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Most Revit users know how to assign a material to geometry in the Family Editor. The
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lot of people are not aware of is painting a material parameter onto individual faces. Doing
so allows us to adjust the material of individual faces within the project environment.
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3 comments:

Philip Chan March 29, 2017 at 10:55 PM

Dan,good post. There has been an issue using this painted material technique. You will not
be able to match the pattern with any system family. For example, if I have a wood siding
material applied to the surface of the family, once it is loaded to project, you can't align that
to the wall with the same material. Assuming there is a model pattern associated with the
material.

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Dan Stine March 30, 2017 at 9:57 AM

Good point, thanks for commenting, Philip (my first comment on this blog!). Sounds like an
idea for another post!

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gospodin jedan January 10, 2018 at 12:38 PM

Great post! Thanks a lot.

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