AI Assistant

AI helps turn product descriptions and source files into an editable draft, and helps revise formulas, parameters, specification items, and 3D rules. Open AI assistant in the editor header or use the AI button beside the item you want to change. Available tools depend on your plan, permissions, and workspace settings.

Working in the AI assistant

If the AI assistant is enabled for your company, the product opens next to the chat; on a phone, switch between the Product and Chat tabs. Describe the product or the change, and choose an item under Work on when you want a focused edit. Answer any clarification questions, then review the suggested changes before applying them. Continue the same conversation for follow-up corrections. More actions (⋯) in the header holds Tools, which groups the extra sections such as How it works, Learning, Conditions and Conversations, and the Rules editor for manual work. Once a conversation has started, the same menu also offers Change history and New conversation.

Test different inputs in the product view and check quantities, units, material prices, and 3D placement. Preview values do not save a customer quote; Create quote in the header is a separate action. If AI execution is paused, saved results and manual editing remain available.

Capabilities

• Formula assistance — describe a calculation in plain language and get a formula. Works inline next to each formula field.
• Formula checks — highlighted syntax and suggested corrections help you spot mistakes before asking AI.
• Parameter generation — describe one parameter and get one typed parameter suggestion with defaults and constraints.
• BOM assistance — describe one component line and get one specification/BOM item suggestion with formulas.
• Product draft — describe your product and review suggested parameters, calculations, and specification. Missing business rules may need clarification.
• Inline editing — multi-turn chat for refining individual fields (formulas, conditions, default values).
• File import — upload TXT, CSV, XLSX, DOCX, PDF, or image files. Paramiq extracts or recognises text before building a draft.
• 3D visualization rules — from the 3D panel, let AI generate initial procedural geometry/material rules for existing material specification items.

What AI Is Best At Today

• Creating the first version of a configuration from a textual product description.
• Helping you write or fix formulas when you already know the business logic.
• Turning structured source material (tables, specs, catalogs) into an editable configuration draft.
• Creating the first pass of 3D rules when your BOM already contains the main visual items.

Current Limits

• The single-parameter and single-BOM-item helpers propose one item at a time; they are different from whole-product generation.
• AI cannot infer missing prices, production allowances, or safety requirements reliably. Supply these rules and verify them against real examples.
• Text recognition depends on source quality. Use clear scans or page images and check extracted numbers and labels.
• 3D AI generates initial procedural rules. You should still review dimensions, placement, and material assignments before shipping.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• In the editor, Ctrl+K (Cmd+K) opens the available AI entry point. On Help and Docs pages, the same shortcut opens documentation search.
• Ctrl+I (Cmd+I) — open import wizard (text or image import with AI extraction).
• Ctrl+Space (Cmd+Space) — open formula autocomplete (variables, calculations, functions).
• Ctrl+J (Cmd+J) — open formula snippet picker (math, logic, and text function templates).
• Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z (Cmd) — undo / redo in the manual editor.
• Ctrl+S (Cmd+S) — save configuration.
• AI buttons in each section — generate items specific to that section.

Multi-Turn Generation

Use follow-up messages to refine the draft instead of describing the product again. State what should change and what should stay the same. Review the change preview each time; sending a message is not the same as applying an edit.

Import Flow

Import is a two-stage flow. First Paramiq extracts text from the uploaded file. Then AI converts that extracted content into parameters, calculations, and specification items. This means structured spreadsheets and text PDFs usually work better than noisy scans, and image uploads are best for photos or scanned pages.

Language Behavior

AI prompts are designed to answer in the language you use and, for imports, to preserve the language of the source file instead of silently translating your labels.

Tips for Better Results

• Be specific — "calculate the number of fence louvers given total height and louver width with 5mm gap" is better than "calculate louvers".
• Mention the relevant parameter names, units, and examples. The selected scope determines which context is included.
• Iterate — use multi-turn chat to refine the result step by step.
• Review generated formulas — always verify the AI output before using it.

Usage Limits

Before the email address is confirmed, a new account can create one product and use a few AI requests. Confirming the email starts a 14-day trial with 50 AI requests in total for imports and edits; requests used before confirmation count toward them. A large PDF or a very large spreadsheet area can be processed only after you confirm your email; such a refusal does not use an AI request. Paid plans have calendar-month allowances for AI requests and imports. Check the remaining requests and processing allowance in the AI assistant or Settings → Plan (Billing in the classic menu); large tasks use more processing capacity. Manual editing and recalculation do not use AI. If AI is paused, saved results and manual editing remain available within your plan and permissions.