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Hi, I am using Revit 2009 and am trying to change the rendering materials on a component that I downloaded that appears to have been created in autoCAD. I've tried everything to get it to change. I did a partial explode in revit, then changed the course poche material...I also right clicked and clicked on view properties, then edit, visibilities and graphics override, object styles, and then changed the material there. It WILL NOT change. I'm going out of my mind trying to figure this out and would REALLY appreciate it if anyone knows anything about changing the materials of a dwg component in Revit and can help me out. Just to clarify, it is saved as an .rfa file, but was originally done as a dwg (at least I'm pretty sure). Thank you!
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There are thousands of threads around this topic here, but in order to make your life easier, here some of them... http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=14101 http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=15792 "I did a partial explode in revit", NEVER do that.....
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In the family, under object styles see what material each layer has been assigned. Most likely it will be associated materials such as "Render Material 000-000-000" or something similar. You could then modify these materials to appear as you like or reassociate the object style to a different material. However, that does mean the the DWG had to be correctly setup layer wise to begin with in AutoCAD. Remember, if this family is already loaded into your project changes to any materials in the family will not follow into the project. You would need to modify them directly in the project in that case. As a general rule try to avoid using DWG files in families, they should generally be remodelled as revit solids. HTH.
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Thank you!! I got part of it to change by changing the layer....but there's only ONE layer and the other part of the component still won't change. So if there's no other layer TO change....the other probaly WON'T change...will it..? :/
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Thank you!! I got part of it to change by changing the layer....but there's only ONE layer and the other part of the component still won't change. So if there's no other layer TO change....the other probaly WON'T change...will it..? :/
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"I got part of it to change by changing the layer....but there's only ONE layer and the other part of the component still won't change.".... If you read the threads Typhoon and I posted before, you will see that we ALWAYS recommend to verify the materials in Settings-->Materials... why?, because most of the DWG families were made from SU models and most of the SU users do NOT use ( maybe because of the time) or FORGET to use layers. That's why Mr.Spot said this:"However, that does mean the the DWG had to be correctly setup layer wise to begin with in AutoCAD."
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" "I got part of it to change by changing the layer....but there's only ONE layer and the other part of the component still won't change.".... If you read the threads Typhoon and I posted before, you will see that we ALWAYS recommend to verify the materials in Settings-->Materials... why?, because most of the DWG families were made from SU models and most of the SU users do NOT use ( maybe because of the time) or FORGET to use layers. That's why Mr.Spot said this:"However, that does mean the the DWG had to be correctly setup layer wise to begin with in AutoCAD." "
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