About Scripting Project Standards Commands

Commands can help you automate the standards in your project by scripting your workflows and processes. The following commands are available for the project standards feature:

Command Description
AECPROJECTSTANDARDS Launches the Configure AEC Project Standards dialog box for the current project.
AECSYNCHRONIZEPROJECTDRAWING Synchronizes the current drawing with the project standards.
Tip: To run this command without user interaction, make sure the automatic synchronization option is selected, as described in To Set up Synchronization of AEC Standards.
AECSYNCHRONIZEPROJECT Synchronizes the current project with the project standards.
Tip: To run this command without user interaction, make sure the automatic synchronization option is selected, as described in To Set up Synchronization of AEC Standards.
AECAUDITPROJECTDRAWING Audits the current drawing against the project standards.
AECAUDITPROJECT Audits the current project against the project standards.
AECSHOWOBJECTDISPLAYOVERRIDES Identifies objects in the current drawing that have their display properties overridden at the object level.
AECVERSIONMODIFIEDOBJECTS Versions all modified styles and display settings in the current drawing.
Note: This command works only with project standards drawings.
AECPROJECTSTANDARDSSETUPREPORT Generates a tracking report for the project standards setup.
AECUPDATESTANDARDS Updates the project standards with the styles and display settings from the current drawing.
AECPURGEVERSION Purges the version information from all styles and display settings in the current drawing.
Note: This command works only with project standards drawings.
AECCLEARVERSIONHISTORY Purges the version history from all styles and display settings in the current drawing, except for the current version.
Note: This command works only with project standards drawings.
AECSYNCHRONIZEWSTANDARDS Synchronizes the project standards drawings of the current project among themselves.
AECUPDATEPROJECTCADSTANDARDS Updates the project's CAD Standards Batch Standards Checker CHX file. It also updates the CAD Standards file associations with each drawing in the current project.
Note: The commands for the Drawing Management feature can also be useful for creating scripts for project standards.