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Using the Selection Box Tool Anywhere in Revit Selection Box is a new tool in Revit 2016 that allows you to quickly crop a 3D section box around selected elements (without installing any addins). However, it doesnt always show up on the contextual ribbon. For example, if you are editing a family in-place... the tool doesnt seem to be available. However, we can work around this problem by simply adding the Selection Box tool to the Quick Access Toolbar. Select any object When you see the Selection Box tool in the ribbon, right-click on it and Add to Quick Access Toolbar Now, in various other modes in Revit, the tool will still be available :) download  file  now

Using a DXF to Locate a Point Cloud in Revit with Very Large Coordinates I thought that most of this was easy and solved now, but it was more of a challenge than I expected. I received a ASC file from a survey in XYZRGB format, which looks like this: Those XYZ values are Metres (or Meters if you are in US) in the MGA 94 coordinate system. I also received a DXF file with the same World coordinates, and project related gridlines so I could relate the point cloud to our Revit models. I tried getting the MGA Shared Coordinates right in Revit, and then linking an RCP or RCS from Recap by Shared Coordinates, but I didnt have much joy. Here is the workflow that worked for me... Getting the right Shared Coordinates in Revit Start a new, blank Revit model Link the DXF Centre-to-Centre (this is best way to deal with huge coordinates) Acquire Coordinates from it Save your Revit file. You now have the right World coordinates, and a project grid relationship. Importing the Point Cloud by Shared Coo...