Linked IFC - Change Material

[and.magro]

Hello,

Is it possible to change the material of an imported/linked IFC file?

I can use "Bind Link" → "Edit Group" → "Ungroup" and manually override the color of the element, but this is not the desired solution since I would need to do this in every view.

I already created a Project Parameter, changed the Material, but it did not affect the element.

BTW, sometimes "strange" (duplicate, new elements, etc) things happen to the geometry when using "Bind Link."

Thanks

[and.magro]

Three days without any answer!

Is the layoff already taking effect?

[RDAOU]

@and.magro 

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[and.magro]

@ToanDN 
Little help here please.

Thanks

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You need to open the IFC, change materials, then save it as RVT and link the RVT.

[RDAOU · Accepted solution]

IFC components in general, and those from different software in particular, are Direct Shapes. IE: The material they came with is not editable. 

To re-assign a material to a Direct Shape, it would need to be recreated as a native revit element

[TripleM-Dev.net · Accepted solution]

Best bet is to open the IFC in revit to convert to RVT and not link+bind.

As @ToanDN post.

When a IFC is linked revit creates directshapes (and maybe materials for it, depending the IFC). The directshapes are ReadOnly object. If a material was added to it, that can be edited but no easy way of knowing which.

When a IFC is opened revit will try to create native revit object from it. mind you it depends on the the ifc and how the source editor made it. It still could be un-editable (if it was a 3D dwg import)

- Michel