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Dafpfy

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Hi,

In Revit 2013 i have an issue when i go to objectstyles / select a style to apply a material / select a material in the

material library / click ok,

and the material doenst apply itself to the object style,

Is this just with me or is it a rac 2013 problem?

any solutions?

Kind regards,

D.

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teafoe5

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Have you tried changing the material of the actual object in its properties?

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dgcad

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I agree. I seldom use an Object Style to control a material (although you can and it depends on the 'Catergory').

Manage the material at the element / family  level. Changing the material of the object style changes the material of all elements of that 'Category' which is not usually a good thing.

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TKennedy

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The OS assigned material only affects families without assigned materials, it's basically just there to assign a default material for a category. If there is a material assigned inside the family, that's what will be used.

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Dafpfy

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TKennedy is correct and that is what i am using it for.

so anyone else have trouble applying materials in objectstyles?

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Dafpfy,

I don't usual change the defaults so I tried this in 13 on a default wall and did not have a problem.  Perhaps what you are trying to change is in a different category or defined differently in the family.

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BTW

I don't know why AutoDESK had to screw around with this process.  They sure made the material library harder to use.  Those darn AutoCAD programmers again!

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