Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual page 377

More About Painting Surfaces
You cannot apply materials to family instances in a project. You must apply the materials to faces in the
Family Editor.
To remove the paint, activate the Paint tool and choose <By Category> from the Type Selector. Click a
face that was painted, and the paint is removed.
You can apply paint to the face of a column. However, if you plan to have multiple instances of the
painted column in your project, create the column in the Family Editor and apply the paint there.
When you are in the Family Editor, you can create a family parameter of type material. You can then
paint that face of the family with that parameter. For more information on creating a parameter, see
Creating New Family Parameters
Before painting (applying material to) stairs
on page 369.
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