Custom Door Leaf - File location & Customized Surfaces

[EH21]

When making custom door leafs for a project, I have two questions:

1) Do you have a process for saving the 3d door leaf components within the job file in a way that they don't interfere with the rest of the model (i.e. separate layer)? Or do you save them in an outside file?

2) Is there a way to change the surfaces of a custom door leaf within the actual door settings, or does a new custom leaf need to be made for every color change?

[NateLumen]

1) I save door leafs and other custom items on a hidden layer off to the side in the job file.

2) I have not found a way of changing surfaces for custom leafs without resaving the door leaf. But if you have the original geometry, it is only a few steps to change the surface and resave.

Maybe not super helpful, but there you go.

[Lingwisyer]

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Wishes/Object-Hierarchy-Calls-Unused-Material-Parameters/td-p/22...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Wishes/GDL-Called-Object-Parameters/m-p/383725