Back in April 2017, I wrote a post called Revit Properties Filter which highlights the Properties Filter feature in Revit. This is a great time-saving way to enter data into elements. I was using this technique recently to manipulate COBie data on a project and thought I would create and share a video to contrast how the two "filter" options work in Revit.
In the video, the first example shows the Selection Filter workflow; select elements and then
use the filter tool to modify which elements are currently selected. In this case, the result is that only windows are selected.
The second example presents the Properties Filter method; select elements, and then rather than changing the current selection set, narrow the properties palette down to just show properties for the Windows category. In this case, all elements originally selected are still selected. This also means you can switch from one category to another without needing to re-select everything.
Here is the video, which is hosted on YouTube...
In the video, the first example shows the Selection Filter workflow; select elements and then
use the filter tool to modify which elements are currently selected. In this case, the result is that only windows are selected.
Here is the video, which is hosted on YouTube...