# Selecting Callouts by View

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/selecting-callouts-by-view/6831>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Created:** [October 17, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/selecting-callouts-by-view/6831 "2016-10-17T14:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanAudette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@DanAudette](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/DanAudette)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/selecting-callouts-by-view/6831/1 "2016-10-17T14:06:08Z")

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Anyone find a clever way to select all of the Revit Callouts associated with a view?

I’m looking for a way to visually distinguish original callouts from callouts that “reference other view”.

I can select the views well enough, but cannot grab the callouts to override the graphics.

Maybe I’m taking the wrong approach entirely…all ideas are welcome.

[Referenced Views.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/fX2C4rq0gT5nFCfznex5ET73cla.dyn) (10.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![DanAudette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@DanAudette](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/DanAudette)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/selecting-callouts-by-view/6831/2 "2016-10-17T14:27:30Z")

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Another application of being able to select callouts by view, would be to hide elements in a view.

While putting together record drawings, my users end up having to hide all of the sketch views accumulated during CA individually. I have filters setup in my template, but inevitably my users end up not using it.

I took two approaches with this graph (you’ll see both in the attached file, separately grouped):

1. Select all views whose “sheet number” parameter contains “SKA” (our denotation for a sketch). Hide in all views whose “sheet number” parameter do not contain “SKA”. I used the Archi-lab\_Grimshaw package “View.HideElements” node.

2. I tried to make the same change but by applying a filter to the views whose sheet number parameter does not contain “SKA”. Whether I crafted the filter from within dynamo, or tried to apply a pre-existing filter from Revit, I could not get it to work this way either.

Per my original post, if I’m able to select callouts associated with a view, I think I’ll be able to solve both graphs.

[Find Sketch References2.dyn](https://forum.dynamobim.com/uploads/short-url/ubwEZIvqh3E9nVv9pPG92MuShiE.dyn) (44.5 KB)