Check Painted Elements

Check Painted Elements finds elements whose faces carry applied paint and gives you two ways to deal with them. It reads the active 3D view's geometry, testing every solid face for paint, then opens a choice dialog: isolate the affected elements in the current view, or apply a graphic highlight that paints only the painted faces with a dedicated highlight material so they stand out. It works on the active view without creating or modifying any view, and the original face paint is remembered so Reset Painted Elements can restore it exactly.

1. Activate the 3D view you want to audit — both actions read that view's geometry and require a 3D view, so the button is greyed out on plans, sections, and elevations.
2. In the B45 Labs | Coordination tab, open the Model Management panel and click Check Painted Elements (the default action of the Painted Elements split button).
3. The tool scans the active view for painted faces. If none exist it reports "No painted faces were found" and stops.
4. Choose a procedure in the dialog: "Isolate these elements in this view" applies Temporary Isolate to the painted elements, or "Apply graphic highlight" paints only the affected faces with a highlight material.
5. If you chose highlight and any painted faces sit inside groups, decide whether to "Ungroup affected groups and continue" or "Continue (ignore grouped elements)" — Revit blocks face-paint edits on group members outside Edit Group.
6. Revit switches to the 3D view showing the isolated or highlighted result; run Reset Painted Elements from the same split button to undo the highlight.

• Isolate is fully non-destructive — reach for it when you only need to see which elements carry paint, and use Revit's Show All to clear it.
• The highlight remembers the original paint on each face before overwriting it, so Reset Painted Elements puts everything back to exactly what was there.
• A section box or scope box does not block the scan — you get an advisory and the command continues, so you can audit a cropped area.