{"id":1784,"date":"2019-08-10T19:59:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T19:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2019-08-10T20:04:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T20:04:30","slug":"materials-and-shared-appearance-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/?p=1784&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Materials and shared appearance assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Small explanation on the duplication of materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Lets build a wall with a certain material, called \u201cMaterial 1\u201d. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"501\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-1-1024x501.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-1-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-1-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-1-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-1.png 1370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> When you duplicate the material (using contextual menu) to \u201cMaterial 2\u201d, it copies all material settings. You will see a sharing symbol (the hand) with the number of materials that also use the same render appearance as this selected one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter has-subtle-light-gray-background-color has-background is-style-stripes\"><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"531\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-2.png 382w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-2-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" style=\"width: 600px;\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-3.png 797w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-3-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-3-768x359.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> This means that when you change the appearance properties of \u201cMaterial 2\u201d, it will also affect the definition of \u201cMaterial 1\u201d, which is not desired in this case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-4-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-4-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-4-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-4-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-4.png 1372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> When you want to avoid that color change, but you still want to keep some other appearance settings, you first have to duplicate the appearance, so it is unique and not used by other materials (look at the hand). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" width=\"594\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-5.png 792w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-5-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-5-768x650.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Of course, this can also be avoided by creating a new default material by using the \u201cCreate New Material\u201d function at the bottom of the dialog. But in that case you need to set your material from scratch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"172\" src=\"http:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-6.png 440w, https:\/\/pmarchitecture.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/materials-6-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credits to: <a href=\"https:\/\/revitbeyondbim.wordpress.com\/\">https:\/\/revitbeyondbim.wordpress.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small explanation on the duplication of materials. Lets build a wall with a certain material, called \u201cMaterial 1\u201d. When you duplicate the material (using contextual menu) to \u201cMaterial 2\u201d, it copies all material settings. 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