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Friday, August 2, 2013

Revit Tip - Find Out What Materials Something Has Been "Painted"

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This is one of those things that can frustrate the heck out of someone but is so simple it will immediately make you face palm.  I thought it was worth a quick post....

All you have to do is select the paint tool (PT) and hover over the face you want to know about... This is what will pop up:

If you read the pop-up it says "Face:Painted with Brick Common"...  Tah dah!

One last tip.. If you want to remove paint there is a little arrow next to the Paint button.  When pulled down there is a new tool called "Remove Paint":



Posted by at Friday, August 02, 2013

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siddharth · 608 weeks ago

seriously............thax
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Luke · 606 weeks ago

Even quicker - use the Remove Paint tool. That way, you don't have to wait for the Material selection pane to load.
What Revit Wants: How to determine the material that has been painted on a surface
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Paul · 539 weeks ago

Thanks! This was bothering me earlier today.
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Matt · 539 weeks ago

Massive Thanks. This was frustrating everyone here...
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Luds · 510 weeks ago

Thank you soooo much for that. Brilliant. Was bugging me too.
Priceless tip ! Tx
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kaveh · 508 weeks ago

thank youuuuu... it was really annoying untill now...
i think the material system in revit isnt handy and it makes me cry when i get to it...
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Martin Patience · 464 weeks ago

Jeez I have been looking for this answer for ages! so simple when you know :) Its like minecraft crafting secrets the materials in Revit at times......
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Stefan · 372 weeks ago

Hi there is there a way to select the surface of a painted wall and then apply that to another wall without reading the material and then finding it in the material browser?
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Anna · 349 weeks ago

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

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