Record macros in Revit and anything else you want...

[Martin P]

http://www.macro-recorder.com

Found this today.... Looks very intersting.

I am planning to use it to ensure each time I print I get a PDF of of the print job too - all with one action. I should be able to save file, print to PDF from Revit - then print straight to plotter from Acrobat - save a copy of PDF to job archive with a suitable name.......
Sure there could be many,many other uses too. Ir records mouse movement etc too -

so I could potentially remove a lot of mouse clicks from Revit with this. You can assign hotkeys to run macros, which lets you basically create new commands - If used in conjunction with strokeit - http://www.tcbmi.com/strokeit/ - pretty powerful tool :)

[ehull33]

How has the macro recording worked for you in conjunction with revit?

[iankids]

I have been using a similar program (JitBit Macro Recorder) and have found it immensely useful for a whole range of things.

I have a macro set up to print all the sheets to PDF and then once printed to pdf then to print the pdf to the network printer for a paper copy.

I have other macro's set up to change a 3d architectural view to a Structural view in the blink of an eye, or to set a plan up to show shadows at a particular time of the day etc.

I have really only scratched the surface of the benefit of having a macro set up for repetitive tasks. I expect a few months from now to have many, many functions set up this way.

Cheers,


Ian

[Tony C.]

We are also looking for ways to automate repetitive tasks in Revit.

Are these programs still working well for you? Are there other macro-recording, or similar, programs available that play well with Revit?

Should I look into the VSTA tools instead, or will that be too complicated if we simply want to automate a few tedious tasks.

(We use Revit MEP 2010 & 2011 on Windows XP Pro 64-bit.)

Thanks!

[iankids]

We are also looking for ways to automate repetitive tasks in Revit.

Are these programs still working well for you? Are there other macro-recording, or similar, programs available that play well with Revit?

Should I look into the VSTA tools instead, or will that be too complicated if we simply want to automate a few tedious tasks.

(We use Revit MEP 2010 & 2011 on Windows XP Pro 64-bit.)

Thanks!

Hi Tony,

My weapons of choice these days is a combination of AutoHotKey/StrokeIt commands and a logitech G15 programmable keyboard. Between these, I can automate pretty much whatever I want.

There are a few threads which details these:

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=109631 for a good AutoHotKey/StrokeIt scripts

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=109341 Logitech Keyboard

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=110100 Dual Monitor Control

If you search for AutoHotKey, you will find a number of other scripts created by users.

Cheers,


Ian