Element Selector PRO Autodesk® Revit® Add-Ins

ElementSelector Pro is a free Autodesk® Revit® application that enables users to efficiently filter, preview, and select elements within various scopes such as an active view, a specific level, the current selection, or the entire project. This versatile tool allows users to narrow down their selections based on element category and parameter values. Furthermore, …

ElementSelector Pro offers several additional convenient features, including:

  • seamless interaction with elements without the need to close the dialog.
  • Optional category and parameter filters to refine the selection process.
  • Support for filtering parameters based on all parameter types.
  • The ability to simply click on a preview item (elementid) to zoom in and focus on the associated element.
ElementSelector Pro – Demo

DEMO & USAGE

1. Select an item from the Selection Type dropdown (figure 1.0):

  • Active View
  • By Level 
  • Current Selection
  • Entire Project

   If the selection was “By Level”, another dropdown will display below to select a level (figure 1.1).

figure 1.0 – Selection Type
figure 1.1 – By Level

2. Select a category from the category dropdown which displays all the related categories from Selection Type value (figure 1.2).

figure 1.2 – Category

3. Select a parameter from the parameter name dropdown which displays all the related parameters from Category value (figure 1.3).

figure 1.3 – Parameter Name

4. Select a parameter filter rule. Just for info, there are two types of filter rules : (1) one for the string type (figure 1.4) and (2) another type for ElementId, Integer and Double (figure 1.5). For the second type some rule such as: contains, does not contains, begins with, ends with … will not be included at all.

figure 1.4 – Filter Rule (String)
figure 1.5 – Filter Rule (Double)

5. Select a parameter value from the parameter value dropdown which displays all the related parameter value from the elements (figure 1.6).

figure 1.6 – Parameter Value
figure 1.7 – Preview

Click on “Preview” button to get the filtered elements and click on preview’s display item(ElementId) to zoom-in the element. <OR> Click “OK” to close the dialog and get the filtered elements selection.


(For Revit 2025) Autodesk App Store Download : https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=3135807245446499953&appLang=en&os=Win64

(For Revit 2024 to 2022 Versions) Installer Download : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TXW4LZPHATV4vYNTgP11-YYYPknBJ-vi/view?usp=drive_link

(For Revit 2021 and Lower Versions) Autodesk App Store Download : https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=8786379510208969562&appLang=en&os=Win64

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