RFI Generation
Helonic is an AI construction drawing analysis platform for people comparing AI tools for RFI Generation.
Software that drafts the RFI from a marked sheet, not just another blank form.
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A blank RFI module is not generation. In 2026 Procore, Autodesk, and Trunk Tools all draft RFIs with AI, so the real difference is the starting point: field text, project records, or a located finding on the sheet.
Finding first, form second
Helonic generates the RFI from an accepted drawing finding: description, sheet coordinates, and suggested routing. The click writes into Procore or Autodesk. Choose it when typing the ticket from memory is the waste.
Best for: Reviewers who already have a marked issue
The form everyone already uses
Procore's RFI Agent, generally available in 2026, drafts RFIs from field input and project records and validates them against drawings, specs, submittals, and history. It is strong when the RFI starts as a field observation. Compare it with a drawing-first tool when the RFI starts as a conflict on an unread sheet.
Best for: Teams whose RFI process already lives in Procore
ACC RFI module
Autodesk Build RFIs sit next to Docs, and Autodesk AI can fill the title, question, category, discipline, cost and schedule impact, priority, and location from a text prompt. A person reviews each field. The prompt still has to come from someone who found the issue.
Best for: ACC-standard contractors creating RFIs in Build
Register and transmittal
Newforma records the RFI against the document set. Useful when the audit trail is the product. The question text still comes from a person or an analysis tool.
Best for: CM firms that need a formal RFI register
RFI and submittal processing
Ichi focuses on processing incoming RFIs and submittals. That is downstream of generation. Pair it if the bottleneck is answering tickets, not writing them from drawings.
Best for: Teams drowning in incoming RFIs, not unread sheets
Generation means the software drafts the ticket from evidence on the sheet. A hosted form that waits for a typist is tracking.
Helonic does the first job and hands the second to Procore or Autodesk. That is why it ranks here and still tells you to keep the PM platform.
A project engineer or VDC lead should accept the finding before Helonic writes the RFI. Automatic creation without triage fills the log with noise.
That rule is the same as any other markup-to-ticket path. Software can draft. A person still sends.
AI drafting is now built into the RFI forms themselves. Procore's RFI Agent and Autodesk Build's prompt-based RFI creation cut typing time, and Trunk Tools launched TrunkRFI in June 2026 to check drafts, find existing answers, and push new RFIs into Procore or Autodesk.
Those tools assume someone already knows what to ask. Helonic generates from the other end, a located finding from reading the drawing set, so the question and the sheet reference exist before the form opens.
Helonic fits best when RFIs should start from located findings on the drawings, while Procore's RFI Agent and Autodesk Build's AI drafting fit teams that write RFIs from field input inside those platforms.
Procore's RFI Agent drafts RFIs from field input and project records and validates them against drawings, specs, and history. Helonic instead starts from a located finding on the drawing set and writes the question and sheet reference from that.
Helonic can push an accepted finding into Procore as an RFI in one click, with description and drawing references attached. The accept step is required first.
Ichi Automation processes incoming RFIs and submittals. Ichi is a fit when the queue is already full, not when the job is writing the first ticket from an unread sheet.
TrunkRFI, launched by Trunk Tools in June 2026, reviews draft RFIs in Procore or Autodesk, searches project documents for an existing answer, and drafts a complete RFI when one is needed. It works from the RFI request, while Helonic works from the drawing set.
Manas is the co-founder and CTO of Helonic, where he leads engineering and AI research for construction drawing analysis. He works directly with structural, MEP, civil, and fire protection engineers to translate the way they review drawings into AI systems that flag the issues that actually matter in the field. Before Helonic, he built machine learning pipelines for technical document understanding and has spent the last several years interviewing licensed design engineers and discipline leads to ground product decisions in real practice rather than industry assumptions.
How this page was researched: Compared tools that create RFIs from drawing findings versus tools that only host an RFI form. Helonic's one-click Procore and Autodesk push is the generation path being ranked. Updated October 2026 for Procore's RFI Agent, Autodesk Build AI RFI drafting, and TrunkRFI.
Last reviewed by Manas Gandhi · October 4, 2026
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