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MrsT

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Hi all,

I'm tired of creating new materials in my families and then having to create them with the same name in my projects.

There must be an easier way!

I end up with too many of the same type with different names.

 Thanks,

Tania

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When you load a family into a project the materials in that family automatically get created in the project.  The only time they don't is if the famliy has already been loaded into the project.

I tend not to apply materials for families in the family.  I load them into a project that has all the materials i want.  Then edit the family type and select the materials i want for each part of the family.  Then I edit family from within the project.  The materials assigned to that family are they embedded into the family.  You can then overwrite the family in your library.

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MrsT

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Cool. But also........

Why don't the Accurender materials show up in the new families editor? Is there a setting that I haven't yet found?

Cheers,

Tania

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