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    What's the best way to apply revit materials to DWG import in Revit family? See attached.
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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Object styles/imported objects.

    If your dwg imports have multiple layers, you will be able to assign a material to each layer.

    I have a collection of kitchen cabinets downloaded from a major manufacturer that are all dwg, yet I have been able to assign materials and render them effectively in Revit.

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    You mentioned "Object styles/imported objects"...
    That's the setting you can modify in Revit or in AutoCAD?

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    In Revit.......

    click on MANAGE
    then OBJECT STYLES
    then IMPORTED OBJECTS

    Of course, you have to have previously imported some dwg files. The example I mentioned was kitchen cabinets, but many manufacturers that haven't caught up to offering rfa files DO have dwg files available. Plumbing fixtures are another example.

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Cool. I will give it a try. Thanks.

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Here's an example. The stove and the cabinets were downloaded from their manufacturers in dwg format. The cabinets are paint finish, the stove stainless.
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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Is that a straight Revit rendering? It's nice.

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Yes -- view/render/best quality.

    Warning: You sound like you're trying rendering for the first time. Renderings like the one I posted perform trillions of calculations and therefore take a very, very long time to execute, depending on the complexity. The rendering you see here took about 44 straight hours on a 64 bit machine in Revit 2011. Start out at low or draft quality to test what results you can expect. You will not be able to get results you see here every day of the week!

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Quote Originally Posted by diesellam View Post
    What's the best way to apply revit materials to DWG import in Revit family? See attached.
    Just as another bit of input. Make sure all the colors in the CAD file are "bylayer", not overridden (forced) in Autocad, otherwise this above will not work.
    Best regards,

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    Default Re: apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

    Correct me if I'm uninformed (I hate being wrong ) but this only applies to the rendered appearance of the material and materiality will only appear in rendered or 'realistic' views. Surface patterns and cut patterns cannot be applied to imported geometry.

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