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: 34” x 80”>, with three children, (2) Doors <Single-Flush : 34” x 80”>
Frame/Mullion and a Doors <Single-Flush : 34” x 80”> Panel. The objects will be
linked together with all the other components of the door, but you could
modify the material properties of the two frame/mullion objects separately.
If you changed the material assignments in Revit so that the entire
frame/mullion component only had one material assignment, then when you
reloaded the drawing in 3ds Max there would only be one frame/mullion
object present.
When working in Revit, you also have the ability to link AutoCAD drawings
or other Revit projects to your current project. This is comparable to using
exrefs in AutoCAD. Objects that originate as a linked drawing in Revit are
grouped together as Linked Geometry that is named for the linked drawing.
In this case, the parent object is named Import Symbol <drawing.dwg> and its
children are named Import Symbol <drawing.dwg> subcategory1, Import Symbol
<drawing.dwg> subcategory2, etc. The subcategories are derived from the layers
that the objects reside on in the drawing.
The following table lists some examples of the naming conventions of Revit
objects that are imported or file linked in 3ds Max.
RemarksImported/File
Linked Name
A Block/Style Parent for an
object of catagory=Door,
Door <Single-Flush :
34” x 80”>
family=Single-Flush and
type=34” x 80”. This parent
object has one or more com-
ponents, that are child objects
displayed as Linked Geometry.
A component to an object
named, Window <Casement
Window <Casement
with Trim : 24” x
48”> Frame/Mullion with Trim : 24” x 48”>. This is
a child object and is displayed
as Linked Geometry. In Revit,
the Frame/Mullion is a subcat-
egory of Windows.
A Block/Style Parent object
named, Casework <Base Cabi-
Casework <Base
Cabinet-4 Drawers :
18”> net-4 Drawers : 18”> and the
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