Curtain wall frames surface override not responding?

[Nicholas Jones]

Hello Sirs, I hope this post finds you well.

Why are my curtain wall frames refusing to override their surfaces? They show as silver even though I want them in pale jade, this has never occurred to us before.

All the mullions, transom and boundary frames are using the same frame element saved as a favourite, based on the built in frame. 

If I get the surface painter out and hover over the frames with pale jade selected, it will briefly change colour but won't apply it. 

Even if I disable override surface and change the material to something like insulation,  the surface still won't change.

I feel like I'm missing something obvious here.

Anyway, thanks for your help In advance. 

[Nicholas Jones]

 

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[Nicholas Jones · Accepted solution]

Ok, found the solution

For some reason the 'frame component settings' was deactivated in the tool settings work environment.