create-schedule

Create Revit Schedule

Create a Revit schedule for:

"$ARGUMENTS"

Before scripting

Clarify:

• Which category? (Doors, Walls, Rooms, Windows, etc.)
• Which fields should appear in the schedule? (Mark, Type, Width, Height, Area, etc.)
• Should it be placed on a sheet? If so, which sheet number?
• Any filters? (e.g. only doors on Level 2, only walls with Fire Rating = 2HR)

Schedule creation script

import clr
clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager
clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

# ── Configuration — edit these ───────────────────────────────────────────────
SCHEDULE_NAME = 'BIM Manager - Door Schedule'
CATEGORY      = BuiltInCategory.OST_Doors   # ← change category as needed

# Built-in parameters to add as schedule fields
# (comment out the ones you don't need, add others)
DESIRED_PARAMS = [
    BuiltInParameter.ALL_MODEL_MARK,
    BuiltInParameter.ALL_MODEL_TYPE_NAME,
    BuiltInParameter.DOOR_WIDTH,
    BuiltInParameter.DOOR_HEIGHT,
    BuiltInParameter.ALL_MODEL_DESCRIPTION,
    BuiltInParameter.ALL_MODEL_MANUFACTURER,
]

TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
try:
    # ── Create the schedule ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
    category_id = ElementId(CATEGORY)
    schedule    = ViewSchedule.CreateSchedule(doc, category_id)
    schedule.Name = SCHEDULE_NAME

    # ── Get all schedulable fields ───────────────────────────────────────────
    all_fields = list(schedule.Definition.GetSchedulableFields())

    # ── Add desired parameter fields ─────────────────────────────────────────
    desired_ids = set(ElementId(p) for p in DESIRED_PARAMS)
    added = 0
    for sf in all_fields:
        if sf.ParameterId in desired_ids:
            schedule.Definition.AddField(sf)
            added += 1

    # Fallback: if none matched, add the first 6 available fields
    if added == 0:
        for sf in all_fields[:6]:
            schedule.Definition.AddField(sf)

    # ── Add sorting by the first field ──────────────────────────────────────
    if all_fields:
        sort_field = ScheduleSortGroupField(all_fields[0].FieldId)
        schedule.Definition.AddSortGroupField(sort_field)

    TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()
    OUT = 'Schedule created: ' + schedule.Name + ' (Id: ' + str(schedule.Id.IntegerValue) + ')'

except Exception as e:
    TransactionManager.Instance.ForceCloseTransaction()
    import traceback
    OUT = 'ERROR: ' + str(e) + '\n' + traceback.format_exc()