Duplicating a Material and its assets:
It is important to know how to properly duplicate a Material in your model so you do not
unintentionally affect another Material.
If you Duplicate a Material in your model, the Appearance Asset will be associated to
the new Material AND the Material you copied it from! For
example, in Figure 4-2.18, we will right-click on Carpet (1) and
duplicate it. Before we duplicate it, notice the Appearance Asset named “RED” is not shared (arrow #3 Figure 4-2.18).
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Figure
4-2.18 Duplicating
a material
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Once you have duplicated a Material,
notice the two carpet materials, in this example, now indicate they both share
the same Appearance Asset. Changing
one will affect the other. Click the Duplicate
this asset icon in the upper right (Figure 4-2.19).
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Figure
4-2.19 Duplicating
an asset
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Finally,
when the Appearance Asset has been
duplicated (Figure 4-2.20), you can expand the information section and rename
the asset. You can now make changes to this material without affecting other
materials. This applies to all assets in a Material.
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Figure
4-2.20 Renaming
an asset
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Related Revit Idea submission:
It would be helpful if Revit offered multiple 'Duplicate' options, similar to the options presented when duplicating a view via a right-click in the Project Browser. For example, Duplicate Material and Appearance Asset. Check out this Revit Idea here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/duplicate-material-and-assets/idi-p/6721594.