Expand select all instances in view/project

[steiner]

Expand the select all instances in view/project command to more than one object.

[Intuos5]

Also allow to use a window selection in Edit Group > Add detail group, instead of manually selecting the individual lines to be added. 

[boyce_postma]

In agreement - we have a large team and sometimes things get copied into the file with similar, but different line style names - same line, different name. We have hundreds of drafting views and now a hundred line times - 25% redundant. There is no way anyone can go through this manually. We shouldn't have to rely on a dynamo script to select all of a specific line type in all views and consolidate them. Madness!

[steiner]

Thanks for voting. Current workflow is quite complicated: 1. Open 3 3d views 2. Isolate in first view 1 your first set of instances: for example 1 type of doors 3. Do so in your second 3d view for example with 1 type of plasterboard walls (in which these doors are hosted) 4. Select in your 2 views the doors and walls 5. In your 3rd 3d view isolate your selection So there is a huge timegaine possibe on this tool. If someone knows faster ways to do, please feel free to describe your method.

[steiner]

Keep voting, tell your contacts. I do believe we can do better with Revit, the software is worth the improvement.

[steiner]

As @ Kimtaurus said the same goal is in idea https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/select-all-for-line-styles/idi-p/6866530 . @Anonymous -> @kimberly_fuhrman-jones could you merge the votes into one idea? @sabeel.shaik : It seems that we're on the good way.

[steiner]

We have realised the command in python for allmost all objects in revit, see video here https://autode.sk/2Qh0uFL , revit seems to give acces to almost all objects.

@kimberly_fuhrman-jones I would like to link autodesk screencasts but the system doesn't allow it.

[ataf.sakhri]

I definitely agree with this, I thought about this numerous times, its the same as Select Similar in Autocad.

[Erik_Frits]

Hi Everyone, 

As my colleague @steiner  has mentioned above, we have a solution for the issue in our office. The custom add-in is written in python and it requires pyRevit to be installed to create your new buttons. It's not a hard process and there are a few tutorials on YouTube that can help you set it up. I linked a few videos in the article for newcomers in pyRevit.

Here is the article with the code:

https://www.erikfrits.com/blog/super-select-multiple-elements-in-viewmodel/

I might go later into more detail and explain how the code and especially RevitAPI filtering works, but for now, you get the most important piece - the code that works.

Let me know if you could not find how to create your own button with the code, I will make a video showing the process step by step.

Happy Selecting everyone 😉 

[kimberly_fuhrman-jones]

@steiner I'll check with the Forums team...thank you for letting us know!

[kimberly_fuhrman-jones]

Congrats! We think this is a great idea, so we've decided to add it to our roadmap. Thanks for the suggestion!

The Factory

[steiner]

Please stop voting, feature is accepted and intergrated since RVT 2022.1 as far as I know. For versions of Revit 2022 my collegue @Erik_Frits has integrated the functionality in EF-Tools  (an extension to PyRevit).

[kimberly_fuhrman-jones]

We are pleased to say that this has been implemented in Revit 2022.1! Thank you for your contribution to improving Revit!

 -The Factory