Additional Materials in Revit

By Garry Stockton

On a recent training course, a user wasn’t aware that you can add additional materials to a project. If you are relatively new to the application, it may not be obvious that you can access new material content. This is because Autodesk preloads a few of the material, then stores the other materials in an Asset Browser library.

Solution:

1. Click the Manage tab on the Revit ribbon.
2. From Settings pallet, click Materials.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the ball with a plus sign and select Create New Material.
   
   
   
   
4. Select the Asset Browser button which can be found to the lower left of the material dialog box.

5. Double click Autodesk Physical Assets.
   
   
   
   

6. Click on a material (example-Ceramic).

7. The material will appear to the right.

8. Double click on the material that you would like. It will appear in the new material that you made.