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Select By Service Type

writes to model Public API · not yet exposed

Coming soon

Before you run this

Active document and view must be available. Elements in scope must have service type parameters populated.

After it runs

Selection is replaced with matching element IDs. Returns JSON with serviceType, scope, totalSearched, totalSelected, and breakdown.

When to use this

Select all CHW (chilled water) services by Service Type parameter value.
Select all DHW (domestic hot water) elements for tagging.
Select all Lighting services before running a lighting calculation.

Don't use this when

Generic deep parameter search across all fields (use SelectByParameterCommand). Searching by Revit MEP system classification (use SelectBySystemTypeCommand). Simple category selection (use SelectByCategoryCommand).

Inputs

Name	Kind	Type	Required	Default	Description
`serviceType`	config	`string`	no	—	Service type text to match
`scope`	config	`string`	no	"view"	view (default) or model

Returns

Name	Type	Description
`Selection`	`ElementId[]`	Selected element IDs
`Summary`	`JSON`	Selection summary with breakdown

Decision flow

check: parameters.serviceType → required, fail if empty
check: parameters.scope == "model" → search entire model
default: search current view only
iterate: each element → check "Service Type" / "System Type" params for contains match

What you'll see in the chat

on start

Selecting elements by service type parameter...
Searching for service type matches in elements...
Looking for elements with matching service type...

thinking

Building element collector...
Checking service type parameters on each element...
Filtering by parameter value match...
Applying selection to model...

on success

Selected {totalSelected} elements with service type matching "{serviceType}" from {scope}

on failure

Service type selection failed: {error}

REST API

Not yet exposed

This command does not carry a [RestApi] attribute today. Once tagged, this section will auto-populate with:

POST /api/v1/commands/select_by_service_type
Request body schema (from [RestApiParam])
Response schema (from [RestApiResponse])
curl / JS / Python code examples

Keywords & intent patterns

select by service type · service type selection · select service · select by service · select mep service
Patterns: select * service type · select * by service type · select service *

Related commands	`SelectBySystemTypeCommand` · `SelectByParameterCommand` · `FilterSelectionCommand`
Pillar

Select By Service Type

When to use this

Inputs

Returns

Decision flow

What you'll see in the chat

REST API

Keywords & intent patterns

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