Did you ever notice this handy little selection toolset?
Pretty cool, huh?
Update: Dieter has correctly pointed out that these selection tools are part of the Bimits package:
http://www.bimits.eu/bimits-en/bimits-extensions.html
The Advance steel addin can be downloaded for free:
https://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3Aadvancesteelandadvanceconcreterevitplug-in_windows64%3Aen
