Materials Takeoff

[anarie]

I've created a materials takeoff, and I realized that the quantities for my custom materials in an assembly are present, but the name of the material doesn't show up. So any of the standard Revit materials that I used to create a wall, maybe cast-in-place concrete for example, are listed with the name of the material then the area and volume. But with my custom materials, I have the area and volume, but not the name. Does anyone know what's going on here and how to fix it? Thanks!

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

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@anariewrote:

I've created a materials takeoff, and I realized that the quantities for my custom materials in an assembly are present, but the name of the material doesn't show up. So any of the standard Revit materials that I used to create a wall, maybe cast-in-place concrete for example, are listed with the name of the material then the area and volume. But with my custom materials, I have the area and volume, but not the name. Does anyone know what's going on here and how to fix it? Thanks!

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You haven't named your custom materials is my guess. What is the parameter field name (for the column it's blank in) ?  Is that parameter field in your custom material filled in? 

[anarie]

I didn't realize there was a second place to name my material, but that was definitely it. Thank you!