Is there a method/way in Dynamo/Revit API using Python where I can select elements in order, highlighting the elements selection. Please note, Selection.PickObjects() does the selection & highlighting but does not save the elements in the order of Selection.

Hello, this post may help you [image] Node for Picking Elements in Order with Revit UI Revit An idea of workaround [OrderSelection] import clr import sys import System clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') import Autodesk from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * import Autodesk.Revit.DB as DB clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI') from Autodesk.Revit.UI import * from Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection import * from System.Collections.Generic import List clr.AddReference('RevitServices') import RevitServices from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionMan…

Springs, Rhythm, and Data-Shapes all have nodes for selecting ordered elements.

I agree they do and I had a look at the package nodes, but they fail to highlight the selection. The method they use is Select.PickObject(), which does the selection, saves the selection, but doesn’t keep the selection highlighted, which is the case of Select.PickObjects() method, the only issues with it is it doesn’t save the selection in order of selection/picking.

The three that I mentioned are python nodes, so you can see what they’re doing in the code to select and maintain object order. You should be able to combine that with Selection.PickObjects() to get what you want.

Exactly, I have done the same using Python, they have implemented the Selection.PickObject() method to select elements in correct order and save it, but it fails to highlight the selection, which is my requirement for selecting multiple elements. Here is the implementation in Python, sel1 = uidoc.Selection obt1 = Selection.ObjectType.Element msg1 = 'Pick elements in the desired order, hit ESC to stop picking.' getDetailElements = [] get_rvt_Crvs = [] if(IN[0] == True): flag = True TaskDialog.Show("Detail Curves Selection", msg1) while flag: try: el1 = doc.GetElement(sel1.PickObject(obt1, msg1).ElementId) getDetailElements.append(el1) except : flag = False If any of the methods, or any other method, can do the job, it would really help.

It may be a difference in PickObject() and PickObjects(). The ordered nodes use PickObject() to iteratively pick multiple singular objects vs picking many objects at once. This allows them to build a custom list in the order the elements are selected but probably doesn’t highlight elements because it wouldn’t be necessary for a single object. Selecting multiple elements with PickObjects() would highlight the elements but likely returns a sorted list. You can try to work around this but it may not be possible.

Thank you so much, this is exactly what I needed. :smiley: :smiley:

Thank you for the very good stuff! :smile: It’s what I wanted! Can you limit the categories to choose from? :pensive: For example, there is a UI to select a category (door or window), and I want to be able to select only the chosen category.

Hi @TS_MikiAkamatsu , I added a second example with an input category (for selection) [image] Node for Picking Elements in Order with Revit UI Revit An idea of workaround [OrderSelection] import clr import sys import System clr.AddReference('RevitAPI') import Autodesk from Autodesk.Revit.DB import * import Autodesk.Revit.DB as DB clr.AddReference('RevitAPIUI') from Autodesk.Revit.UI import * from Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection import * from System.Collections.Generic import List clr.AddReference('RevitServices') import RevitServices from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionMan…

Thank you for your quick response! :blush: It worked fine! :ok_hand:

Selection, Sorting and Highlighting Elements in the selected order using PickObjects() method

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Hi @TS_MikiAkamatsu ,

I added a second example with an input category (for selection)

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