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Bobby12

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Hi guys,

I tried to change anodised aluminium to a colour close to Black for my exterior walls. It seemed to work ok, it displays fine in Revit, until I render it - then it seems to be the original aluminium colour.

I have attached a few images of before and after rendering, and some properties. Let me know if you need more info. I am a beginner, so I might be overlooking something simple.

I am using Revit Architecture 2012.

Thanks in advance.

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You might try just using a black paint.

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Thanks for the reply. I just tried using paint on the walls; it didn't work - but I think I'm a little closer to the solution. You can see it renders a little differently. It might be a problem with a render setting, rather than a material setting.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks.

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Having done a few more experiments I found out that the problem occurs when I actually pick a custom colour. For example: picking another aluminium option "Metal - Aluminium" it showed as black and rendered black too. But when I tried to choose a slightly brighter colour, it rendered as the same grey shown above.

How should I go about choosing custom colours, because I seem to be doing it wrong?

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I had been changing the colour here, (see attached image) just below "Anodized Aluminium". Once I do this, changing from the material's default colour, it ruins everything.

This is the point at which things go wrong. Hope that helps.

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A lot of the solutions I find seem to be for an older version of Revit. They talk about a "Replace" button - but it doesn't seem to apply to 2012.

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Remember, you may call it aluminum, and you may have aluminum set properly in your materials, but if that material is not assigned to the element, it will be default grey.

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How could I check this? I have clicked on the wall > Edit Type > Edit Structure > clicked on the 15mm aluminium cladding material (I duplicated and edited earlier) on the exterior side of the wall > and I look through the tabs "Graphics" and "Appearance". I don't seem to see any conflict, but like I said, I am a beginner and it could be a simple mistake.

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