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From Revit Randoms -

1. Download the files here: Upgrade_PurgeUnused.zip
2. Extract to a folder of families you want to purge.
3. Copy the first family in your category and paste and rename it in the same folder.
4. Edit the 'Upgrade_PurgeUnused.txt' file.
5. Insert the file path of your 'dummy' family file.(update all 3 file paths)
6. Save and close.
7. Run the upgrade.rfa script.
8. Drag the 'Upgrade_PurgeUnused.txt' file onto your Revit icon. (make sure Revit is closed first.)
9. Watch in amazement as Revit opens and purges your families.
10. Go make coffee.

Now this can be used on any category of family, but you will need to make a dummy family that can be loaded into each category, else it will not work.

Read more at:
http://revitrandoms.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/purge-unused-in-families.html

In the post, he also references some journal scripts by Aaron Maller that use the old File Upgrader to Transfer Project Standards from a project to families. The benefits of the old Upgrader are shown at: http://cadalot-revitlearningcurve.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/file-upgrader-for-revit-vs-content.html

Heads-up

Revit Script - Purge Unused in Families http://t.co/AydWpteaUK via @darrylstore
— Ben Malone (@BenPMalone) August 5, 2013

This technique allows file operations and programs to be initiated from an in-canvas Revit modelling session, without the need to switch to Windows Explorer.

Basically, you just need a Symbol family with URL instance parameter.  In the URL parameter, paste a fully resolved path to the script or exe file (you can use Shift + rightclick to quickly get this from Explrorer in Windows 7).  Now, when you select the Symbol family, click on the dots in the Properties Palette  - the exe or script will run, directly from Revit

Potential uses:

• Launch any program
• Launch a program that may be useful in-canvas (like Colorette)
• Launch a search program like Locate32, that can be used to search for Revit content and drag-drop into the Revit session
• Copy point clouds to local drive
• Map network drives
• Archive RVT folder script, perhaps using 7-zip
• Run Autodesk program update packages (some of these may require Revit to be shutdown)
• Run add-in installers (that will probably require Revit to be updated)
• Copy macro updates
• Delete Revit backup files script
• Clean up Journal folder
• Make a backup of Keynote file or Shared Parameter file (perhaps used before editing)
• Run Windows Task Scheduler tasks
• Shutdown the computer

Once you have the Annotation family loaded and placed, just add the suitable path, and then select the element and click where the little dots should be:

The command is instantly triggered.

In a worksharing environment, you could set up a Drafting View where you placed different instances of this "linker" family to trigger various project-related scripts.

This idea grew from this post and this one about copying Point Clouds.

To add the right click menu option for VBS files:

• Download this file
• Extract it
• Right click on ElevateWSHScript.inf and click Install
• Done

I wanted to grab a list of files so I could check if I had reviewed the contents of some MEP training videos.  You can easily do this using a Windows Powershell script.

Code example:

get-childitem "T:\MEP (Revit MEP)\MEP VIDEOS" -recurse | select-object DirectoryName,Name | where { $_.DirectoryName -ne $NULL } | Export-CSV C:\Filelist.csv

Read more:
How to list all files in a directory and subdirectories

An announcement was made recently on the "Revit Deployment & Management for Medium Sized Offices" Udemy course (see here for more info):

We seem to have just discovered an interesting "bug" in Deployments as they relate to Revit Server. The Rollout Tool offers at least a partial solution, but I would like to collaborate with an office or two who are using Revit Server, and prioritize any additions to the script. If you are using Revit Server, and can spare a little time to discuss the issue and how it might impact your specific configuration, and what the Rollouts can do to help, please email me directly (email hidden). I'll schedule a GotoMeeting for some time that works for you and we can proceed from there.

Thanks!

Gordon Price

I would love to be able to press one button and see all of the current Autodesk products that I have installed disappear.  No, I'm not souring on Autodesk :-)  It's just that often the different suites and products do not play nice when trying to install them in an environment with existing Autodesk products of the same generation.

Autodesk has provided some tools to automatically uninstall certain products:

How to perform an automated uninstallation of the AutoCAD Design Suite 2013 family of products
The provided uninstall tool will detect and uninstall 32-bit or 64-bit versions of AutoCAD Design Suite 2013 (English only).

ADSUninstallTool.exe (exe - 844Kb)

How to perform an automated uninstallation of AutoCAD 2012 and Autodesk Design Suite 2012 Family Products
The uninstall tool will remove folders and registry keys related to the uninstalled product and plug-ins.

psebuninstalltool.exe (exe - 846Kb)

Unfortunately, I can not find tools to uninstall all Autodesk products of all generations, nor can I find specific tools to uninstall Building Design Suites. Can you find anything?