Global Material Change Tip

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Here is a tip that I originally created for my clients, but since the topic has been discussed on ArchiCAD-Talk lately, I thought I would share it with the whole community. It shows users how to globally change a material throughout a project, whether the material has been assigned or not.

I encourage setting up default materials in your template file, that are assigned to each building element. Eg. Default Roofing, Default Flooring, Default Ceiling, Default Object, etc. These default materials can be simply copies of 'Whitewash'. This way when you first render your model, everything is just white, similar to a styrofoam model 'from the old days' . The client doesn't get distracted by the crazy colors you've picked and you can very quickly swap out materials globally, using the methods described in my tip.

I have each page shown separately here, but also have the entire tip as a PDF. I you would like a copy of it, please contact me privately!

Cheers,
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Please be aware that the PDF is around 2.15Mb because of all the images. And it barely compresses at all. Also, please provide your email address in your private messages!

Thanks!

Cheers,
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[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot. It really help!!

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I should publically thank Link too, as he sent me this tip, along with others. He even offered to buy me a beer when he comes to New Zealand. What a Guy!

[Anonymous]

This tip shows why we should have an option to replace material on scene with another material on scene