topic Re: Material Library Assets Locked in Revit Architecture Forum

Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:05:50 GMT

I would like to use assets contained in assetlibrary_base.fbm. The image above displays that library in the material browser after I opened it, however nothing is accessible from the folder and it appears to be locked. I am using the Student Version.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

ToanDN — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 23:13:05 GMT

The OOTB material asset folder names are always locked but they are still accessible. But there is nothing inside the folder you show and that does not relate to the lock.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:01:26 GMT

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:21:00 GMT

Both you and Dr.Toan have succeeded in restating my problem.

However, why dont the assets in that library display in the browser.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

aRcHiTeCt.JM — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:50:26 GMT

.... you can try to reinstall it

.... or:

To load a material library

If the desired material library does not display in the Material Browser library list, you need to load that library. To load a material library, your computer must be able to locate and access the *.adsklib file that defines the library.

Click Manage tabSettings panel Materials.
In the Material Browser dialog, on the browser toolbar, click the drop-down menuOpen Existing Library.
Browse to and select the material library file (*.adsklib), and click Open.
The selected material library displays in the library list. Now you can copy materials from that library into your projects or into other user libraries.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:52:41 GMT

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Revit-material-browser-does-not-launch.html

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

aRcHiTeCt.JM — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:53:35 GMT

.... or how about his:

About Locked Libraries

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A locked material library is protected from having materials modified, added, or deleted from its contents. If you create a standard material library for use by several members of a project team, you can lock the library to prevent unwanted changes.

The method for locking a material library uses the Windows feature for creating a read-only file. To lock a material library, find the library file in the directory structure of your computer. The path to a library displays in a tooltip when you move the cursor over the library name in the Material Browser. All material library file names have the extension .adsklib.

To lock a material library, right-click the file in a Windows Explorer window, click Properties, and then select the Read-only attribute.

Properties dialog with lock control

If the library you locked is displayed in the Material Browser library list, the lock icon may not appear beside the library name until you remove that library from the list and then open (load) it again. You can do both operations with the browser toolbar menu.

Locked library

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Revit-Customize/files/GUID-F3D0212B-F6E9-4B1B-85EC-747184EBC4F3-htm.html

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:58:38 GMT

Those are exactly the steps I took to load the library. assetlibrary_base.adsklib was the file I chose. However the assetlibrary_base folder displays above the original AEC Materials with nothing in the window to the right.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

aRcHiTeCt.JM — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 01:03:02 GMT

.... then you need to download the library again and re-install it

... go to:

(this will work for any version) !!!!

Material library is part of the complete Revit installation package, you can u se alternative download methods, Download Now or Browser Download to download Autodesk software installer and proceed with the product installation after downloading the complete installation package.

(The following is based on 2017)
Alternatively, you can also use AVA (Autodesk Virtual Agent) to download the Revit 2017 installer as follows:

Launch AVA (Autodesk Virtual Agent).
Select Revit and 2017 in the lists, then click Next.
Select the operating system and language, then click Next.
Choose a download method and click the appropriate links to download.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 01:02:02 GMT

Thanks Julian! I'll give this a shot when I get home later.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 22:55:21 GMT

I uninstalled then installed again the Materials Librarys Regular and Advanced.

After successful installation, the assets will not display in the right window of the Materials Browser as before the reinstall.

I am using Revit 2019 and I seem to recall that I could load an additional materials library and the assets would be available for selection and addition to the current project. Has something changed in 2019 that prevents me from seeing the assets?

Thanks.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 22:58:42 GMT

Did you see the troubleshooting info I linked you to?

And, Yes; Big change to Materials in 2019. However, I don't think those changes would cause your issue.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:09:56 GMT

I did see your trouble shooting info and I have performed the first solution for reinstalling the materials libraries. I don't think the graphics card(second solution), is the problem because the Materials Browser works with the default AEC Materials library.

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:41:08 GMT

@geeroof wrote:
the assets will not display in the right window of the Materials Browser as before the reinstall.

No assets or just different format? There is a drop-down in both sections for formatting (e.g. Document Materiials, View Type, Sort, Thumbnail Size). Have you checked those settings?

BTW: is there an arrow next to the Library Folder now? Can you now expand the folder to see a list of the assets?

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:35:56 GMT

No assets. The right window displays "No Materials in this library"

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:46:42 GMT

Kinda back to square root one then. No Materials in Library. And you are sure there is, right? Couldn't have grabbed the wrong one by accident?

...can you drag and drop Materials to the Folder?

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

geeroof — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:48:56 GMT

No, I tried three different .adsklib files...
I found this regarding 2019 changes ....net Framework version 4.7 is now required. I checked and my version is 4.7.03056
http://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2019/ENU/?guid=GUID-ACA9203B-3B54-4DB6-99C7-4EED3498CDDA

Re: Material Library Assets Locked

barthbradley — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:58:41 GMT

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. The previous troubleshooting info I linked you to, actually suggested turning off Window feature .NET Framework in Step 4.

...still curious to know if you can drag and drop materials into the folder.