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OK, so I'm new to rendering, and I'm struggling a bit. I've tried changing the materials in a workstation cubicle component, but the panels refuse to render as anything but what look like the default material. I've tried changing the panel material through the Type Properties, and also editing the Family Types properties, but to no avail. I have changed the characteristics of the material originally assigned - "Textile - Light Gray" - with success, so I'm guessing that it's a general setting somewhere... This problem crops up with other components. Other objects can be changed without a problem...
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Well, upon further tinkering, I found that I could save component families that I changed with a new name. Then, after loading and inserting the new ones, I got the desired result, but this seems a very roundabout way of doing things.
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Hi,
You need to link the actual material of the object to the parametric material in order to be able to change it from within a project.
In the family:
Select one of the solids you wish to make the material parametric.
Go to its properties.
Where its material is located in the list, hit the button to the right of the actual material name. This enables you the ability to link the material to a parameter.
I believe this is the step you are missing.
This is covered in the revit tutorials so i'd suggest going over them as it explains this process more coherently than i do... 
HTH.
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You're fast! Anyway, I tried selecting the panels, but the option to change their material parameter was not available - it was defined as a family parameter, I guess. For some reason, even when I change it in the Family Types dialog, it comes back into the project as the original default value. Should I be changing the Familty Types within the main drawing, and not the workstation drawing? Anyway, I attached the irritating workstation family...
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Post-script: I think I've been looking at the inside view of these workstations, and for some reason those won't change visibility when I change the material. Oddly enough, though, the outside surfaces do display newly assigned materials - I just didn't have those in view before. So I guess it's a slightly less irritating model now ;-}
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Okay well it sounds as though your parameters are linked correctly at least. I can download the file as this stupid site is broken when it comes to downloading files for some reason... I've sent an email to the Revitcity guys but they must be on holidays or something. Either that or its the new web hosting server they are using?
Anyways, it sounds like you are updating your material in the project then reloading the family and expecting it to change the material in the project? Revit will not overwrite materials in a project with those from a family, it will only load in new materials. To get it to import the material from the family, delete the material in the project then reload the family.
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