Floor split surfaces revert back to old painted patterns

[Maltezc]

Hi all, So this is one of the first times i've actually ever had an issue i couldnt figure out or find documentation on.

So in the beginning of the project, a couple months ago, a coworker had created a generic floor with split surfaces because it ultimately sloped but its survey points made it also have facets to it. Once this was done, they then continued to split those facets to show different floor materials like wood, concrete, and sand hatches. Everything was great during that time. 

However when I took over that portion of the project, i changed the floor to be concrete so that sections would be correct and I removed all of the painted concrete material since there was no need in having both. Since then some of the floor pattern locations have changed but have ultimately stayed the same. 

The issue that is occurring now is that whenever a wall is moved or an element is removed that was attached to the floor, the entire floor element reverts back to the "old paint patterns" that it used to have and I have to go back and use the remove paint tool to correct it. Which solves the problem.....only until another wall is moved or another element that is attached to the floor is removed.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix / resolve this? All help is appreciated!

ps. we are using Revit 2016 

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Tip....don't use split surfaces for flooring.  If you have different finish flooring use different floor types. 

[Maltezc]

yea no kidding, i didnt create it unfortunately. I probably would have gone a different route and just made it all one floor and then had the other materials resting on top of it, similar to how you would actually build it. I would even want to swap out the floor with a new completely new floor to start over but we have too many things attached to it. 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, never just delete something.  You can easily change types, but never delete.  Same goes for walls and ceilings.

[Lance.Coffey]

This sounds interesting.

I tried drawing a new floor and walls, to reproduce, but I'm not finding that the painted material returns.

If you haven't already tried these, here are a few things to test:

• Check if there is any paint on the walls (maybe this is propagating when the change is made).
• Try painting the desired material, and see if this reverts (instead of using the Remove Paint tool).
• Cut and paste to the same location (if there are any hosted objects that would be deleted when cutting the floor, include these in the selection so that they are all cut to the clipboard).
• Redraw the floor, and then remove the original one.

Note: As some of these involve deleting the floor (cutting deletes the floor), it would be better to test these in a copy of the model first.