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.

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 Working with Model Patterns.

To paint a surface

Click Modify tabGeometry panel (Paint).
In the Materials dialog, select a material. Note that you can only browse for a material when you select the paint tool. To edit material appearances see Modify Materials.
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 Materials dialog, click Done.

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, use the Remove paint tool.
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 Parameters.
For quantity reporting and scheduling, materials that are applied with the paint tool are distinguishable from those that are used as the body material of host object elements. See Creating a Material Takeoff Schedule.

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Alfredo_MedinaWed Apr 13, 2011 7:31 pmHow do I paint a surface with a material parameter in RAC2012? In previous versions, a material parameter used to appear on the list of materials for the Paint tool, identified with the word "param" in parenthesis, Where did that go in RAC2012?
johnThu Apr 14, 2011 8:58 amIf you use the Split Face tool and paint a surface with the Paint tool does the new surface setting now render? It has not in the past.
loboarchFri Apr 15, 2011 11:12 am@Alfredo - The ability to paint a material parameter in the family editor is no longer avaliable as it was in past versions of Revit.

@John - The painted surface of a split face renders.
tooweep01Mon Aug 1, 2011 2:56 pmIs there a way to identify what material was previously painted to a surface?
thewrzFri Oct 7, 2011 3:04 pmConcur with loboarch, Materials can no longer by painted by parameter in 2012.
paulaplMon Oct 10, 2011 7:27 amtooweep01: Thank you for asking this question. Currently, once a material is applied, there is not a way to tell what was there before. You can easily remove a painted surface using the Remove Paint tool, and then repaint the surface.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu?adskContextId=HID_EDIT_UNPAINT&product=Revit&release=2012&language=enu

Paula - Autodesk Revit User Experience team
rick1010Thu May 9, 2013 10:46 pmhi all, im wondering if someone can help me out. Im trying to apply a paint finish to a wall, i am selecting the paint icon under the modify tab and my material browser does not pop up so i can select the type of finish i want to apply???????

Has anyone come accross this before, its revit architecture 2012, it has worked previously but has now stopped all of a sudden?

Greately appreciated!!
loboarchTue May 14, 2013 10:53 amIf you are not seeing the materials browser popup when using the paint tool, it is possible your installation has somehow become damage or perhaps the materials library has changed location? I would sugggest attempting a repair of your Revit installation and make sure you have access to the location where materials are stored.

Jeff Hanson
Sr. Subject Matter Expert
Autodesk Revit

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