Save/export Material Library?

[m-de-lange]

The question has been asked a couple of times already but i haven't been able to find a proper answer.

Is it possible to export the material library to one single file from Revit?

According to the Autodesk Forums the file should be located on the C drive in \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\Materials\<product version>. However if i look into this folder there's like 100 files down there.

including multiple .adsklib  files but none of them are the library that i want to export..

Is there a way to do this?

Thank you!

[Ahmed_Muharram]

did you try transfer project standard?

[m-de-lange · Accepted solution]

Yes we knew that was an option but we'd still prefer to have the library saved as an .adsklib file.

However we figured out a way to do so for anyone interested.

In an existing project with a filled material library we created a new material library.

Revit then automatically asks you to save that file somewhere on your pc.

Next step is to load that empty library into an existing project that has the materials you want to copy inside the new library.

Once it's loaded, make sure the library panel is not hidden for a clearer workflow.

Right click onto a material and 'Add to' <new library name>.

It's now in the material library that's saved on your pc.

Do this for the rest of the materials to complete the library.

Hope it can help anyone in the future!

[Anonymous]

I have a question about the custom library.

when I add a material to the custom library  and I attribute to it the cutting and surface patterns. It works in the file that I work on. 

but once I open the library in another file I find the material but without the patterns.

I hope you can help me.

[Anonymous]

i know your question and obviously i have the same question like you, about how material library's pattern working on another Revit Project. But thinks more carefully, the fill patern  that u want to showup in another project by import your material library, basicly it's JUST belong to the first project that you create material Library throught it. So that's mean if you want all that fill pattern showup in your new project, you must transfer the Fill pattern from the fist to the new project. But beside, You can totally transfer all the materials too, not only the fill patern. So no need to transfer Fill pattern to only get that pattern. And that's why i think in Revit Material Library, the Fill pattern doesnt work anymore to bring it into another project. 

[WarrenRoberts]

I'm working with Revit 2024. After your explanation, I see how to do this. My question expands on this. I sometimes have projects with a lot of specialized materials. Adding them to the new library one-by-one will take quite a bit of time as well as require a whole lot of mouse clicking.

Is there a way to export all of the materials at one time? I've tried to hold down the shift key and, alternatively, the CTRL key, to see if I could select more than one material at a time (and then drag them to the new library) but I have so far been unable to select more than one material at a time.

[m-de-lange]

Hi Warren, I never came back to you since i've posted this.

As of yet, i haven't found a better method to put materials in the library.

Instead of right clicking each material and 'adding' them to the library you can also simply drag the materials to the new library at the bottom of the window. This is quite a lot faster but still requires you to add each material individually.

Sadly Revit developers don't know about shift/click methods..

[MabelPlasencia]

Hi, 

Where can I find the path to locate the newly created library of materials as you described? I would like to share this library to be used on another project

[fabiosato]

Hello,

When you create a personal library, you must select the folder location.