One colour map, four material schemes

The input is one image: a 3D view you already have, with every surface flooded in a flat colour standing for what it is. No shadows, no textures, no material names.

It is a Visibility/Graphics job, not a plugin. Open the 3D view, open VG, give each model category a solid projection surface pattern in its own colour, keep the outlines on, export. Save it as a view template and the next view takes one click.

Install the Revit MCP server from
https://github.com/mcp-servers-for-revit/mcp-server-for-revit-python
for use with Claude Desktop on Windows. Specifically:

1. Clone the repo into %APPDATA%\pyRevit\Extensions, renaming the
   folder to end in ".extension" (per the repo's manual
   installation instructions).
2. Install uv if it isn't already on PATH.
3. Find my claude_desktop_config.json and add a "Revit Connector"
   entry to mcpServers, pointing at the main.py inside the cloned
   repo, using uv to run it (see the repo README's "Connecting to
   Claude Desktop" section for the exact JSON shape).
4. Tell me when it's done and what I still need to do manually
   inside Revit (enabling pyRevit Routes, adding the extension as
   a Custom Extension, and restarting Claude Desktop). Those steps
   need the Revit and Claude Desktop UI, so don't try to automate
   them.

Take my current 3D view and make a flat colour-coded copy.

1. Duplicate the view, name it CMAP_<view name>, clear its
   view template.
2. Display style flat: no shadows, no textures.
3. Give every visible model category a solid-fill surface
   override in its own distinct colour. Keep outlines on.
4. Export a PNG, 3200px on the long side.
5. Tell me which colour you gave each category.

Do not touch the original view, and do not save the document.

In ChatGPT, connect Higgsfield once under Plugins and authorise it. From then on the same conversation can propose a direction, render the still, and drive the video model.

The obvious move is to write the material scheme into the prompt. The better move is to make the model propose several and show them. Comparing two pictures takes a second, comparing two paragraphs takes a meeting. Drop the map in with this:

Analyze this architectural color map. Suggest suitable material
directions with visual references. For each material direction,
you must include image references at least 2 per option that are
displayed directly in this chat so I can compare them visually
right away, not just text descriptions or external links.

Let me choose one first. Then ask me about mood and camera
movement. Based on my answers, recommend the best Higgsfield
video model.

Preserve the original architecture, proportions, and geometry.

Displayed directly in this chat stops the answer being a mood board you have to go and find. Let me choose one first puts a human decision between the options and the render. The mood and camera question comes back as a short multiple choice, and the model then names its own recommendation: Seedance 2.5 in omni-reference mode, 3 to 6 seconds, 1080p, slow stabilised forward walk.

The geometry holds. Every wall, cabinet, shelf edge and opening lands where the map put it. Only the finishes move.

Bare stainless

white plaster · grey concrete

Oxblood + brass

cream zellige · pale terrazzo

Off-white + chrome

white porcelain · grey terrazzo

Navy + nickel

white brick tile · black slate

Four schemes for this kitchen took about twelve minutes and two credits each. Nothing was modelled twice and no view was re-exported. Side by side the plan is identical in all four, which is the part a client can judge from. It is most useful where a decision is still open:

Stone + bronze

limestone porcelain · bronze rail · oak

Oak panelling

greige plaster · warm grey tile

Carpet

grey loop pile · white balustrade

The still becomes a clip in the same chat. A five-second walk holds if the direction you are travelling still has something in it to look at. A galley with a window at the end survives, a tilt that takes the handrail out of frame does not.

You could paste the ordinary Revit view instead, and people do. A shaded screenshot is a picture with lighting, materials and depth cues already in it, and the model reads all of that as suggestion, so it reinterprets and the geometry drifts. A flat colour map has nothing to argue with. It is a drawing with regions, and the model does the one job left: fill each region in.