[Back to Blog](/blog) # Connect AI to your engineering data

Open Design Alliance November 09, 2026 [\#Release](/blog/tag/release) [\#AI](/blog/tag/ai) [\#MCP](/blog/tag/mcp) [\#News](/blog/tag/news)

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### ODA MCP Servers are now available. They connect the AI agent you already use to your DWG, STEP and IFC models through the ODA SDKs.

#### **What you can do with it**

- Ask about a model in plain language, for example which doors carry a fire rating or what a part is made of, and get the answer without searching for it yourself.
- See the model without opening CAD: the agent renders views from any angle.
- Turn a folder of STEP parts into one PDF report.
- Make small edits on request: add properties or create objects where the format allows.

#### **Your files stay with you**

**The server runs on your own machine**, with no network if you need it, or on your own servers. The agent sees only the folders you choose, every tool call is logged, and you pick the model: any AI agent that supports MCP will work. No CAD application needed, no per-request fees. More in [When your data can't leave the building](https://www.opendesign.com/blog/2026/august/when-your-data-cant-leave-building) and [Let AI read your models without opening your drive](https://www.opendesign.com/blog/2026/september/let-ai-read-your-models-without-opening-your-drive).

**Your product gets an agent**

Embed a server in your viewer or CAD product, and **your customers get AI features without you building or hosting a model**. Your team writes no protocol code, and a format of your own plugs in through your parser and reuses the built-in tools.

**Roadmap**

Next on the roadmap are DGN, Revit and Navisworks, served through the same API, along with fuller authoring and saving back to native formats.

**How to start**

Anyone can try ODA MCP Servers in [Open IFC Viewer](https://openifcviewer.com/) and [Open STEP Viewer](https://openstepviewer.com/): open an IFC or STEP file, connect your agent and ask about the model.

To use them with your own files and products, ODA MCP Servers are part of Core Package+ for Sustaining, Founding and Corporate members, at no extra cost. In your [Personal Account](https://account.opendesign.com/downloads), download the ODA MCP Servers archive. To use MCP Servers, also download the latest archive for your format: Drawings (DWG/DXF), STEP or IFC. Then follow the [Get started guide](https://docs.opendesign.com/mcp_srv/mcp_srv_overview.html) to set it up.

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