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RESULT:

Whenyoucreateelementsinaprojectwiththefamily,youcannot:

• changetheelementmaterialswithouteditingthefamily

• changethematerialforinstancesortypesofthefamily

• changethematerialsbyassigningamaterialtotheelementcategory

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OPTION2–APPLYMATERIALSTOFAMILYGEOMETRY BYCATEGORY ANDSUBCATEGORY

Youcanapplymaterialstoallorselectpiecesoffamilygeometrybysubcategory.Subcategoriesarecategoriesthat

existwithinthefamilycategory.Youcanassigndifferentpiecesoffamilygeometrytoeachsubcategory,andthen

applyadifferentmaterialtoeachsubcategory.Toapplymaterialtogeometrythatisnotassignedtoa

subcategory,youcanapplymaterialsbythefamilycategory.

USETHISMETHODWHEN:

Youwanttobeabletoapplydifferentmaterialstodifferentfamilycomponentsbycategoryorsubcategory.

RESULT:

Whenyoucreateanelementinaprojectwiththefamily,

• youcanchangethematerialsassignedtoeachsubcategoryorcategory.

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OPTION3–APPLYMATERIALSWITHCUSTOMINSTANCEORTYPEMATERIALPARAMETERS

Youcancreateandassignacustominstanceortypematerialparametertofamilygeometry.

BESTPRACTICE:Thisisthemostflexiblemethodofmaterialassignmentthatyoucanprovidetheuser.

USETHISMETHODWHENYOUWANT:

• toallowtheusertochangefamilymaterialsbyinstanceorbytype.

• bysettingthematerialparameterto<bycategory>thisoptioncanalsoallowtheelementstobeupdated

bysubcategoryorcategory.

RESULT:

Whenyoucreateanelementwiththefamilyinaproject,theparametergivesyoutheoptiontochangeamaterial

foraninstanceoftheelementorforeachtypeofelementthatyoucreate.

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