Basics For Selecting Elements; Selecting Multiple Elements - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

The selection count on the status bar (
Elements Are Selected?
Wall after selection
NOTE You can right-click a highlighted element to select it and display its shortcut menu. The element remains
highlighted until the menu is closed; the color outline is then visible on the selected element.

Basics for Selecting Elements

Use the following techniques to select elements in the drawing area.
If you want to...
locate the desired element to select
select an element
select multiple elements
determine how many elements are cur-
rently selected
select all elements of a particular type
select all elements of a certain category
(or categories)
deselect an element
re-select the previously selected elements

Selecting Multiple Elements

To select more than one element, use one of the following methods:
While pressing CTRL, click each of the elements.
340 | Chapter 8 Editing Elements
) displays the number of elements selected. (See
on page 341.)
Then do this...
move the cursor over the element in the drawing area. Revit Architecture highlights
the element and displays information about it in the status bar and in a tooltip.
If several elements are very close to or on top of one another, move the cursor
over that area and press TAB until the status bar describes the desired element.
click the element.
CTRL+ click each element.
For more ways to select multiple elements, see
page 340.
check the selection count on the status bar(
Are Selected? on page 341.
select one element of the desired type, and type SA (for Select All Instances).
draw a pick box around the elements, and click Multi-Select tab
el Filter. Select the desired categories, and click OK.
SHIFT+click each element to deselect that element from a group of selected ele-
ments.
press CTRL+left arrow.
How Many
Selecting Multiple Elements on
). See How Many Elements
Filter pan-