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

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":

Revit Tutorial - Logo Painted CMU Wall

Here is a cool one that a buddy of mine asked about. Sean asked:

 I was wondering if you knew of a way to place a logo or an image on a surface like a wall, while also showing the detail of the wall say (CMU wall). I tried taking it out of photoshop as a png., tiff., and jpg. and eliminated the white. Also tried to make it a transparency tiff in photoshop, but couldn’t get it to print without the edges with the white fill. Whats my issue?

Rendering of a CMU Wall with a Logo Painted on it.

Topics Covered:

1. Splitting a walls face.
2. Creating the logo Material.
3. Applying the logo Material.
4. Rendering and viewing the logo.

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