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Add custom material library to package Revit install

lshannonEQEBT — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:33:47 GMT

Hello all,

We will be finally upgrading our office to 2021, and I would like to make sure that all copies of it on all of our computers have my new custom material library already linked so they can all find and use our specific materials instead of the old standard ones that you cannot turn off. Is there a way to do this?

Re: Add custom material library to package Revit install

barthbradley — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:47:48 GMT

Go to Materials Browser and Open Existing Library. I would put your custom adsklib and supporting Mats in the same location as the OOTB adsklib and Mats though.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/Revit-Customize/files/GUID-2C433EBB-0FC9-410B-B0F4-4B022ADC7DC7-htm.html

Re: Add custom material library to package Revit install

lshannonEQEBT — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:49:02 GMT

@barthbradley

Yeha, I could do that, but I would like to not have to log into all 60 computers and do that for each person. Is there a setting in the Revit.ini file that I could have the link called out in? I will be putting the material library (and the linked materials) on our network drive where only a few of us have permission to edit files so they don't get changed accidentally.