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Selection.GetElementIds

Description:
Returns the ids of the elements that are currently selected.

public ICollection<ElementId> GetElementIds()

Public Function GetElementIds As ICollection(Of ElementId)

public:
ICollection<ElementId^>^ GetElementIds()

ICollection<ElementId> The collection containing the ids of the selected elements.

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection import ISelectionFilter, Selection, ObjectType

#📦 VARIABLES
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doc       = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument.Document #type:Document
uidoc     = __revit__.ActiveUIDocument          

# Class for selection methods...
selection = uidoc.Selection                     #type: Selection

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