Ideate Automation is a scripting solution for use with Ideate Software solutions. This topic covers how Ideate Automation can be used to run Ideate BIMLink silently. Before you begin please refer to the Ideate Automation Getting Started instructions.
Automation of Ideate BIMLink is currently designed to support functions related to exporting data to Excel from one or more Revit files. You can manually export this data as described in this help topic: Export Revit Elements to Excel with Ideate BIMLink. When Ideate Automation is used to export the same data, the process can be scheduled to run daily or weekly and will run Revit unattended, to save time and ensure consistency.
These are the Ideate BIMLink commands that are currently supported for use with Ideate Automation scripts.
IBLGetLibrary Links
— Get the list of link definition files found at the library file path(s).IBLGetLinks
— Get the list of link definitions found within the specified Revit file.IBLLoadLink
— Loads the specified link file, with the option to replace an existing link of the same name.IBLExportLink
— Exports the specified link to the specified location.IBLSaveLink
— Save a link to a link definition files.IBLValidateLink
— Initializes a link and reports and errors.To learn more about the Ideate BIMLink-specific scripts that ship with Ideate Automation, refer to the Sample Scripts help topic.