Quick reference
The exercises use fictional sample files: a project brief, site notes, a tender, a BOQ and a specification. Download the sample files (ZIP).
Plans, data terms and alternatives are in our ChatGPT listing.
About the tutorial
Is the ChatGPT tutorial free?
- Yes. Enter your name and email and the download starts immediately. We also email you the link, with the sample files used in the exercises.
Do I need a paid ChatGPT plan?
- No. The free plan is enough to learn and to try the workflows with the sample files. Some tools, such as deep research, depend on your plan, and the tutorial explains which plan suits project and client data.
Is CloudBrain affiliated with OpenAI?
- No. CloudBrain is independent, is not paid by OpenAI and uses no affiliate links. ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Features change often, so check OpenAI's website for the current details.
Who is the tutorial for?
- Architects, engineers, contractors and developers who are new to ChatGPT, teams that want safer and more consistent results, and principals deciding which plan the firm should use.
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