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jbias1

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I'm not sure if there is already a thread out there for this so sorry if one exists (I tried looking...) I am new to modeling custom objects in Revit since everything I'm reading suggests not bringing in objects from Sketchup (and I've had problems in the past from doing this) and I have finally created my first model which is a table and I converted it into a display case since I can't seem to find a model similar to what I need. 

Heres the problem, with both familys when I try to add a material to just one object (the table top for example) it changes the legs to that material as well and same for my display case. How do I tell Revit to distinguish from the different elements and make them sepereate. Right now my entire display case is either glass or metal which for obvious reasons just doesnt work.  I tried selecthing one part at a time and it still assigns all the parts the same materials. I also tried adding material parameters to distinguish between them but all that does is change the name, and still applys the same matieral to the whole model. With my table I was able to select the top and make it wood, but once I attempted to add something to the legs it changed the whole model. Right now I have the wood top and legs with nothing assigned to them. 

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Check your family, you have the same material name to the top and the legs, edit your family, select the legs and create a new material parameter, then do the same to the top.

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