Revit Tip - Select Element by Offset Height

Here is a nice little tip that I think will help many of you out.  The example I am going to use is a ceiling.  Let's say you have a bunch of 2x4 ACT ceilings in your model.  They are all at varying heights.  You want to take the one set of ceilings that are at, let's say, 10'-0", and lower them to 9'-4".

How do you select all those ceilings without selecting the others? A schedule!  Check out the video below for the tip.

Topics Covered:

• Creating a Ceiling Schedule
• Sorting the Schedule by Height Offset.
• Grouping the height Offset..
• Changing the Height Offset of the Ceilings.

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Revit Tip - Generic Ceilings and MEP (Revit OpEd)

Great tip from Steve that I, too, have had to troubleshoot in the past...


Dept. of Echo - Don't use the Basic Ceiling

Originally posted here August 2009 and still true with Revit 2013

When an architect uses the Basic Ceiling-Generic type they are creating a situation for the Revit MEP user they may not be aware of.... 

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