rendering...

[ntnik]

i made a generic model to use for a door...its a big barn door, i rendered it in the model and it was a generic grey color so i went and changed the material to a stained wood...saved it and reloaded it....the changes did not seem to take affect, then after i changed the site to a bermuda grass the doors changed to bermuda grass...any ideas????

[brethomp]

The materials in the project override the materials in the family. You will need to change the material settings in the project.

My guess for why your door and site are getting the same material, is probably because you used the "Default" material for both objects. In your project setup unique material names for each object.

[ntnik]

you were right, thanks

[mthurnauer]

I think for something like a barn door you will want to make a material parameter in the family for the door slab and additional material parameters for other exposed surfaces. You can then control the material settings of the element from within the project.