# Build, check, and document with Adam

Adam helps you work on engineering designs through conversation. Connect your CAD application to edit native models, attach files for review, or ask for an analysis with the inputs and checks you need.

Start with the result you want. Each workflow explains what to provide, gives you a request to try, and shows what to inspect before using the output.

**Create or change a model**
Describe the geometry, preserve important interfaces, and check the finished part.
**Make an engineering drawing**
Turn a model into views, dimensions, and a PDF you can review.
**Review a design**
Check a part against its manufacturing process and your supplier's requirements.
**Set up a simulation**
Define the physical problem, choose a solver, and inspect the numerical evidence.

## Get to a useful first result

**Bring the design**
Attach a drawing or CAD file, or connect an application from **Integrations**. Use the [software guide](/supported-software) to choose the setup path.
**Describe the outcome**
Name the part and revision, give units and requirements, and say what should stay fixed. The [quickstart](/quickstart) walks through a first drawing review.
**Inspect the result**
Open the model, drawing, report, or simulation output. Ask Adam to show the measurements and unresolved items that support its conclusion, then refine the work in the same task.

## Find your workflow

| Your next job | Start here |
| --- | --- |
| Modify a part or assembly | [CAD modeling](/cad/modeling) |
| Rebuild a part from a drawing | [Drawing to model](/cad/drawing-to-model) |
| Check dimensions and annotations | [Drawing review](/cad/drawing-review) |
| Evaluate an assembly gap or fit | [Tolerance analysis](/cad/tolerance-analysis) |
| Fix a failed feature or reference | [Repair a model](/cad/repair) |
| Prepare geometry and a mesh | [Geometry preparation](/cae/geometry-preparation) and [meshing](/cae/meshing) |
| Calculate stress or displacement | [Structural analysis](/cae/structural-analysis) |
| Calculate flow or pressure drop | [Fluid analysis](/cae/fluid-analysis) |
| Explain solver output | [Results and comparison](/cae/results) |
| Prepare a handoff | [Engineering documentation and release](/cad/documentation-and-release) |

## Connect your tools

Use Onshape through an account connection, Autodesk Fusion through its add-in, and supported local applications through Adam Desktop. Native simulation connections require the corresponding application and license; see their availability and setup notes before starting.

**Software and requirements**
CAD, CAE, electronics, and PLM connection paths in one place.
**Adam Desktop**
Pair your workstation and confirm the intended application and document.

## Keep the work together

Use [tasks](/guides/workflows) for the conversation, [projects](/guides/projects) for shared context, and [files](/guides/files) for outputs. Save a repeatable brief with the inputs and checks your team needs using [Repeat engineering work](/guides/repeatable-work).

For account questions, see [setup](/setup), [teams](/admin/team), and [billing](/admin/billing). To use Adam from another application, start with [MCP](/mcp/overview) or the [API reference](/api-reference/introduction).