I've created an Autodesk Material Library (mylibrary.adsklib) in Revit 2013 and when I load the materials in a new project, the surface pattern and the cut pattern that I've assigned in the material library to my custom materials are missing. Is there any way to fix that?
The Surface Pattern is an element and saved in the project, and it's not part of the CM Library, so you can not save it in the material library.
The workaround for this issue is:
1. Open the file with the custom pattern you created.
2. Open the file you want this pattern to be used
3. Use the "transfer project standards" to transfer the material
4. Open the custom adsklib (materiallib)
5. Transfer the material to the current project
As it stands this is how Revit functions by default; however the default behavior and the workaround is not always ideal or obvious to the user, so I am including the following link. It is setup for you to submit feature requests, or feedback, directly to our development team:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=1109794
I encourage you to use the feedback link as our Development group is always interested and would like to hear your feedback directly, since you are better suited to state the business case for a feature request.
I have also notified the development team you have also reported this behavior.
I tried the above workaround and it is not working for me.
The custom pattern is in my project and even then when I import the material from the library it comes up with no pattern.
You will have to delete the pattern in the current project first them import if I remeber correctly. If not it will use the currrent pattern even if you ry to replace it.
Dear,Now I have occured the same problem about this subject.But I also didn't find a best way to solve this problem so that I could manage myself materials libiary efficiently.It's a big and headache problem for revit users.
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In Revit 2017 it seems the patterns are being saved in the library (applause for Autodesk).
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