Material vs Material Asset, What is the Difference? | Revit

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In this video, you will learn about the difference between Revit Materials and Revit Material Assets. There is a distinct difference. The material is the data and graphics while the material asset is strictly the rendered appearance. Simply duplicating the material will use the exact same appearance asset and therefore, the material will look the same. Ensure to follow this video to learn the difference between a material and material asset so you can effectively create new materials and manage material assets.
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[@skyeparker5822]

Cannot believe I'm just learning this now. Thanks for this!

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Happy to help!

[@MAS14COX]

This helped a lot! I did not even know there was a differnence until a Redditor pointed it out for me!

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Hey, very nice! Glad to help!

[@stevemiller5611]

Thank you.... I had started trying to produce some carpet tiling in Revit.... fell down the rabbit hole and ended up in this video and your site. All the different tiles kept changing into the same tile finish. Assets/Materials now understood :-)

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Glad it helped! And hope everything I have continues to help you!

[@armandnsoka9511]

thanks men for your tutorial

[@jonomichi2262]

Again wonderful class ! Subscribed

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Welcome aboard! Thanks!

[@JavierOropeza08]

I have been trying to learn about material assets for a while, I didn't find a good resource. Your video explained it all very clear especially when paired with the previous videos about materials. 👌

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Glad to hear it! Material assets were tricky initially so I figured the video would really help!

[@cordeauxboi]

Thanks man! Very helpful!

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Glad it helped!

[@Andrew-dg7qm]

Thanks for explaining. I’ve been a revit user for more than a decade and didn’t know this. I’m new to enscape. This “asset” term has nothing to do with enscape, right? In other words, enscape doesn’t have an asset material library, correct?

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Correct, enscape does not have an asset material library, although enscape will take everything from the appearance tab of the material (or the material asset) to display where that material is used in the Revit project.

[@arashghaffarimiab8074]

Thanks mate, very useful please advice guys to change speed of play to 0.75 cause you speak fast :) But cheers heaps for sharing data

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Not sure I have ever heard I talk fast ( I know I can sometimes) but thank you for the kind words!

[@msakhawy]

Thank you very much for your efforts

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

You’re very welcome!

[@musavas]

Thanks for the video.

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

You are welcome!

[@arashghaffarimiab8074]

In version 2023, there is one new option to duplicate material with asset together, It would be great to share new video for this feature has just been added.

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

You are soooo right, and I love it. Except I dont use 2023 that much so I tend to forget. Great note for an older video!

[@natillitafull]

thanks

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

You're welcome!

[@jonomichi2262]

Good tutorial but why the original stone still marked “1” when you liberated the inverted stone to be “0” by duplicating the asset.. would really appreciate if you could further explain this weird situation. Thanks a lot sir.

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Assuming the material asset was duplicated, this number would be 0. The only way it would be or remain 1 is if the asset is used on multiple materials.

[@jonomichi2262]

I tried again only when you push ok finish the commend then the original material turned 0

[@ArchitectureVanguard]

Ahh I see.