apply material to imported DWG in Revit family

[diesellam]

What's the best way to apply revit materials to DWG import in Revit family? See attached.

[MikeJarosz]

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.

[diesellam]

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

[MikeJarosz]

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.

[diesellam]

Cool. I will give it a try. Thanks.

[MikeJarosz]

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.

[greg.mcdowell]

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

[MikeJarosz]

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!

[Teresa.Martin]

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,

[Dimitri Harvalias]

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.

[MikeJarosz]

My little kitchen project (see above) has taught me a few things about Revit rendering and you have confirmed one of them. Assigning materials to objects won't make materials visible in all views, only in realistic, and even then, not very well. Materials seem to be intended for high resolution rendering only. The kitchen counters are black granite. In close-up, on a high resolution rendering, they look great.

Surface patterns can be applied to imported objects. The stove and cabinets are dwg files. (Manage/object styles). Cut objects, I'm not sure.

Don't worry about being wrong. I have been, and I was clobbered from around the world. You are not allowed to have a bad hair day on AUGI.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

You are not allowed to have a bad hair day on AUGI.
I find they only hurt the ones they love Mike:lol: All in good fun.
Besides, when you look like Dianna Rigg in her prime people can be a lot more forgiving ;)

[MikeJarosz]

Dianna Rigg in her prime

Diana today......

[jubius772931]

I signed up for AUGI just to thank you for this tidbit of information! Thank you...it saved me a lot of trouble and hassle.