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Rakesh

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I wanted to get more materials for my library, I am not quite happy with the pre loaded materials... How can get them?

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ArchiN00B

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Make your own.  It will be more rewarding in the end and they won't look like every other rendering out there using the free ones floating on the internet.  Example: grass.  How often do you need a good grass texture?  Just go take a really HQ picture from a ladder of a lush lawn and use it with a good bump map setting.  Repeat for other textures you need.  

If none of that makes sense, just buy a pack out there and save a lot of time.  Also, maxwell redering resources has a ton of great free materials...you just have to sign up.  Some of them are maxwell-only files and some are jpegs you can use in Revit.

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ArchiN00B

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P.S., in Mr. Spot's words at the top of the forum

Hi Everyone,

 Please note, the Tips and Tricks section is not meant for posting questions.  This is used for people to post tips and tricks they have discovered or utilise.

If you have a question and you can't find a tips and tricks answer, then please post it in Technical Issues.

Kind Regards.

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mbsteve

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www.cgtextures.com is a pretty good internet source for textures, getting your own is nice but sometimes hard to find what you want.

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ArchiN00B

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Wow, that place is awesome.  Thanks.

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