Quickly choose and match materials in Revit

If you have lots of materials in a project, it can become a chore to actually ‘choose’ them in the Material dialog box.

Here is a quicker way:

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1. In the Element or Type Properties box, select the Name of the material you want.
2. Use Ctrl+C to copy the text.
3. Go to the other Element or Type Properties box.
4. In the appropriate material parameter location, select existing text with your cursor and then use Ctrl+V to paste the text.