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Paint colours – adsklib for download

Dunn Edwards have provided an adsklib file for download that matches their paint colours to Revit materials. I previously posted about Lysaght adsklib way back in 2011:What Revit Wants: Lysaght Bluesc…

2013-08-21 · Luke Johnson
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How to assign a parameter to a painted surface in a family

Here is how you can assign a material parameter to a painted surface in a family: Go to Family Types dialog box Add – Material Parameter Paint Choose the material that you made – it will have the suff…

2011-11-27 · Luke Johnson
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How do you Remove Paint in Revit 2012?

In previous versions of Revit, you could ‘re-paint’ surfaces using the By Category material. However, this is not available in Revit 2012. Instead, you need to use the drop-down arrow associated with …

2011-10-31 · Luke Johnson
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Paint Tool enhancements in Revit 2012

“the paint tool will open the Materials dialog, where now you can visually preview materials and access material properties in order to modify a material. You can see your changes without closing the …

2011-05-19 · Luke Johnson
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FREE RevitTV.com Paint for Revit 2010 – Beta

RevitTV.com are offering a free ‘Paint’ plugin for Revit 2010. The features are: Import and automatically create Revit paint materials from existing AutoCAD Color Book (.acb) files. Search and filter …

2009-12-17 · Luke Johnson