topic Re: Family Materials not showing correctly in Revit Architecture Forum

Family Materials not showing correctly

ahowell7ESTX — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:16:09 GMT

Hi guys,

I'm having trouble with a planter box family I put together which is not showing materials correctly. The plant part I did not create originally, but I added to a new family with planter box.

The material on the leaves shows up correctly in one project (model 1), but not in the other where it appears wireframe (model 2) and I can't figure out why, any pointers? I'm assuming that this is related to project settings rather than the family since it shows up correctly in one but not the other.

Thanks.

Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

ennujozlagam — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:02:43 GMT

you need to assign materials in project 2. thanks

Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

ahowell7ESTX — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:52:25 GMT

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious here, what do you mean by "assign materials"? In this particular family there is no parameter which allows me to apply materials in the project file.

Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

barthbradley — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:19:42 GMT

It could be a corrupted View. It happens. Recreate the View where the leaves are transparent and see if that resolves the issue.

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Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

ToanDN — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 22:06:05 GMT

One is Realistic, the other is Shaded. Check the leaf material's Appearance Tab and make sure it is configured correctly (i.e. with a color/texture/bump and not 100% transparent).

Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

RDAOU — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:52:55 GMT

@ahowell7ESTX

If you have downloaded the plants from a site like BimObject or similar than those plants are most likely Directshapes (non-native Revit objects). Check the the visibility settings of the Direct Shapes in plants family.

Usually such families display the direct shapes when view is set to FINE...when view is medium of coarse the shapes are hidden and model lines or detail lines are displayed instead => the wireframe look you have in image 1

Re: Family Materials not showing correctly

ahowell7ESTX — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:05:44 GMT

Thanks for the help guys, seems to have been a corrupted view alright. Recreating it showed materials up correctly!