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I'm having an annoying (and apparently common) problem when importing a sketchup file in to revit. I cannot get more than one material to apply to an imported sketchup object! I set one material per layer to the object when still in sketchup, but when I import it into Revit and query the various surfaces, everying is reverted to the "default" layer. I can apply a material to the "default" layer in the object styles menu, but since all surfaces are locked to that layer I can't change any surfaces independently of that! Super frustrating, any advice? using revit 2010
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Go to Settings-->Materials....and there you can change all the materials you want, and as an advice, change their names i.e. Render Material ### to whatever other name you want....
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"Go to Settings-->Materials....and there you can change all the materials you want, and as an advice, change their names i.e. Render Material ### to whatever other name you want...."
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Well, export the model to DWG, import the model in REVIT and check...
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"Go to Settings-->Materials....and there you can change all the materials you want, and as an advice, change their names i.e. Render Material ### to whatever other name you want...."
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Well since I'm not using Sketchup Pro I don't belive I can export to DWG. I'm speaking of a direct import from SketchUp to Revit. This shouldn't be complicated, but it seems like theres very few who know how...
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Put here the model to download.
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Unfortunately, I have about 10 fixtures from sketchup, so it might not be practicle for you to convert all of them into DWGs, but this will be a worth while experiment. I'm not doubting that the imported layers will work from a DWG; that seems to be the general concensus on RC. What I haven't seen is any good explenation of how to keep layers alive from a direct sketchup to revit import. Thanks very much for the help guys, I appreciate it.
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You have ONLY ONE "material/color" in that object, that's why.... Also, it's so easy to create this in Revit, why don't you do that?
Edited on: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:10:17 PM
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sorry wrong file. that one is old and unmodified. here's an updated fixture, with multiple layer/render colors. go ahead and try the query tool in revit and you tool will see that all planes have been shifted to the "default" layer, despite being seperated when in sketchup.
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And BTW, these fixtures were given to me for use in several projects, and I didn't plan on reconstructing 120 of them in Revit. Thats why...
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Like you can see, there are two "Render ####" material in that model, so now i can change them... Also if you search in the forum you will find lots of thread like this one in the past: http://www.revitcity.com/forums.php?action=viewthread&thread_id=15792
Edited on: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:33:27 PM
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did you export the file as a dwg before you brough it in to revit? if you did, how do you accomplish this via a straight import from sketchup to revit?
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" You have ONLY ONE "material/color" in that object, that's why.... Also, it's so easy to create this in Revit, why don't you do that? Edited on: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:10:17 PM" maybe he hates modeling in revit like i do. lol i would do it in AutoCAD and import it to Revit 
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"did you export the file as a dwg before you brough it in to revit?" - YES about the second question check the HELP menu, i think this anwser your question... That's why i ALWAYS import the model to CAD to "arrange" the model because i don't know how it is... again: "if you search in the forum you will find lots of thread like this one"
Edited on: Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 3:16:19 PM
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