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OneFilter

Quickly find your families in Revit models. Search by category, parameter name and value. Find elements within Areas, Masses, Rooms, Spaces, and Zones.

Table of contents

  1. Rule Filters
    1. Search
    2. Export
    3. Update or duplicate view
    4. Save Selection
    5. Isolate Selection
      1. Reset
      2. Visualize
      3. Select

Rule Filters

The Rule Filters tab is for users to manage the filters they have already created in revit. These filters will appear in the Select Rube-based Filters table, select them to manage it.

  1. The first step is to select whether you want to apply filters based on the Whole Model or the Active View. Select the radio button to choose the view.

OneFilter select model view
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  1. Now, use the checkboxes to select the categories to filter. Note that, once you have selected the categories, on the right table will show the existing families, with the category, family name, type name and count columns.

OneFilter choose categories
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The search box will search for elements contained in the filtered elements table.

OneFilter search
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Export

Click on the Export list, and choose which way you want to export, whether it’s to an Excel file, to Google Drive or whether you want to export the IDs in CSV.

OneFilter choose categories
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Update or duplicate view

Mark with checkbox elements that you want isolate with the Section Box. You have the ability to use existing or to duplicate 3D view. Visualize only filtered elements or all elements withi Section Box with ability to define offset form marked elements.

  • In the first list, select a view
  • Set an Offset buffer from the section bounding box
  • You can replace the selected view, or can select the Duplicate Selected View checkbox.
  • Rename the duplicate view.
  • Select the Isolate Selected Elements checkbox, to save the view with the isolated elements.
  • Click the Apply button to finish.

OneFilter views
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Save Selection

Click on Save Selection button, and enter the name of the selection to save it. Note that, if you go to the Manage menu in Revit and click on the Load button, the new selection you have created will appear.

OneFilter save selection
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Isolate Selection

The Isolate Selection button, will isolate the filtered elements in a Temporary Hide/Isolate view. Click on Unisolate Selection to restore the view.

OneFilter isolate selection
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Reset

The Reset button will clear all the filters applied on Filter tab.

OneFilter reset filter
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Visualize

Click on Visualize button to navigate to the Visualize tab.

OneFilter visualize
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Select

Click on Select button to select the elements in the current view.

OneFilter visualize
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Let’s go to the next tab to filter by Levels.