Select the Host for a Tag

Use the Select Host tool to change the selection from the tag to the host element of the selected tag.

Note: This feature or functionality is available only to students and to Autodesk Maintenance and Desktop Subscription customers for Revit 2015 software releases.

The Select Host tool works with tags that reference elements in a linked model. The tool is not available if a tag is an orphaned and does not have a host.

The Select Host tool selects the host for all tag types.

You can use the Select Host tool when multiple tags are selected.

The highlight color for the host element is controlled by the Alert color defined in the Graphics options.

  1. To select the host for a tag, in the project view, select the tag.
  2. Click Modify tabHost panel (Select Host).