Following up on my previous post on the topic, the Factory provided a hotfix for this today. You can read all about it courtesy of Kathryn at Revit Clinic. 13 is such a lucky number, isn’t it?!
To use this functionality, create the parameter first in the Family Types dialog. When you then launch the Paint tool, the parameter will be available as a material in the dialog.
Installation of the hotfix is a snap…just copy and paste the dll.
You might recall Steven Campbell’s post Revit Families: To Split or Not to Split… (no, this isn’t his photo. I know, he’s in hibernation at the moment or so it seems). I honestly was unaware of that hidden feature until his article as in the past, I habitually just assigned material parameters directly to solids and never thought of face painting as a parametric option.
Unfortunately in Revit 2012, we lost that ability with the arrival of the new UI that gives us a visual palette of materials when painting surfaces. I really hope we’ll get it back in the upcoming service pack. The functionality is still there as families upgraded to Revit 2012 function properly. However if you “unpaint” the surface, you won’t be apple to re-apply the material parameter. So in the meantime if you need this functionality, start your family in 2011 and upgrade it once you’re done.
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