Production Pulse Newsletter 2021_vol2_iss1

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NEWSLETTER VOLUME 1: ISSUE 2 – DECEMBER 2020 TER VOLUME 2: I SUE 1 – MARCH 2021

Revit: CTC BIMProject Suite—Quick Select Tool

Introduction: Quick Select Tool enables the selection of specific elements through filtering by specific categories or parameter values. The elements that match the filter criteria can either be added to, removed from or replace the currently selected elements. In some cases, it may be beneficial to run through the Quick Select interface more than once to refine selection results.

The Quick Select interface will appear:

Click on the “ Quick Select ” button which is under Free Tools:

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Selection Elements: The first step in using Quick Select is to decide how to apply the filter. Quick Select has the ability to build a new selection, add to an existing selection, remove items from an existing selection, or replace the current selection altogether. The three options in the “ Apply Filter To ” dropdown are listed below and determine which elements will be considered in the selection set:

• Project – All elements in the current Revit project

• Active View – Only elements in the current Revit view

• Current Selection – Only elements in the current selection

In the example (on the right) a new selection will be built using the “ Project ” option. The next step is to decide how to build the selection filter. Quick Select has the ability to utilize an existing ViewFilter or to build a filter by Category.

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