Page 1 of 2
Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 1:54 am
by JNDesign
Hi Paul
I am using the Revit Autodesk and AEC materials but when I open the the plugin, it doesn't seem to come thru.
FYI
I am say using wood flooring material from revit 14.
Any suggestions?
cheers
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:03 am
by face_off
What is the exact (include upper/lower case) name of the material pls and I will check.
Paul
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:34 am
by JNDesign
Hi Paul
It is "Wood Flooring"
refer attached
cheers
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:37 am
by JNDesign
Hi Paul
This is what the plugin shows
notice no maps etc
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:15 am
by face_off
Are you right. In Revit 2012/2013 that material was called "Wood - Flooring", so it looks like I missed it. I will update a patch in the next hour. You may need to "Reconvert from Revit" for that material to make sure the texturemaps get picked up.
Paul
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:19 am
by JNDesign
thanks Paul
It does miss alot of Revit 14 materials so I am hoping that the update will now fix this.
again many thanks for your prompt response.
cheers
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:23 am
by face_off
I thought I'd picked up all Revit 2014 materials in the original release, but it was a manual process so open to error. If you notice any other materials missing, pls let me know and I'll add them. Unfortunately there is not an automatic process to check.
The patch is uploaded, so you can re-download from the latest TEST build thread. I also found "Wood (Oak)" was missing, so added that.
Paul
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 3:40 am
by JNDesign
thanks Paul
its working now.
Will keep you updated if we find any missing.
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:47 am
by JNDesign
Hi Paul
Stainless Steel Polished isn't coming thru and also Chrome plated
Re: Revit Material not Converting
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:50 am
by face_off
"Metal - Stainless Steel,Polished" on my install of Revit doesn't have any texturemaps or bump maps. Same with "Steel, Chrome Plated". So neither would have any texturemaps to bring across in the conversion process.
For these metal materials, the Revit "Metal Type" is Chrome, and the Revit API unfortunately does not give access to this important information and therefore the plugin does not do a great job converting these materials. So once the "Steel, Chrome Plated" material has converted to an Octane Material, overwrite that material by loading one of the LiveDb Chrome materials, then "Save As Default". Then the next time you use "Steel, Chrome Plated" you'll get the LiveDb version (the local stored copy, not the cloud copy). The LiveDb metals will be much more realistic than any of the material definitions available in Revit.
Paul