Hi, I could really use your help. I got this light fixture family but it looks completely different when I place it then what it should look like. it should look like the fixture in the properties panel but it looks like a block.
light fixture looks different when placed
The problem is that the Materials are not assigned to a Family Parameter that you can modify in the Project. They are set to BYCATEGORY, which is assigned through Object Styles in the Project. Not good. Associate the Geometry's Material Parameter to a Family Parametry (e.g. "Body Material") and then you can associate any Project Material to that Family Parameter/Geometry (via it's TYPE Properties) in the Project. Get it?
Note: You can also transfer these Materials that came with the family to your Project via Transfer Project Standards. Make sure you do not have similarly named Materials in your Project before transferring. This could cause problems.
Accepted solution
The lighting family has different levels of detail. In a coarse of medium level view, it will appear as the profil in plan but simply extruded. At a high level of detail, the curved surface version is displayed.
Just change the detail level of your view to high.
-luc
