Global Material override for Linked Models

[KentBurns]

We are architects, we'll get models from MEP and Structure - neither of whom are really interested in rendering, so don't want to spend time setting appearance to their materials. Generally, we just want to override everything in these models to a single color so they aren't rendering as multicoloured in our views. 

The closest I've got where we are able to make a copy of their model (which already makes me uncomfortable) we can set up the phase filters as such to achieve it in our model.

To be able to apply a global override to a link for rendering would be ideal

[mmiller7E2DH]

any response to this from Autodesk?

[Ric_Weber]

Global override to a link....  sounds like being able to set object styles of the linked model to me.  Basically that would give us this capability.  Other ideas along this line have failed and been archived.  Let's all gather round and back this idea.  

[KentBurns]

Link Object styles overrides would be useful, but I think this idea is slightly adjacent - as object styles would only give you the ability for <By Category> settings. I sometimes just need to blanket make another consultants model (say the structure) white in a render. 

Though if you could select all rows and set to override whatever was set, that would achieve what I'm after, with greater flexiblity.

Thanks,

[mmiller7E2DH]

I agree,  being able to use object style to override elements in a linked model would work.  (selecting multiple lines seems easy enough and it gives you some flexibility)

Or, adding the ability to use filters to set render material would also work - we can override the graphics for line/patterns for elements in a linked model, why not just also add the column so you can use filters to set render material?

Key think is the ability to override regardless of how the engineering mode is setup, and without ever opening the engineer's model.  They have object styles as well as system overrides that might apply as i understand it.  As architects would never open and directly edit an engineering model and "copying it in" as Kent has resorted to do bogs down the architectural model and opens things up to confusion as the actual engineering models change. 

[KentBurns]

oh yah don't get me started on the hoops you have to jump through to override the graphic styles of MEP for an architectural drawing

[ctm_mka]

you mean this option which does not appear to do what we want i to....