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How Materials Are Stored
Materials are stored as part of a project file. When you create a project, Revit Architecture provides many
default materials to choose from. If necessary, you can create custom materials or change the settings for
existing materials. New and changed materials are also saved as part of a project file.
To share custom materials with team members, click Manage tab
➤
Project Settings panel
➤
Transfer Project
Standards. (See Transferring Project Standards on page 446.) Be sure to also make available any custom bitmaps
or image files used to define bump patterns or custom colors used by the render appearance. See Best Practice
for Storing Image Files on page 519.
For information about how render appearances are stored, see Render Appearance Library on page 491.
Searching for a Material
1 Open the Materials dialog.
You can access the Materials dialog by clicking Manage tab
➤
Project Settings panel
➤
Materials,
or from several other points in the software.
2 (Optional) To specify the type of list to display, at the bottom of the materials list, click Show
list, Show small icons, or Show large icons.
3 (Optional) For Material Class, select the desired class (such as Concrete or Metal).
The Materials dialog displays only materials that belong to the selected class.
4 (Optional) Type text in the search field.
See Entering Search Text on page 493.
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