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Selection.PickBox(PickBoxStyle)

Description:
Invokes a general purpose two-click editor that lets the user to specify a rectangular area on the screen.

Remarks:
The method starts an editor and returns when it finishes. Returns a PickedBox that contains two XYZ points.

Overloads (2):

PickBox(PickBoxStyle)

PickBox(PickBoxStyle,String)

public PickedBox PickBox(
	PickBoxStyle style
)

Public Function PickBox ( _
	style As PickBoxStyle _
) As PickedBox

public:
PickedBox^ PickBox(
	PickBoxStyle style
)

Autodesk.Revit.UI.Selection.PickBoxStyle

style

Specifies the value that controls the style of the pick box.

Return Value PickedBox The picked box that contains two XYZ points.

Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Thrown when the style is not a recognized value.
Autodesk.Revit.Exceptions.OperationCanceledException

Thrown when the Revit user cancelled this operation. Thrown when the Revit user tried to switch the active view, close the active document or Revit application when responding to this mode.

Jul 8, 2026

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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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