Ideate Automation has a number of Commands that are executed by scripts to complete Tasks in Revit and other applications.
Think of each command as a specialist in a very narrow field of work. The command does very specific work to execute a task. They can perform their work in two environments:
The type of work that is performed is categorized by Command Types
| OS Command Types | Revit Command Types | |
| File | File | |
| Revit | View | |
| Excel | State | |
| Scripting Logic | Workflow | |
| AdskCloud | Worksharing |
These are the commands that are currently in use in the Sample Content that is delivered with Ideate Automation. Please note, there are additional commands available that are not shown here.
| OS Commands | |
| Scripting Logic | |
| RunScript | Used in STL-Analyze_RVT.def to run a Style Manager Analysis |
| File | |
| DeleteFile | Removes backup files that are created by some of the Automation QC and File Maintnance scripts. |
| GetFilesInDirectory | Used in scripts that let you browse to a specified folder location like AUT-Families-Upgrade.def |
| GetLinesInFile | Used in nearly every script to GetRevitFileList |
| GetRevitFileList | Reads all Revit files that have been collected in a list. |
| Excel | |
| ExcelProcessFile | Used by IISW-Health_Check.def and others that reference a Revit File List rather than selecting a model(s). |
| Revit | |
| Start Revit | Used by most scripts, allows Revit to be opened without user interaction. |
| ReleaseRevit | |
| CloseRevit | Used at the end of many scripts to cleanly close the Revit application(s). |
| AdskCloud | |
| AdskCloudPublishModel | Used by AUT-AdskCloud-Publish_Model.def to publish to the Autodesk Cloud. |
| Revit Commands | |
| File | |
| OpenFile | Once the OS command StartRevit completes, this command will open the specified Revit file(s). |
| SaveFile | Saves the processed file, updating the existing version. |
| SaveFileAs | Saves a copy of the processed file, the existing version remains unchanged. |
| CloseFile | Closes the Revit file(s) prior to the OS Command CloseRevit |
| View | |
| GetViewsByName | Used in AUT-Export_IFC.def to select view names |
| GetViewsFromSheetSet | |
| OpenView | Opens a defined view of the Revit model. |
| CloseView | Closes any views that had been opened by the OpenView command. |
| Workflow | |
| ExportFamilies | Exports .rfa files fro m an .rvt file to a defined folder location. Found in AUT-Families-RVT.def |
| GetFamilyData | AUT-Families-RFA.def and AUT-Families-Upgrade.def |
| ExportToPDF | |
| ExportToDWG | |
| ExportToNavisworks | |
| GetElements | |
| DeleteElements | |
| SetSheetSet | |
| State | |
| VerifyRibbon | |
| Worksharing | |
| GetWorksets | |
| RelinquishElementOwnership | |
| SyncWithCentral |