Material Direction on a Blend

[Anonymous]

I am drawing a coffee shop with exterior seating.  The roofs are supported by wood columns.  At the base of the columns there is a 4' tall concrete pedestal with an ashlar veneer.  This pedestal tapers from 2 ft square at the base to 15" square at the top.  I modeled this using a blend.  Pretty simple.  However, when I add an ashlar material to it, the direction of the material changes on each side.  How do I correct this?

[SteveKStafford]

I wrote about my observations on my blog, using a void to influence material pattern orientation.

[martinTstewart_Adsk]

Hi Beau,

Welcome to the Revit Forum.

Did's Steve's response above and blog post cover your question? If so, please hit "Accept as Solution".

If more assistance is needed, please post an image or two showing your issue.

[Anonymous]

I usually create a "rotated" version of my primary material with the image map rotated 90 degrees that I can paint on as needed.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your reply, but I don't think that this helps.  I have neither voids nor sweeps in my model.

[barthbradley]

Model Pattern?  How about just rotating the surface pattern on those faces? If it's a Model Pattern, you can tab select line elements in the Model Pattern. Select one and then use Rotate Tool to rotate it 90 degrees - or whatever.  

Ah, Realistic! That won't work. You need another material with a rotated image. 

[Anonymous]

I made this as a column base family.  The material is one of the parameters.  It is drawn as a flex blend shape.  If I make the top & base dimensions the same, the ashlar pattern maps correctly (parallel to the deck).  But if I change the top of the blend to a dimension different from the base, then on two sides of the blend, the ashlar pattern is parallel to the deck; on the other two sides the ashlar pattern is perpendicular to the deck.

The image applied is the "Limestone - Ashlar Coursed" from the Revit 2019 material browser.

[barthbradley]

Paint the face.

...per @Anonymous's suggestion

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

I added a small rectangular void at the base of my mockup family, fixes the orientation.

[Anonymous]

How do I paint the face?

[martinTstewart_Adsk]

Apply a Material to the Face of an Element

[Anonymous]

Hey!  The void absolutely worked.  Thank you very much.