How do I turn on a selection box in Revit?

How do you unhide a selection box in Revit?

Do one of the following:

1. Click Modify | tab Reveal Hidden Elements panel (Unhide Element) or (Unhide Category).
2. Right-click the element, and click Unhide in View Elements or Category.

How do I activate a section in Revit?

To open the section view, double-click the section header, or select the section view from the Sections grouping of the Project Browser. The section view changes when the design changes or the section line is moved.

How do you add a selection in Revit?

Select Multiple Elements

1. While pressing Ctrl , click each of the elements. …
2. Draw a selection box by placing the cursor on one side of the elements to be selected and dragging it diagonally to form a rectangular boundary. …
3. Press Tab to highlight connected elements, and then click to select.

How do I unhide a section box?

Right click on the view cube in any 3D view.

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1. Go to a 3D view.
2. In the view properties tick the box for “Section box”
3. This should reveal and activate the section box in the 3D view, if you can’t see it you may need to reveal hidden elements and unhide it.
4. Using the grips on the section box resize and position it as required.

Where is the section box in Revit?

Section Box Tool

1. First of all select the object(s) you want to section box.
2. Go to the Modify tab on the ribbon bar.
3. Under the group called “View” select “Section Box”

How do you insert a section box in Revit?

Select elements in the view, and then on the Modify tab, click Selection Box. The elements in the extension define the extents of the section box. The selection box tool can be used in 2D view. When used in a 2D view, the section box is applied to the default 3D view of the project.

How do you move a section in Revit?

In the Prospector item view, select the section views that you want to move. Right-click Move To Section View Group.

How do I use a scope box in Revit?

Create a Scope Box

1. In a plan view, click View tab Create panel (Scope Box).
2. On the Options Bar, enter a name and specify a height for the scope box, if desired. …
3. To draw a scope box, click in the upper left-hand corner to start the box.

How do I turn off a section box in Revit?

Click View tab Graphics panel (Visibility/Graphics). In the Visibility/Graphics dialog, click the Annotation Categories tab. Clear the check box for Section Boxes, and click OK to hide the section box extents in the view.

How do you create a selection filter in Revit?

Click Manage tab Selection panel (Edit). In the Edit Filters dialog, click New. In the Filter Name dialog, enter a name for the filter, click Select, and click OK to enter Edit Selection mode.

How do I export a selected object in Revit?

Go to a 3d view and turn on a section box, use that to crop around what you watn to export.. If you have a specific view, you can go to 3d, chose view>orient to other view> select the plan or section, then revit will crop down around that and then use the dynamic view to orient that in 3d.

How do I switch to 3d in Revit?

Create a Perspective 3D View

1. Open a plan, section, or elevation view.
2. Click View tab Create panel 3D View drop-down Camera. …
3. Click in the drawing area to place the camera.
4. Drag the cursor to the desired target and click to place it.