Ideate Automation Technical Overview

Offered as a floating network license and designed to run unattended on a dedicated computer or your own computer, Ideate Automation runs during off-hours to let you focus on other tasks and increase your productivity. In addition to running scripts on Ideate Software tools, Ideate Automation now runs scripts in Revit without consuming any Autodesk Cloud Credits, schedules large Revit files to open, runs intensive tasks at night, automates file audits and compaction, exports data in PDF, DWG, NWC, and IFC, seamlessly publishes to Autodesk BIM 360, and more...


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