topic Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material in Revit Architecture Forum

Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

fortunejohnny — Fri, 05 May 2017 14:31:36 GMT

Please see attached JPG. Look at vertical wall reveal (between the doors) as it goes thru the different colored brick. The reveal inherits the material properties of ONE of the layers and displays it across all the brick. I need it to change colors with EACH layer. The wall is a basic wall with split regions and assigned layers to denote the brick color changes. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!!!

Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

Viveka_CD — Sat, 06 May 2017 22:45:49 GMT

Hi @fortunejohnny

Use the paint can tool to change color for the wall reveal.

Elements that you can paint include walls, roofs, massing, families, and floors.
If the element highlights when you place the cursor near it, you can paint it. The Paint tool is especially useful for applying materials to split faces. See Splitting Faces.The model lines are not recognized edges by the paint bucket. You need to first use the "split face" tool and then use the paint bucket to fill the area with an alternate material.
If the surface pattern for the material is a model pattern, you can select references in the pattern for dimensioning or aligning. See Fill Patterns and Model Patterns.

To paint a surface

Click Modify tabGeometry panel (Paint).
In the Material Browser dialog, select a material. Note that you can only browse for a material when you select the paint tool. To edit material appearances see Changing the Appearance Properties of a Material.
Place the cursor on the element face to highlight it. You may need to press Tab to select the desired face. If you highlight a face that has already been painted, the status bar indicates the material that is applied to it.
Click to apply the paint.
In the Material Browser dialog, click Done.

Please mark this response as "Accept as Solution" if it answers your question. Kudos gladly accepted.

Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

fortunejohnny — Mon, 08 May 2017 13:19:07 GMT

Unfortunately -- this is just a limited workaround. Painting the reveal paints the entire height/length of it. Meaning... since I need the three materials in the wall to show in the reveal at their respective regions, I would have to have 3 separate reveals (aligned vertically) to make this work. Plus this is a lot of painting as there are a lot of occurrences. I hardly would classify this as a solution but more as a product defect. Had I known it would operate this way, I probably would have just used stack walls just to get reveals to work properly even though the overall wall thickness does not change. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

ToanDN — Mon, 08 May 2017 13:57:10 GMT

Can you paste a wall on a new file and upload it?

Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

Viveka_CD — Mon, 08 May 2017 14:46:30 GMT

Hi @fortunejohnny

I see what you are saying.

I agree that this can be a daunting task with many occurrences and the paint tool option is a limited workaround.

I encourage you to submit feedback on products and improvements you would like to see HERE

If you looking for a feature to get implemented, I suggest you post your idea at the Ideas-page.

Lets watch out for more ideas from forum users with regard to wall reveals, hopefully we will have a solution.

Re: Wall Reveal - Incorrect Material

Anonymous — Mon, 08 May 2017 16:47:10 GMT

You can apply a split face within the reveal...but unless you are zoomed in really close, does it really make a difference when printed or exported as an image?