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[JNDesign]

Hi Paul
As octane plugin doesn't work in families , any suggestions as to how I can make families render ready to used in various projects?
Ie
At the moment I bring them in the project , tweak materials etc but then for another project I have do the same all over again
Any suggestions

[face_off]

If you "Save as Default" the materials used by the family object, it should pick up that tweaked Octane material the next time you load that family object into a scene. The only consideration is if a family object uses a common Revit material and you want it to have a specific look. In that case, in the family editor, create a new Revit material and assign it to the family object, then tweak as Save as Default as per normal.

Paul

[JNDesign]

Ok thanks Paul

[Sauger]

Thanks 2, I use Archicad a lot lately, but Revit need what you do.
If can figure out the copy thing (copy proxy´s) it would help 2, I not need it since diversed, but Reviters are a bit addictive to effectiveness lol.

[scottbroad]

It works quite well outputting the family as an OBJ, getting the OBJ looking how you want it, then selecting the family in the project and applying the OBJ as a proxy.

The proxy isn't always showing in the exact same position. Paul, is there any chance of adding a translation (movement) option to the Geometric Proxy Details panel alongside rotation and scale, to make the adjustments needed?

[face_off]

The proxy isn't always showing in the exact same position. Paul, is there any chance of adding a translation (movement) option to the Geometric Proxy Details panel alongside rotation and scale, to make the adjustments needed?

Hi Clive

This could potentially be done. But the core of the issue is setting the origin on the OBJ to match the family origin. I wonder if there is an export option to help with this?

Paul

[scottbroad]

Thanks for replying Paul. It's only a small discrepancy, I will test my export code some more ...

[face_off]

Adding a slider to offset the position a little is trivial, but saving that slider into the Revit scene save file is not. The way Revit works is if I add the new offset field to the proxy data that is saved to the rvt file - the save "format" will need a new unique ID, and therefore you will loose you old scene's proxy data. There are workarounds, but it makes a simple changed what complex.

Paul

[scottbroad]

That's fine Paul.

It looks like it's down to Revit and it's chosen export origin. You're right that the best solution is to load and adjust the OBJ to match the origin shown in the Revit Family editor. Then the job is done for any future proxy substitution ...