I don't really use this workflow when creating families so I don't have much
experience but it sounds like the material definition is dropping from the
family when used in a project. When you are in the project can you see this
layer from the family in the object styles dialog? If so is the material
set correctly there? I would check to see if it is right in the project as
well as the family before import.
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Jeff Hanson
Autodesk - AEC User Experience Team
Manchester, NH
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For example: I export a solid green block from Sketchup as a dwg. Import
into Revit under CAD formats, origin to origin, preserve colors. The shading
remains green in the Revit family. I go to view properties of the object,
visibility/graphics overrides, imported categories, then object styles. the
block was imported under a single layer titled green. I change the material
of layer green, from the generic gray to a green material, save changes.
when i import this family into a project, all of the parameters remain the
same, under view properties it still shows the layer as rendering green, but
when i actually go to render, nothing but gray.