Viewing Elements with a Specific Family Type in a Project

You can highlight all the elements in a view or in the entire project that use a specific family type.

1. Open a project view.
2. In the Project Browser, expand Families.
3. Expand the component category and family that contains the type that you want to select.
4. Select the desired type, right-click, and click one of the following:
   • Select All InstancesIn Entire Project.
   • Select All InstancesVisible in View.
   Note: If the current project does not contain any elements that use that family type, the Select All Instances tool is unavailable.

   All elements in the view that use the family type are highlighted.

   In the lower-right corner of the Revit window, the number of selected elements in the project displays.

5. If you selected to view all instances in the entire project, open other project views.

   Any of the elements that use the family type are highlighted.

6. Press Esc to restore the original display of the elements.