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All materials can be saved in a Autodesk Navisworks “palette” NWP file, which
allows you to set up a palette of materials once for a project and re-apply them
to a model as it evolves, or to another model in the same project that has been
set up with the same layer names, colors, selection sets and/or properties.
See Organize and Manage Materials (page 555) for more information.
Predefined Rules
You can apply as many rules at once, as all rules depend on material names.
Rules can be defined using the Autodesk Navisworks API, but the predefined
rules are:
■ Layers by Name enables you to apply a material to named layers.
For example, if a layer is called “Doors” and you rename a material to
“Doors” (the spelling and case must be exactly the same as the layer’s
name) then all layers named “Doors” will display the properties of that
material when you select the rule Layers by Name, and click Apply.
You can give multiple materials the name of different layers and apply
this rule to all of the layers.
■ Autodesk Navisworks Materials by Name enables you to apply a material
to named Autodesk Navisworks materials. Autodesk Navisworks materials
are not the same as Autodesk NavisworksPresenter materials. Autodesk
Navisworks materials merely refer to the color and transparency of the
item as saved in the original CAD file, whereas Presenter materials are
those materials applied using the Presenter tool, or are more complex
materials, such as bitmaps converted from the original CAD file.
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