Change colour of surface imported CAD parts in project?

[Anonymous]

I can’t get imported CAD models to change color. I have a Revit Generic Model family in which I have imported a 3D CAD file through Insert > Import CAD. I'd like to change the surface colour, not override graphics, but the colour of surfaces of the attached component so what i'd like to do is change the colour from gray to red. What am I supposed to do?

In the attachmens there is the rfa file and the rvt file. Obvioursy i want to change the colour in the PROJECT, not in the family.

Thank you

[Erense · Accepted solution]

You can create a filter:

Example:
Filtername -> Pump color
only applies to Mechanical Equipment.

The Rule is Mechanical Equipement where the Family name 'equals' 'PUMP' 

Place the Filter on top of other filters.

You must change the color/pattern override for that view/filter.

Use this filter in every view you want to have this shown.

Does this work for you?

[Anonymous]

Thank you. This solution works pretty well. Can i ask you just one more thing if you have time?  How can i change the material or apply materials to imported cad part?

[Erense]

This is hard to do (for me).

Because your pump is part of a pipingsystem this pipingsystem takes over the material colouring.

You can edit the pump as much as you want with materials but whenever its connected into a piping system is becomes black in your project. (material = Materiale per il rendering 255-255-255)

When i insert my own pump-family it also becomes completely black.
Only changing the System type from 'pipe generic' to any other gives me the correct colors. Your pump still is grey.
Best way is to Change the materials inside AutoCAD and than import into Revit. This because the imported parts cannot all be exploded to be used and be given materials in revit.

May someone else can help with this.

[Anonymous]

thank you man, apprecciate your help!

[Anonymous]

I’ve recently had to work through this exact issue with an imported CAD item from Autocad, and it always shows up black in Revit. I did go back through Autocad, assigned new layers (to make it easier, i put everything on a new layer called ‘GREY’, then i used the MATERIALASSIGN , MATERIALMAP commands). This gets a bit complex, especially if you have an existing Family in Revit, as it means you need to recreate the whole CAD file in Autocad, re-import back into a Revit family and then re-load it into your model. It does work, though, i managed to get the item to turn Grey in Revit.

A colleague then showed me a better way. Open Visibility/ Graphics in the Revit family, then Click ‘Object Styles’ at the bottom. Then select the ‘Imported Objects’ tab top right. Locate the ‘Imports in Families’ section and find the relevant layers for your object within the Family. Click in the ‘Material’ column and update this with a new item selection under the “Appearance” tab. 

Then, reload the Revit family back into your destination model. You’ll most likely need to repeat this above process quickly in the destination model, as it will still have the old material settings for that Imported Object- so repeat the step listed above and assign a new material under object styles.

This worked for me, and had the advantage of not having to go into Autocad to update this.

Apologies for the poor quality images.